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Cnuasaigh Chruthaitheacha 2026 / Creative Cluster 2026
Between three and five schools collaborate for a two-year period on any kind of creative project that addresses a common issue or challenge. Clusters receive the support of a specialist facilitator and funding of €1,500 per school per year of the initiative to invest in their creative collaboration.
The Creative Clusters initiative aims to:
- Promote new ways in which schools and the arts and cultural sector can work together
- Improve teaching and learning
- Provide an opportunity for clusters of schools to interact with professionals from the cultural sector, and access resources to experiment and innovate through a bespoke creative learning project
- Develop learners’ and teachers’ creativity
- Understand whether clustering schools at different stages of their journey in using creativity in the classroom and in developing longer term partnerships is an effective model for developing and embedding practice in schools
- Provide schools with access to creative people, skills and resources, and support them to draw on their own skills and experiences and those within their wider communities
How Creative Clusters works
The programme is open to primary and post-primary schools, including special schools, as well as YouthReach centres. It facilitates release time for schools to meet and develop their project, as well as funding of up to €15,000 to help bring their creative plans and ideas to life. To date, Creative Clusters has brought together 591 schools in 168 clusters, supporting them in using arts and creativity as the common language to tell their unique story.
Some examples of past themes include Unity in Diversity, Artificial Intelligence, Back to Nature in the Garden of Ireland, Biodiversity – Delving into the World of Wonder, Celebrating Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity, and Collaborative Teaching and Learning.
Creative Clusters is a key initiative of the Department of Education and Youth, and part of the Creative Youth Plan 2023-2027, run in partnership with the Education Support Centres Ireland (ESCI) network through all its 21 full-time education centres.
Applications
The application process will be open until Monday 20 April 2026.Creative Clusters 2026 Department of Education and Youth Guidelines for Applications
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Comhoibríonn idir trí agus cúig scoil ar feadh tréimhse dhá bhliain ar aon chineál tionscadail chruthaitheach a dhíríonn ar shaincheist nó dúshlán comhchoiteann. Faigheann cnuasaigh tacaíocht ó éascaitheoir speisialtóra agus maoiniú €1,500 in aghaidh na scoile in aghaidh na bliana den tionscnamh chun infheistíocht a dhéanamh ina gcomhoibriú cruthaitheach.
Is é aidhm thionscnamh na gCnuasach Cruthaitheacha ná:
- Bealaí nua a chur chun cinn inar féidir le scoileanna agus leis an earnáil ealaíon agus chultúir oibriú le chéile
- Teagasc agus foghlaim a fheabhsú
- Deis a chur ar fáil do chnuasaigh scoileanna idirghníomhú le gairmithe ón earnáil chultúrtha, agus rochtain a fháil ar acmhainní chun dul i mbun fiosraithe agus nuálaíocht a dhéanamh trí thionscadal foghlama cruthaitheach saincheaptha
- Cruthaitheacht na bhfoghlaimeoirí agus na múinteoirí a fhorbairt
- Fiosraigh an bhfuil grúpáil scoileanna ag céimeanna éagsúla dá dturas cruthaitheach, idir chleachtas sa seomra ranga agus comhpháirtíochtaí fadtéarmacha a fhorbairt, ina mhúnla éifeachtach chun cleachtas a chothú agus a leabú i scoileanna
- Rochtain a chur ar fáil do scoileanna ar dhaoine, scileanna agus acmhainní cruthaitheacha, agus tacú leo leas a bhaint as a gcuid scileanna agus taithí féin agus as na scileanna agus na taithí atá acu laistigh dá bpobail níos leithne
Conas a oibríonn Cnuasaigh Cruthaitheacha
Tá an clár oscailte do bhunscoileanna agus iar-bhunscoileanna, lena n-áirítear scoileanna speisialta, chomh maith le hionaid Ógtheagmhála. Éascaíonn sé am scaoilte do scoileanna chun bualadh le chéile agus a dtionscadal a fhorbairt, chomh maith le maoiniú suas le €15,000 chun cabhrú leo beocht a chur lena bpleananna agus a smaointe cruthaitheacha. Go dtí seo, tá 591 scoil i 168 cnuasach tugtha le chéile ag Cnuasaigh Chruthaitheacha a thacaíonn leo agus iad ag úsáid ealaíne agus a gcruthaitheachta mar an teanga comhchoiteann chun a scéal uathúil a insint.
