Fingal recovery empowerment and engagement programme (FREE)
Weekly literacy workshops for adults with alcohol and drug dependencies.
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“It’s made me more confident to know that I can move on to the next chapter of my life.” Participant
The FREE programme helps adults facing challenges with alcohol or drug dependency in the community. It operates three days a week and provides literacy workshops every Wednesday that align with participants' interests and needs.
12 learners attended workshops every Wednesday morning for 12 weeks in the Adult Education Service, Balbriggan between September and December 2024.
The programme integrated literacy training into workshops that covered practical skills like cooking, creative writing, horticulture, yoga, skincare, and art. This gave participants an opportunity to improve their functional literacy and gain valuable life skills.
Learners received personalised support and guidance from an Adult Literacy Organiser and a guidance counsellor. They created individualised educational plans to provide tailored support and to set personal goals.
This programme created a supportive environment where participants improved their literacy skills and focused on their personal development and recovery.
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"It’s lovely, it just breaks up the week. You can have a bit of a laugh and the teachers are lovely.”- Participant
For more information about the project, please contact Helena Browner Regional Literacy Coordinator in Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB, at helenabrowner@ddletbaes.ie
The Adult Literacy for Life Collaboration and Innovation Fund
The Collaboration and Innovation Fund supports projects for adults with unmet literacy, numeracy and digital literacy needs and projects that support organisations to be literacy friendly. The closing date for 2024 applications has now passed but keep an eye out for information on our 2025 fund which will be launched in December.
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