The National College of Ireland (NCI) plays an active partnership role in its local community, the Dublin Docklands; and a fundamental component of this active partnership is NCI’s Early Learning Initiative (ELI). ELI is a community-based educational initiative aimed at addressing educational disadvantage through the provision of an integrated programme for children, their parents and families, and educators from early years up to third level. This report, conducted by the Children’s Research Centre, Trinity College and funded by Pobal Dormant Account Funds – Flagship Projects, examines the implementation of one element of the Early Learning Initiative - Parental Involvement in Children’s Learning (PICL) training in community childcare centres in the Docklands.