Limerick City Build: Video
Click on the video to see a report by Catherine talking about about what we do and some of the many benefits for people who engage with Limerick City Build.
About Us
What We Do!
Limerick City Build (LCB) Training Academy was established to create employment pathways for economically marginalised and socially excluded people in Limerick City. The epidemic of unemployment in Limerick, is well documented and is now in its third generation, marking it as having some of the highest unemployment black-spots in Europe.
Community development has been hindered by core issues of lack of employment and social exclusion. Mainstream job creation programmes have not proven sufficient to address the needs of Limericks most disadvantaged as a result of their previous offences, or simply by virtue of their address.
Limerick City Build (LCB) The inclusive path to employment.
In order to effectively tackle the unemployment black-spots we must rethink how we deliver training, how we support the long-term unemployed and ex-offenders to engage in full time skills training, and most importantly, how we create an economic appetite among those who have been disillusioned by a system that they have felt left them behind.
The Limerick City Build model proposes a means of doing just that. It is dynamic, progressive and innovative and proposes a solution that is achievable and realistic. LCB offers tailored training based on employment needs and cutting-edge construction industry skills, informed from the private sector and Limerick City Council. Our curriculum guarantees that each participant is in high demand, once they reach graduation and have the most current and relevant training required to fill the post.
Training
All our training programmes are endorsed, accredited and certified.
Our curriculum is versatile but primarily focused on job specific skills and training. Many of these courses, such as the Health and Safety Modules, contain twelve certified courses which are standard for compliance on any site or manual-laboured environment. The pre-apprenticeship modules will have a general discipline commitment such as wet trades yet will vary in terms of the specialised skills or techniques that have a proven demand in the sector. This is based on the intelligence gathered from the Construction Industry Federation and other essential stakeholders, such as City Council, Limerick 2030 etc.
A unique feature of LCB is its learning-by-doing approach, in which our participants learn in a holistic, client-centred environment that uses multidisciplinary, trauma-informed practices to encourage deep, experiential learning and personal and professional development. In order to build an appetite for work and enterprise we offer therapeutic & psycho-educational workshops that can build awareness, insight, emotional intelligence and maturity when preparing for the working world. Participants are supported to discover their unique potential, to experiment with their creative selves in a safe, secure, reliable and relationally based network of support.
Certified Health & Safety
Certified Plant & Tool Training
Skills Specific Training
Personal
&
Professional Development
Behavioural Health Needs of Men |
|
Gallery
All photos provided below by Wally Cassidy
- All
- App
- Card
- Web
I never walked through this town without getting in a fight. The only reason you would come would be to start trouble. We are all sitting together now talking about our feelings. My father would never believe it if he was alive. But that's what I want for my kids. For no trouble, because we grew up in the bad times and now look at us. We never got work because of it. They are giving the lads a chance and no one gave us a chance before.
Brian
Limerick
I left school at 14, I hated school. There was never any jobs going so it's not something I thought about. I made money from selling stuff to be honest. It was easier and it's what everyone did where I'm from. Who would want to hire me? I heard about Limerick City Build from one of the lads in Moyross and I called in and asked them could I join. They make you excited to learn new stuff. I never thought I'd be in a place like this. I get up every day and I'm excited to come in to work.
Willie
Limerick
I was always clever. I have about 6 diplomas I got in Portlaois and Loughlann House. But sure once you have a record you get it into your head that you can't work. But I knew most of the staff here, I knew where they were from, they were from the same place as us. I didn't have to pretend to be anything but myself. They helped me figure out what I wanted to do. Now I'm working and I'm starting a college course. I never thought I would be doing any of this last year. My life has totally changed and I really appreciate everyone here for their support.
Michael
Southhill, Limerick
My uncle rang me from Prison and told me to come in and see could I get a place here. I thought he was mad, because I'm from the Island and there were fellas from Weston in here but I was told everything would be fine. They were right, we are all here from all over Limerick. If there was anywhere else, we would be fighting, because we have been fighting for years. Now we all get on. Buts that down to the team here as well. They treat us all the same and everyone has to respect each other.
Anonymous
Limerick
Team
Meet The Team!
Enterprise and employment
Support
Our wider remit includes liaising with the private sector and providing a structured framework whereby clients can move into employment with systems in place that can ensure sustained participation, fair treatment and pay, adequate on-site training and ongoing support for the first two years of employment.
LCB incubation Hub facilities are also made available to clients who want to test out new business ideas, again, mainly in building and construction related activities. We provide clients with essential advice and support on how to develop new product ideas and how to start their own enterprises as independent contractors.
Collaborations
-
Third Level Sector
A core aspect of LCB's approach is to engage closely with the University of Limerick (UL), Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) and Mary Immaculate College of Education. An agreed process has been established with Limerick's third-level education sector in the form of the Shannon Consortium, which enables LCB clients to participate in UL's Business Transformation Programme which facilitates people from disadvantaged areas in starting their own businesses.
Limerick Institute of Technology, through the application of their Enterprise Ladder Programme, enables those completing this programme to receive mentoring and training leading to FETAC qualifications and acceptance on third level courses. 15% of clients go on to study at university or college via these pathways.
-
Barge Project
The barge restoration programme will, through classroom instruction, lectures, hands on repair and restoration of the 32E, teach the skills, business, art and science of Marine Systems and Wooden Boat Building and Restoration.This Vessel will become a self - supporting social entrepreneurship initiative, operating as a floating restaurant that can employ up to 24 part time people indefinitely.
The Barge is currently situated in the old ESB weir in Thomondgate, where a group of 18 participants will work from. Once the Barge has been restored and refurbished it will serve as a floating hospitality vessel, a platform where local hospitality students can station for work experience. Limerick first floating cafe, with possibility for wider expansion along the river banks and canals of the city.
-
Our Partnerships
Core to our approach is working in partnership with organisations whereby we can support their goals and they can support ours. The ultimate purpose of all of our partnerships is to improve opportunities for people from disadvantaged communities in Limerick.
We have built partnerships with the public and private sectors and work with them to deliver our common goals of building higher rates of economic activity and social cohesion. The following are our key partnerships. With each of these we have a formal arrangement for service provision or grant funded services:
Contact
Feel free to contact us and we will reply as soon as possible.
Location:
Limerick City Build Ltd., Corbally Road,
Grove Island, Limerick,
V94 V1WE
Email:
info@limerickcitybuild.ie
Call:
0862264552
Social Media
Like, Follow and check our latest posts!