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Youth Work Ireland and the Corona Virus The measures which Youth Work Ireland National Office and our Member Youth Services have taken are guided by the official advice provided by the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.  Our primary concern is for the health and safety of our young … Read more

Donegal Youth Service is currently recruiting for 2 new positions for the Our Generation Project, funded through Peace IV Regional – Building Peace through Emotional Resilience. The Our Generation Project is a cross-border and cross-community project which aims to build positive relations by developing “Our Generation’s” emotional resilience, empathy and understanding through emotional resilience in post-conflict … Read more

FDYS have run an LGBTI+ youth group in Wexford for the last seven years. It has evolved into a youth group that was initially separate and distinct to a group which is now integrated within the senior youth café in the Cloisters Youth Space. The FDYS LGBTI+ Youth Strategy has been developed from consultations, workshops and discussions with young … Read more

Register now for our #YouthEmpowered special hospitality skills day taking place in the The Timber Yard at The Mayson, Dublin on March 27th, from 2pm-5pm, in partnership with Press Up Entertainment Group. This exciting event is for young people aged 18+ who want to learn about the job opportunities and skills that a career with Press Up can bring. Full … Read more

Youth Work Ireland’s Irish Youth Music Awards (IYMAs) is excited to return to Croke Park for its all-ages National Day on Saturday May 9th, 2020. Tickets are now on sale and after last year’s event nearly selling out, we advise getting your tickets quickly! RTÉ 2FM marked this announcement live on air this morning and … Read more

A new study from Limerick Youth Service on the needs and experiences of  young people growing up in rural County Limerick was launched recently. The ‘Baseline Study and Needs Analysis of Young People aged 10-18’ was commission by LYS to capture the experiences of young people in rural communities, and to highlight the gaps in terms of the … Read more

After 2 years of deep development work, the Skill IT for Youth project is now complete! The results were launched this week in YWI’s National Office to great acclaim. Check them out on https://digipathways.io/ As well as the most up to date piece of Research on Digital Youth Work in Ireland and a Policy Brief … Read more

PRESS RELEASE Date: 23 January 2020 Cross-border and cross-community project aims to build positive relations by developing “Our Generation’s” emotional resilience, empathy and understanding Building peace through emotional resilience in post-conflict Ireland. A partnership of seven cross-border organisations are to share €6.1M of EU PEACE IV funding to support communities to tackle post-conflict resilience and … Read more

YOUNG PEOPLE’S MANIFESTO #GE2020 HEAR OUR VOICE! It is beyond doubt that the recent economic crisis affected massively on young people and was nothing short of cataclysmic for them. Yet in the years since the collapse of the world financial systems, we have not seen any systematic measures from Government aimed at relieving the situation … Read more