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Press ReleaseYouth Work Ireland16th March 2022 Youth Work Ireland and its Member Youth Services have been working to develop a comprehensive response to the local challenge of providing for the large numbers of families expected from Ukraine in local communities. In conjunction with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) the organisation and its 20 members have been … Read more

Clare Youth Service Digital Youth Information Access Project Clare Youth Service have launched their Digital Youth Information Access Project in 14 locations across the county A first for any youth service in the country, the project has resulted in the installation of remotely enabled digital signage screens featuring real-time, relevant and reliable information on educational, health … Read more

This year’s Youth Work Ireland Week takes place from Saturday April 9th – Saturday April 16th and will see hundreds of events and activities taking place across Youth Work Ireland Member Youth Services. Youth Work Ireland Week is a chance for us to celebrate and promote the work local youth services do every week in communities around … Read more

Youth Work Ireland Cavan Monaghan as part of the Monaghan Children and Young People’s Services (CYPSC) Healthy Ireland Fund, has launched a new interactive mobile phone app for young people called Connecting You. The app takes all the health and wellbeing information as well as local organisations that young people might be looking for and puts … Read more

Our Generation The Our Generation Project provides wonderful opportunities for young people to develop their knowledge around issues such as emotional well-being, sexual health, and leadership through the Be Well Programme, YES Project, and a pilot project, The Youth Fund. The Our Generation team have been really busy from June to December 2021. They have delivered Be … Read more

Job Vacancy – Finance Adminstrator  The Finance Administrator will work closely with and report to the Head of Finance in Youth Work Ireland National Office. Their duties will include the processing of a small monthly payroll, carrying out the day-to-day requirements of the finance office, including Debtors/Creditors/Banking and general administration duties. The Finance Administrator will … Read more

OUR Generation is launching Transgenerational Trauma Awareness Day on Wednesday 15th December 2021. The aim of the day is to raise awareness and expand the conversation around Transgenerational Trauma. Click here to register>>

Nollaig is an opportunity for young people within our Member Youth Services to design the official Youth Work Ireland Christmas card. The competition was open to all young people affiliated to a Youth Work Ireland Local Youth Service and we had three age categories and received hundreds of entries. We are delighted to announce the category winners … Read more

The Retail project, supported by Erasmus+ and Leargas aims at creating training packages for different audiences involved in retail such as experienced retail entrepreneurs, and digital natives looking for new work opportunities. These packages will include subjects such as new retail business models, e-commerce, social networks, business strategies and more! The fourth newsletter is now out and … Read more

Gen Z calls for action as 81% of young people surveyed admit to buying clothing from fast fashion outlets despite awareness of climate impact. 83% of young people say they want to avoid fast fashion as COP26 continues to highlight harmful impacts on the planet Leading youth organisation, Youth Work Ireland, is continuing its climate … Read more