PROGRAMMES
NEWS
Catholic Guides of Ireland awarded Gold Health Quality Mark
Catholic Guides of Ireland were awarded a Gold Standard Health Quality Mark (HQM) by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) in recognition of their work […]
Young Men’s Mental Health ‘Take the Time and Make the Time’
The NYCI Youth Health Programme has created this video to highlight issues experienced by young men around mental health.
Interactive map of youth work activities for young asylum seekers and refugees
TRAINING & EVENTS
Gaming in Youth Work – Engaging young people in climate action and development education
This innovative and exciting new programme will enable youth workers to use games to strengthen their practice while focussing on climate, environmental and development issues.
Identify, Tackle, and Transform Hate Speech and Behaviour in Youth Settings
This course is delivered by a team of Trainers who worked with the National Youth Council of Ireland, in partnership with 4 European organisations- Peace Institute (Finland), Ljubljana Pride (Slovenia), Interfaith Scotland (UK), Hamoment (Portugal) on an innovative Erasmus+ funded project exploring how to transform hate in youth work settings.
Drama Techniques in Youth Work Settings
This tailored workshop is designed to address your needs as a facilitator by adding a range of drama processes to your youth work toolkit! It provides practical tips to ensure success and aims to enhance your creative ability, artistic skills and confidence when working with young people.
CAMPAIGNS
NYCI in partnership with our member organisations and the wider youth work sector is running the “Youth Work Changes Lives” campaign from 2017-2019 to highlight the positive contribution of youth work to young people, local communities and Irish society as a whole
VOTE AT 16
NYCI believes that young people should have a greater say in decisions and actions that affect them and their community. We have been campaigning for Government to extend the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds for local, national and European elections.
Become a member of the NYCI
Join the representative body for youth organisations in Ireland and take advantage of the benefits for your organisation
Great to see our #YouthWorkChangesLives showcase yesterday get such good coverage! Well-deserved recognition for the brilliant young people involved and helps underline the strong message that more funding for youth work services is needed.
Great picture coverage for @nycinews in today’s @IrishTimes @Independent_ie and @thetimesIE Woop woop! I’m young at heart! 💓
Great to meet local members of @griese_youth in the Mansion House yesterday at @nycinews national showcase. An impressive group
Proper funding ‘could make lasting impact on young’, says NYCI
Proper funding ‘could make lasting impact on young’, says NYCI
Youth council calls for increased funding for sector which serves 380,000 teenagers
www.irishtimes.com
WE’RE HIRING!
Click on the link below to see the range of available job positions at the National Youth Council of 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