Following Government of Ireland advice on containing COVID-19, we in Léargas are taking some steps to protect the health and safety of all in our community.
From today 13 March, we are encouraging all staff to work from home where possible. This will continue until 29 March, when we will review the policy. You can reach staff by email as normal, or by phone in cases of emergency (we have call forwarding in operation).
With regret we are cancelling these events:
We are postponing the following events. We hope to re-organise later in the year, depending on how the situation evolves:
If your Erasmus+ or European Solidarity Corps activities involve travel to or transit through affected regions, or hosting participants from those regions, please take the following steps:
If you have already had to cancel project activities and wish to apply for force majeure, please download this zip file with the forms and procedure: Force Majeure Process & Forms 130320.
For general questions about travel in your Erasmus+ or European Solidarity Corps project, please contact our Programme Finance and Operations team at opsfin@leargas.ie. Include your project reference number (e.g. 2018-1-IE01-KA102-100100) and as much detail as you can.
If you were planning to travel as part of any other programme, please email the project officer listed for your programme in Meet the Team.
Here are further sources of advice:
We wish you strength and solidarity in this very challenging time.