Minister Norma Foley is inviting children from Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare services to take part in Children’s Creative Spaces celebrating the theme “Where I learn and play”.

The aim is to give children the opportunity to express creativity, belonging, and their own experiences of their setting (Early Years or School Age Childcare/After School) adding their voice as part of the National Conversation on Education: the First Five Years and School-Age Childcare.

Children’s Creative Spaces provide both an engaging activity for children and a meaningful way to capture their perspectives on ELC SAC environments. Beyond celebrating children’s creativity, a key added benefit is that the collected artwork be used in future policy documents, including the Shaping the Future and First 5.

Closing Date for submission of Artwork is 7th May 2026.

Contact Donegal County Childcare Committee for details. 

Email: info@donegalccc.com

Please note artwork submitted to the Children’s Creative Spaces may be published on gov.ie, on CCC websites, in future government documents, in follow-up reports, and on social media accounts.

By submitting artwork, it will be taken that consent has been obtained by services from children and parents for the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and the City and County Childcare Committees.

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