{"id":3649,"date":"2024-02-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/?page_id=3649"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:17:24","slug":"cnuasaigh-chruthaitheachacreative-clusters-2026-2028","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/cnuasaigh-chruthaitheachacreative-clusters-2026-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Cnuasaigh Chruthaitheacha|Creative Clusters 2026 – 2028: Applications Opens 26th January – Closes 20th April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Department of Education and Youth is pleased to announce the opening of a new round of Creative Clusters. The deadline for receipt of applications is 20th April.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Each Creative Cluster will receive grant funding of \u20ac3,000 per school over a two-year period to implement their project 2026\u20132028.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 3 schools would receive \u20ac9,000<\/p>\n

\u00b7 5 schools would receive \u20ac15,000<\/p>\n

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In addition to financial support above each Cluster will also receive:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7 A Creative Cluster Facilitator<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Teacher Substitution to attend Workshops and Meetings<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Room hire, travel & subsistence<\/p>\n

Please see the following link for more details:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Creative Cluster 2025 Department of Education and Youth Guidelines English<\/a> \/ Gaeilge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Applications are to be completed online using the following link: Creative Clusters 2026 – 2028 Application.<\/a><\/p>\n

Should you need assistance, please contact your local full-time Education Support Centre (list at Appendix 1 of Guidelines document)<\/p>\n

If you have any queries, please contact your local Education Support Centre or email the programme administrators at National Arts in Education, Tralee Education Support Centre: artsineducation@traleeesc.ie<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Eligible Schools – The following schools are welcome to apply to participate in Creative Clusters:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Schools that have not yet participated in Creative Clusters.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Schools that have not yet participated in the Arts Council led Creative Schools initiative and those who will complete Creative Schools Year 2 in the 2025\/26 school year. Schools cannot simultaneously participate in Creative Clusters, and the Arts Council led Creative Schools initiative.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Schools that will complete Creative Clusters Year 2 in the 2025\/26 school year can only apply to lead a cluster of schools who have not yet participated in the initiative.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The local Education Support Centre will have a key role in identifying and supporting a Creative Cluster for their local area.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 42 Creative Clusters will be selected nationally – 2 per Education Support Centre.<\/p>\n

Creative Clusters is an initiative of the Department of Education and Youth, led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Education Centres (Education Support Centres Ireland – ESCI) <\/em><\/p>\n

Dual Language Application Form<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\"\" \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Education and Youth is pleased to announce the opening of a new round of Creative Clusters. The deadline for receipt of applications is 20th April. Each Creative Cluster will receive grant funding of \u20ac3,000 per school over a two-year period to implement their project 2026\u20132028. \u00b7 3 schools would receive \u20ac9,000 \u00b7<\/p>\n

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