{"id":7364,"date":"2026-01-27T09:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/?page_id=7364"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:33:28","slug":"cnuasaigh-chruthaitheacha-creative-clusters-2026-2028","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/cnuasaigh-chruthaitheacha-creative-clusters-2026-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Cnuasaigh Chruthaitheacha Creative Clusters 2026 &#8211; 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7348 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/creative-cluster-2023-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/creative-cluster-2023-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/creative-cluster-2023-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/creative-cluster-2023-105x105.png 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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 <strong>20<sup>th<\/sup> April.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each Creative Cluster will receive grant funding of <strong>\u20ac3,000<\/strong> per school over a two-year period to implement their project 2025\u20132027.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 schools would receive \u20ac9,000<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5 schools would receive \u20ac15,000<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition to financial support above each cluster will also receive:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Creative Cluster Facilitator<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Teacher Substitution to attend Workshops and Meetings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Room hire, travel &amp; subsistence<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please see the following link for more details:\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Creative Cluster 2025 Department of Education Guidelines<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14i1UjCKJbnnLTRynlo9SjIS_Pr-LhveU\/view?usp=sharing\">English<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1odjGJG4mTZeqvioZ681RaybQWH9GA2Jo\/view?usp=sharing\">Gaeilge<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Applications are to be completed online using the following link<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/YTzR2Mf3f2\"><strong>Creative Clusters 2026 &#8211; 2028 Application <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Should you need assistance, please contact your <strong>local full-time Education Support Centre<\/strong> (list at Appendix 2 of Guidelines document or on DE website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/department-of-education\/publications\/creative-clusters\/\">English<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/ga\/an-roinn-oideachais\/foilseachain\/creative-clusters\/\">Gaeilge<\/a>) or use this link<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14i1UjCKJbnnLTRynlo9SjIS_Pr-LhveU\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>Appendix 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Any queries, please contact your local Education Support Centre or email National Arts in Education Administration <a href=\"mailto:artsineducation@traleeesc.ie\"><strong><u>artsineducation@traleeesc.ie<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7340 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-300x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-120x120.webp 120w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-105x105.webp 105w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-570x570.webp 570w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-380x380.webp 380w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243-285x285.webp 285w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19503a53-0c2a-4afb-a2c2-4412fd9cc243.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Eligible Schools &#8211; <\/strong>The following schools <strong>are welcome to apply <\/strong>to participate in Creative Clusters:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Schools that have not yet participated in Creative Clusters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Schools that have\u00a0not yet participated in Creative Schools and those who will complete Creative Schools Year 2 in the 2025\/26 school year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Schools that will complete Creative Clusters Year 2 in the 2025\/26 school year. However, they must apply as part of a cluster who have not yet participated in the initiative. In this instance, it is required that this school applies to lead a cluster of schools that are new to the initiative.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The local Education Support Centre will have a key role in identifying and supporting a Creative Cluster for their local area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">42 Creative Clusters will be selected nationally &#8211; 2 per Education Support Centre.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Creative Clusters is an initiative of the Department of Education, led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Education Centres (Education Support Centres Ireland &#8211; ESCI).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/YTzR2Mf3f2\"><strong>Dual Language Application Form<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 2025\u20132027. 3 schools would receive \u20ac9,000 5 schools<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/cnuasaigh-chruthaitheacha-creative-clusters-2026-2028\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7364","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7364"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7379,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7364\/revisions\/7379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}