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Understanding Anxiety in Young People, April 2021

‘Understanding Anxiety and Supporting my Young Person’ is a web event that can help you with strategies and ideas for supporting young people in your life who may be experiencing worries and anxiety. Archways, a national organisation dedicated to promoting positive outcomes for young people, are providing the content. It’s a free event on Wednesday […]

Need an Introduction?

If you are thinking of starting again with a new job but not sure if it’s for you then our Introduction To.. courses might help. We have 4 new intro’s available, Retail Sales, Healthcare Assistant, Childcare Early Years and Culinary Skills. If you want to find out more check the contacts here: Introduction to Your […]

Why Not Do Some Online Training With WLD?

Our usual training rooms are closed at the moment but WLD still has plenty of online training on offer. Link up from your home for a range of options including Bus, Truck, Car and Motorcycle Driver Theory Preparation, Basic IT, Pre ECDL and ECDL, Level 5 Communications and also QQI Level 5 Children with Additional […]

EuroBlue flourishes in uncertain times with support from the LEADER Programme

As featured in the Wexford People Paper – Tuesday 2nd March 2021 EuroBlue flourishes in uncertain times A business located in rural Wexford is establishing itself as one of the country’s premier producers of a liquid used to reduce harmful emissions from diesel vehicles. EuroBlue, which is in Ballybrennan in Bree, was set up in […]

Filling out the CAO form?

If you are finding the CAO form confusing then don’t worry. WLD and IT Carlow”s Wexford Campus have a zoom talk next Wednesday 27th Jan at 7.30pm to help 6th year students complete their application. For a link to the talk or for more information please email sandra.walsh@itcarlow.ie  

Sports Capital 2021 Guidance Workshop

Wexford Local Development & Sports Active Wexford hosted a Sports Capital Programme Guidance workshop on the evening of Wednesday, January 20th. The workshop, which was held over Zoom, aimed to provide information and guidance to clubs and groups considering submitting an application to the 2021 Sports Capital Programme. Clubs and community groups from across Co […]

LEADER Enterprise Grants To Deliver 250 New Jobs in County Wexford

During 2020, Wexford Local Community Development Committee in partnership with Wexford Local Development awarded LEADER grant aid of €1.58m to twenty-six businesses in the county to facilitate business expansion and diversification. This was in addition to a further €2.8m awarded to fifty-four businesses between July 2017 and December 2019. Successful businesses come from a diverse […]

Who Is Wexford’s “Best Man”

To celebrate International Men’s Day 2020 on Thursday November 19th, Wexford Local Development is looking for Wexford’s “Best Man” from our Men’s Sheds. In partnership with Traynor’s of Wexford we are looking for nominations for Wexford’s “Best Man” – only condition is that he must be a member of a Men’s Shed based in Co. […]