Minister announces funding for two innovative projects

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan, announced funding of €430,000 for two new innovative literacy initiatives under the government’s Adult Literacy for Life Strategy.

The initiatives announced by the Minister will receive funding of:

• €300,000 for Media Literacy

• €130,000 for Family Literacy

The Adult Literacy for Life programme office in SOLAS will lead on the delivery of the two initiatives.

Projects will be developed in partnership with ETBs, libraries, NALA and Media Literacy Ireland and will be aimed at:

• increasing media literacy through the development of eLearning programmes and media literacy hubs in local libraries, and

• the appointment of a dedicated family literacy lead in the Adult Literacy for Life programme office, to drive work and progress in this key area.

More information here:

• SOLAS: https://www.solas.ie/adult-literacy-for-life-programme-office-launches-online-literacy-awareness-training-course/

and

• Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/e30a4-minister-odonovan-announces-funding-of-430000-for-two-new-innovative-family-literacy-initiatives-on-international-literacy-day/