Publications

The National Youth Council of Ireland passionately believes in an Ireland where every young person in every community across the country is empowered through excellent youth […]

Over the past ten years there have been significant developments at policy and strategy levels, both internationally and nationally, which provide a strong rationale for promoting […]

The course encourages, supports and facilitates youth organisations to become effective settings for health. 

This educational tool and practice manual outlines an innovative new approach on how to transform hate in youth work settings. Focused on the youth worker, and their […]

The aim of the National Youth Strategy is to enable all young people to realise their maximum potential, by respecting their rights and hearing their voices, […]

If you are currently running an arts project or you are thinking about getting started, we hope this publication will prove very helpful. It is intended […]

Youth in Europe: What Next? Structured Dialogue Cycle VI – Consultation Phase Full report

This resource will help you measure the outcomes of your youth arts project. This set of scales specially designed to provide a series of observable behaviours in a group of young people taking part in an arts project.

An NYCI Toolkit for Youth Work Organisations to design, review and evaluate their child protection policy. This new resource is aimed at youth clubs, services and […]

A Practical Guide to using NYCI’s ‘Capturing Magic’ – a tool for evaluating outcomes in youth arts projects in line with the National Quality Standards Framework […]

Introduction Using Art in Youth Work provides opportunities to encourage creativity and self-expression.  It presents new challenges and can expose people to new and exciting art forms. […]

Introduction Evaluation of process, progress and outcomes is a vital part of any youth work, and should occur as an ongoing activity throughout any project. A […]

This online resource gives you a duo of photography workshops to undertake with young people – one using cameras and one without. Written by Aoife Giles, […]

This online resource gives you a duo of photography workshops to undertake with young people – one using cameras and one without. Written by Aoife Giles, […]

Courage, tenacity and patience key to partnerships involving young people and the arts Seeking out partnerships can be enormously helpful to youth work and artistic programmes […]

12 Trusty Tips for Starting and Sustaining Youth Arts Work: Youth arts work involves, by necessity and design, the collaboration of young people, youth workers and […]

These guidance documents were developed in response to the recommendations identified in the Screenagers International research project. They accompany a Screenagers workshop with policy makers and […]

Screenagers International Research Project using ICT, Digital & Social Media in Youth Work. The Screenagers International Research Project is a collaborative study focussing on the use […]

Screenagers International Research Project using ICT, Digital & Social Media in Youth Work. The Screenagers International Research Project is a collaborative study focussing on the use […]

Ethics is the study of moral obligation involving the distinction between what is right and what is wrong and this is influenced by a person’s values […]

Criteria and Procedures for the Professional Endorsement of Higher Education Programmes of Study in Youth Work

 The Terms of Reference (TOR) have been drawn up by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland (DENI) and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs […]

We brought 12 young adults (aged 20–30) from diverse cultural, social and religious backgrounds from Ireland and Lebanon to work together in Beirut, Lebanon for one week […]

Bridges and Barriers to Unity is a toolkit for youth workers to promote diversity and inclusion. It is full of practical information and exercises to help you to deliver sessions and also to examine your own practice as a youth worker. It is inspired by the Galway Comhairle Na nÓgs commitment to ‘Supporting Refugees’ as their main topic of 2016/2017 and is a collaboration between Youth Work Ireland Galway, the National Youth Council, World Vision Ireland and Galway County Council