Beginning Ireland

ILS is delighted to be a recipient of this fund for its work with language and civic participation for newcomers with our project 'Beginning Ireland'. The Integration Fund combines the two funds previously known as the International Protection Integration Fund and the Communities Integration Fund.

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Purpose of this program

The overall purpose of Beginning Ireland is to provide English Language and social orientation training to International Protection Applicants (IPAs) with low or very low level language, CEFR A1-/A1+, and limited local social/cultural competences. IPAs at this level are the most excluded among their peers and are often overlooked or passed by in the provision of language and integration training due to the lack of targeted and competent support for this group. Beginning Ireland is designed and delivered by Dr Peter Sheekey at Intercultural Language Service, which has been successfully providing professional support to this group for eight years in Dublin's north inner city.
Potential applicants will be tested and English classes of at least eight hours will be delivered every week.