CREATIVE CLUSTERS
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The Department of Education is pleased to announce the opening of a new round of Creative Clusters. Applications open on the 27th January until Thursday 10th April.
Dual Language Application Form
Each Creative Cluster will receive grant funding of €3,000 per school over a two-year period to implement their project 2025–2027.
• 3 schools would receive €9,000
• 5 schools would receive €15,000
In addition to financial support above each cluster will also receive:
• A Creative Cluster Facilitator
• Teacher Substitution to attend Workshops and Meetings
• Room hire, travel & subsistence
Please see the following link for more details Creative Cluster 2025 Department of Education Guidelines
Applications are to be completed online using the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/Xxk81z4F62 should you need assistance, please contact your local full-time Education Support Centre (list at Appendix 1 of Guidelines document on DE website) or use this link Appendix 1
Any queries, please contact your local Education Support Centre or email National Arts in Education Administration
Eligible Schools - The following schools are welcome to apply to participate in Creative Clusters:
• Schools that have not yet participated in Creative Clusters.
• Schools that have not yet participated in Creative Schools and those who will complete Creative Schools Year 2 in the 2024/25 school year.
• Schools that will complete Creative Clusters Year 2 in the 2025/25 school year. However, they must apply as part of a cluster who have not yet participated in the initiative. In this instance, it is required that this school applies to lead a cluster of schools that are new to the initiative.
• The local Education Support Centre will have a key role in identifying and supporting a Creative Cluster for their local area.
• 42 Creative Clusters will be selected nationally - 2 per Education Support Centre.
Creative Clusters is an initiative of the Department of Education, led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Education Centres (Education Support Centres Ireland - ESCI) and funded through the Schools Excellence Fund.