Learn about LIFE-CHANGING STORIES

LEARNER STORY

"There are members who say the Active Retirement has been a lifeline"

Name: Dorothy Mawn

Place of Learning: Place of Learning: Ballyshannon Active Retirement, Donegal ETB

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LEARNER STORY

“You meet lovely people and it’s completely different to school”

Name: Noel Rafter

Place of Learning: Place of Learning: Kilkenny Adult Learning Service, Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board

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LEARNER STORY

"I now have a clearer picture of what I want to do with my life"

Name: David Lucey

Place of Learning: Cork College of FET, Dunmanway Centre, Cork Education and Training Board

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“You can set yourself up to achieve, even having failed before”

Name: Ashling Johnston

Place of Learning: Higher Diploma in Adult and Further Education to teach, followed by a Masters in Adult, Community and Further Education at Maynooth. Currently Digital Skills Tutor at An Cosán

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“My whole life, I have been trying to accommodate for the system, instead of the system becoming accessible for me”

Name: Niamh Murray

Place of Learning: Level 4 Hairdressing student at the College of Further Education and Training in Ennis, Co. Clare

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LEARNER STORY

“We need to educate young people on active citizenship and democracy"

Name: Kayla Dibble

Place of Learning: Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Digital Marketing at the Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone

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LEARNER STORY

I want to change how people look at the word disability

Name: Craig Kelly and Jamie Murray

Place of Learning: The Ability Board, Ability@Work, Cope Foundation

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Great things can come from taking that first step

Name: Anna Jakobek

Place of Learning: Cork College of FET Morrison's Island Campus

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I am heading into my sixty fifth year of life and still learning how to live

Name: Damien O'Sullivan

Place of Learning: HeadsUP Kildare

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ONE STEP UP CAMPAIGN

Find your education & training options in sixty seconds.

The One Step Up campaign aims to help adults to enhance their learning by promoting access to learning opportunities for all adults through the website, freephone helpline number, and the calendar of events.

MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN