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NYCI is the representative body for voluntary youth organisations in Ireland. We use our collective expertise to act on issues that impact on young people.
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We’re hiring: Equality and Intercultural Programme Officer
The National Youth Council of Ireland’s Equality & Intercultural Programme wishes to recruit a full-time Equality and Intercultural Programme Officer. The successful candidate will work towards […]
Reflecting on Youth Skills Fest- Making Our Skills Count, Shaping Inclusive Societies
Article by Fatima Elzahra Ismail To mark the European Year of Skills, A powerful event spotlighting the impact of youth work was organised by the […]
NYCI Summer School 2024: Register your Interest!
Join us in May 2024 to explore climate justice through youth arts practice! The Summer School will support you to use youth arts as a […]
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Programmes
Our programmes provide expert guidance, practical training and user-friendly resources to support your work with young people
Youth Arts
Programme
Be part of our work for young people and the youth work sector. There are so many ways you can get involved and make a difference.
Child Protection
Programme
The Child Protection Programme is based in the National Youth Council of Ireland and is funded by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
Equality & Intercultural
Programme
The Equality and Intercultural Programme at NYCI is here to support you to embed equality, inclusion, diversity and interculturalism in your youth work setting.
Global Youth Work & Development Education
Programme
Global youth work is essentially good youth work, which responds to young people’s changing circumstances. Global youth work is about discovering global issues with young people through non-formal education.
Youth Health
Programme
We aim to facilitate and promote the involvement of youth organisations and young people in international activities and to encourage youth organisations to include an international dimension to their youth work.
STEAM Engagement Programme
Programme
Ensuring STEAM is used to improve the lives of young people and inspire their curiosity.
International
Programme
We aim to facilitate and promote the involvement of youth organisations and young people in international activities and to encourage youth organisations to include an international dimension to their youth work.
STEAM and Digital Youth Work
Programme
We use innovative methodologies to increase the use of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and maths) to support the achievement of youth work outcomes and train youth workers to support the young people they work with to deal with living in an increasingly digitalised world.
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Our recent Youth Skills Fest was organised to mark the European Year of Skills to showcase the skills acquired by young people through youth work, fostering their confidence & enhancing their ability to convey their skills to future employers.
@dcediy
To mark the European Year of Skills, we recently organised powerful event highlighting the impact of youth work. Learn what it was all about through Fatima Elzahra Ismail's reflections on the event. @dcediy
Exciting News! Introducing: "TRANSFORMING HATE IN YOUTH WORK SETTINGS" Manual and Activity Resource by @nycinews Click the link for the full guide: Kudos to the incredible NYCI team!
#YouthWork #TransformingHate #HopeAndCourageCollective
#OneWorldWeek 2023 comes to a close today - thank you everyone who took part in some really wonderful conversations and events!
We hope to see many of you in the new year for our rescheduled Youth Summit 💫
‼️Important‼️
We are deferring our #OneWorldWeek Youth Summit event which was due to take place this Saturday, November 25th in Dublin, but we do intend to hold it early in the New Year…watch this space.
@Irish_Aid @concernactive @Concern @trocaire @MaynoothUni #youthwork
☀️ NYCI Summer School 2024 returns next May to support you to use youth arts as a methodology to engage young people in a creative and meaningful way with climate justice.
Register your interest at the link below 👇
@dcediy @artscouncil_ie @Irish_Aid
"Let us join hands, with hearts intertwined,
And embrace our struggles, side by side,
In the face of poverty's adversity, we prevail
Together, we create a world where all can thrive"
Thank you to all who attended this morning and took part in the conversations on poverty
"Poverty is deliberately caused, and the only way to change that is for people to speak out about it"
Sarah Kelleher comments on the ways in which poverty is systemic, and the importance of addressing it as a global issue
#OWW23 #SDGs #Youth2030 @LYCSDublin
Continuing with the theme of spoken-word poetry, the YPC share an evocative video addressing poverty
#OWW23 #SDGs #Youth2030
Get Involved
Committees
Make an impact by joining The Policy and Advocacy Committee (PAC) or The International
Advisory Committee (IAC)
Members
Uniting 43 national youth organisations who are full member of the NYCI. 10 organisations have corresponding or observer status
Campaigns
The National Youth Council of Ireland supports a number of campaigns aimed at improving the lives of young people in Ireland
NYCI complies with The Governance Code for the Community, Voluntary and Charitable Sector in Ireland
NYCI supports Sustainable Development Goals
NYCI Supports Comhlámh’s Code of Good Practice
NYCI is a signatory of the Dochas Code of Conduct on Images and Messages
NYCI is an SDG Champion.