I measc roinnt samplaí de théamaí a úsáideadh roimhe seo tá Aontaithe san Éagsúlacht, Intleacht Shaorga, Ar Ais go dtí an Dúlra i nGairdín na hÉireann, Bithéagsúlacht – Ag Tóraíocht i nDomhan na nIontas, Ag Ceiliúradh na hÉagsúlachta Cultúrtha agus na Bithéagsúlachta, agus Comhartheagasc agus Comharfhoghlaim.
Is tionscnamh lárnach de chuid na Roinne Oideachais agus Óige é Cnuasaigh Chruthaitheacha, agus cuid den Phlean Óige Ildánach 2023-2027, a reáchtáiltear i gcomhpháirtíocht le líonra Ionaid Tacaíochta Oideachais Éireann (ESCI) trína 21 ionad oideachais lánaimseartha ar fad.
Iarratais
Iarratais do Cnuasaigh Cruthaitheach 26 Eanáir go 20 Aibreán 2026.
BLAST 2025/2026
🎨 Ag Tabhairt na nEalaíon Beo chuig Daltaí agus Múinteoirí 🎨
Is cúis áthais don Roinn Oideachais a fhógairt go bhfuiltear ag glacadh le hiarratais anois don Chlár Cónaitheachta Ealaíon & Cruthaitheachta san Oideachas BLAST 2025/2026.
Caith súil ar an nasc seo le haghaidh Treoirlínte Iarratais BLAST agus do bhreis sonraí: Treoirlínte Iarratais na Roinne Oideachais
Is é an dáta deiridh a nglacfar le hiarratais ná an 10 Aibreán 2025.
Déan teagmháil leis na hEalaíona Náisiúnta san Oideachas, Ionad Tacaíochta Oideachas Thrá Lí ag
Cáilitheacht:
- Is féidir le gach scoil atá ag fáil deontas caipitíochta ón Roinn Oideachais nó ó Bhoird Oideachais agus Oiliúna (BOO) iarratas a dhéanamh ar BLAST.
- Is féidir le scoileanna a bheidh ag glacadh páirte i gCnuasaigh Chruthaitheacha, Scoileanna Ildánacha nó CME+ iarratas a dhéanamh ar BLAST.
- Níl Scoileanna Táille incháilithe d'iarratas a dhéanamh ar Chónaitheachtaí BLAST. Ní féidir le scoileanna nach bhfuil sa scéim shaoroideachais iarratas a dhéanamh ar BLAST.
Is tionscnamh de chuid na Roinne Oideachais é BLAST, faoin bPlean Óige Chruthaitheach 2023-2027. Tá sé faoi stiúir agus i gcomhpháirtíocht leis na 21 Ionad Oideachais lánaimseartha (Ionaid Tacaíochta Oideachais na hÉireann - ITOÉ).
🎨 Bringing Live Arts to Students and Teachers 🎨
The Department of Education is pleased to announce BLAST Creativity & Arts in Education Residency 2025/2026 applications are now open.
Please see the following link for BLAST Application Guidelines and further details: Department of Education Application Guidelines
BLAST Creativity & Arts in Education Residency 2025/2026 apply online Here
The closing date for receipt of applications is 10th April 2025.
Please contact National Arts in Education, Tralee Education Support Centre for queries or support, at
Eligibility:
- All schools in receipt of capitation grants from the Department of Education or Education and Training Boards (ETBs) can apply for BLAST.
- Schools participating in either Creative Clusters, Creative Schools or TAP+ can apply for BLAST.
- Fee Paying Schools are not eligible to apply for BLAST Residencies. Schools that are not in the free-education scheme cannot apply for BLAST.
BLAST is an initiative of the Department of Education, under the Creative Youth Plan 2023-2027. It is led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Education Centres Ireland.