Resources

April 8, 2016

Youth Development through the Arts – 2013

This major conference addressed those working in the youth, community and voluntary sector, academics and policy makers. As well as looking at the benefits of embracing […]
April 7, 2016

Gender in Youth Work (2014)

This major conference addressed those working in the youth, community and voluntary sector, academics and policy makers. It looked at gender in youth work at both […]
April 5, 2016

2015- Playing our Part, the youth sector’s contribution to the implementation of the National Youth Strategy

NYCI’s 2015 Annual Conference focused on the topic of Playing our Part, the youth sectors contribution to the implementation of the National Youth Strategy. The conference […]
March 21, 2016

The role of the Arts in Environmental Education

Across the globe, educators, scientists, musicians and artists have been collaborating in the development of innovative ways to engage young people with the natural world. The […]
March 21, 2016

The Queen of Children’s Theatre: a glimpse inside…

We have asked some Irish Artists to identify and discuss work that they admire that has been created for children and young people outside of Ireland. […]
January 20, 2016

Young Voices – EU Structural Dialogue National Implementation Project

We are going to hear a lot about ‘Politics’ in 2016. How much are we going to hear about ‘young people’ and politics? That is up […]
January 18, 2016

My Culture, My London

In a recent speech to a delegation of London teachers, our Chair Professor Maggie Atkinson, former Children’s Commissioner for England, talked about culture being ‘done unto’ […]
December 14, 2015

Intergenerational Youth Arts Practice II

Brigitta describes her experience of Intergenerational work and explains just how important she feels it is for local communities to deliver programmes that pro-actively make connections […]
December 14, 2015

Intergenerational Youth Arts Practice – Part 1

Have you ever thought about the benefits that Intergenerational work could bring to the young people in your group? The next two blogs, profile a long […]