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Ballyglass Community Childcare Service opened in 1981 / 1982 as a Playschool based in the Community Centre in Ballyglass. It was run with one member of staff and volunteer parents. The Playschool has run successfully ever since, with the introduction of an After-School Service in 2005, and now includes Summer Camp. Our award winning purpose built facility opened in September 2009, offering a full range of services from 4 months to 12 years.
Situated at the rear of Mountpleasant National School, Ballyglass, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre caters for babies, toddlers, playschool, preschool and aftersschool children. The centre is owned by Ballyglass Community Council Co. Ltd., and is run by a team of volunteers - the Childcare Committee - a sub committee of the Community Council. The committee comprises of directors of the Community Council, parents of children attending the service, and other volunteers. The Centre employs a Manager, two Senior Childcare Practitioners and 9 Childcare Practitioners. There is also a cook, an office administrator and a bus driver and assistant, working in the service. The Centre opens from 8 am to 6 pm - Monday to Friday - 51 weeks per year. It offers full day care for babies and toddlers; a playschool room and a pre-school room - with half day or full day care if required for this age group; an after-school service and a breakfast club. The community bus transports children from Belcarra, Balla and Clogher National Schools at present - both at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Staff from the Centre collect the children from Mountpleasant National School at both 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. The CCS (Community Childcare Subvention) Scheme; the ECCE (Early Childcare Care & Education) Scheme and the CETS (Childcare Training & Education Scheme) are all in operaion in the Centre. Ballyglass Community Childcare Service is committed to providing a quality child-centred, play based environment, which empowers young children to actively pursue their own learning.
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Contact DetailsManager:
Edel Nolan Senior Childcare Practitioner: Mariola Barrett Dearbhla Rice Secretary: Yvonne McDonagh Telephone: 094 9360820 087 2107038 E-mail: ballyglasschildcare@eircom.net ____________________________ Opening Hours: 8 am to 6 pm 5 day per week 51 weeks per year ______________________________ Management Committee: Chairperson: Sheila Gilligan Vice Chairperson: Orla Donovan Nally Secretary: Leona Nestor Asst. Secretary: Emma Staunton Treasurer: Breege Jennings Asst Treasurers: Loretta Hallinan, Sheila Gilligan PRO: Breege Jennings Committee: Nora Conroy, Fergal Byrne, Helen Grealis, Patrick Simmons, Deirdre Ryan, Anne Marie Keane     Google MapFrom Castlebar:
Take the N84 (Ballinrobe Road) from Castlebar and after the Railway Station take the next turn left (signposted Ballyglass). Continue for 14 kms - entering Ballyglass. At the crossroads (with the community centre on your left) turn right and then right again immediately after the National School. The Childcare Centre is at the rear of the National School |
Company Registration No. 369054
Charitable Status No. CHY17869
Charitable Status No. CHY17869
