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We believe that young people’s voices are not being sufficiently heard in relation to what is happening in Ireland now and that when we work together as a federation we can be a powerful support for young people’s voices to be heard. Link to register and join the group – https://form.jotform.com/210381797007355 Through work on our new Strategic Plan, … Read more

Youth Work Ireland’s Irish Youth Music Awards (IYMAs) is excited to release a passionate spoken word piece produced remotely throughout lockdown featuring young musicians from across the island of Ireland. This video was produced through a series of online workshops with the young creatives featured in the video filming their own content for the piece. … Read more

Research driven by young people uncovers climate injustice at play in Ireland.   A new report from Youth Work Ireland, launched by Mary Robinson, has uncovered a range of injustices and inequalities in Ireland due to climate change. The report is part of the Our Fair Planet: Youth Actions for Climate Justice programme which aims to … Read more

Youth Empowerment in Sexual Health: Panel Discussion and Debate Date:           Friday 22nd January 2021 Time:           10am CET / 9am GMT Venue:        Zoom Link>> Invitation to join the European Confederation of Youth Clubs (ECYC) for an online panel discussion on the evolving situation regarding sexual and reproductive education in Europe and the role of … Read more

Over the last number of months, young people acroos 18 Youth Work Ireland Member Youth Services, have taken part in this climate justice progamme. The Our Fair Planet: Youth Actions for Climate Justice was developed as part of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Intergration and Youth’s Climate Justice Fund which aimed at educating and empowering young people around … Read more

Nollaig Overall Winner goes to Kilnaboy Youth Club, Clare Youth Service Nollaig 2020 – Category 5 – 9 Winner goes to Breffni Youth Club, Youth Work Ireland North Connaught Nollaig 2020 Category 10 – 14 winner goes to Kilnaboy Youth Club, Clare Youth Service Nollaig 2020 Category 15 – 18 winner goes to Kilnaboy Youth … Read more

Youth Work Ireland’s Innovative Practice Group identifies and supports youth work innovation in response to Covid-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic youth work has had to respond to the continued needs of young people in a safe way, which has resulted in a lot more youth work activities and sessions taking place outdoors. This has meant programmes that would have … Read more

As part of the Irish Government’s Covid 19 Skills Stimulus package the School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, is pleased to announce that ther Postgraduate Diploma in Youth Work (PDYW) are now recruiting to fill 15 places funded under the scheme. Details of the scheme and eligibly are available here; https://www.ucc.ie/en/skills/ The Postgraduate Diploma … Read more

Youth Work Ireland are thrilled to launch a new resource to support and promote the understanding of issues facing young LGBTI+ people in Ireland today. The Bí Tusa resource will build on the brilliant work already taking place in Youth Work Ireland LGBTI+ & Ally groups around the country. This resource will support professionals, communities and parents to become … Read more

Did you know we have 42 UN rights for the child? Our Peace IV Youth Network for Peace youth led campaigns and conventions group have workshopped and rolled out a campaign around this by asking youth workers to look at what the UN convention on the rights of the child says and what it means … Read more