Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman has today announced the launch of the €25 million Building Blocks Extension Grant scheme for early learning and childcare providers.

The Building Blocks Extension Scheme will deliver additional capacity by supporting existing early learning and childcare Core Funding partner services to extend their premises. It will also allow community services to purchase or construct new premises.

The scheme will have four strands:

  • extensions to existing premises for private services
  • extensions to existing premises for community services
  • purchase of new premises for community services
  • construction of new premises for community services

 

  • Building Blocks Extension Grant Scheme to open for applications before year-end
  • grants for community and private early learning and childcare services to increase their capacity by means of large-scale extensions
  • funding to also be made available for community services to purchase or construct new premises

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