Ready to take the first STEPS to success?

WLD is delighted to offer this free course to help you gain the confidence to make changes in your life. STEPS to Economic and Personal Success is a great start for anyone who wants to set future goals and achieve them. STEPS runs over 3 days – 15th, 17th and 19th November.  If you’re feeling […]

Upcoming Healthcare Training with WLD

Wexford Local Development has 3 upcoming Healthcare courses for you to consider starting with An Introduction to Healthcare Online on Thursday 7th October. This course runs for 4 Thursday mornings and provides a clear overview of the training and qualifications required to be able to work in a healthcare setting. Learners will also have the […]

Understanding Anxiety and Supporting My Child

This free webinar from Archways looks at how worry, stress and anxiety can effect children and young people. Archways is a national organisation that delivers evidence based programmes and supports to help children and families. The webinar covers strategies and solutions for how to support young people in times of stress. It’s online on Tuesday […]

Dealing with ‘Back to School Anxiety’ – a talk for parents

Wexford Library Services recently commissioned a talk with Dr Malie Coyne to support parents of children who are anxious about the return to school. There’s lots of easy to understand information and practical advice about understanding and supporting anxious children in general. Dr. Malie is a Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer and author of the book ‘Love […]

Is your child starting school this year?

Starting Big School is a free online webinar for parents and guardians of children who will be starting in Primary school in September. Presented by Eimear Collins from the Archways Centre of Excellence for Child & Family Programmes the webinar will look at how to prepare your child for starting school, what to expect on […]

ELEVATE – young achievers

Starting in September WLD will be running a new long term educational initiative for young people in Enniscorthy to help them reach their full potential. ELEVATE will support children from 6th class in primary school all the way to 6th year in second level. Supports will include individual subject tuition, outdoor education, artistic expression and […]

New Training Available

WLD has some exciting new training opportunities starting soon. If you are interested in finding out more about working in childcare there is a 2 day Introduction to Childcare course starting 23rd June. We also have a one day course in Lámh, the manual sign language used by young people and adults with learning disabilities. […]

Virtual Open Day for IT Carlow

This Saturday, 15th May, IT Carlow is holding a Virtual Open Day from 10am until 1pm. Lecturers will give live talks and answer questions about the full time CAO courses at both the Carlow and Wexford campuses. For full details please check the IT Carlow website

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 […]