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Autumn School 2025: “Building capacity to address the needs of LGBTQ+ youth through youth work, a global priority”

September 5 - September 7

Join youth workers, volunteers and activists in the Youth 2030 Global Youth Work – National Youth Council of Ireland and Belong To – LGBTQ+ Youth Ireland Autumn School, 2025, which takes place from the 5th-7th September 2025.

This Autumn School will create a space to explore how LGBTQ+ youth work can offer a transformative potential for social change and stronger society.  

The threat to democracy across the world, calls for a radical shift in how we work with LGBTQ+ youth. This also calls to our attention the challenging issues for the LGBTQI+ community at local, national and global levels that need to be addressed in youth and community settings in Ireland.  

In these turbulent times, we need spaces where a more just future can be imagined and cultivated. This autumn school will support youth workers, volunteers and activists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to interact with these issues.  

This initiative, led by activists from the queer community, will gather together youth work professionals and educators, to explore ground for an active, critical, and compassionate community.   

This autumn school is an immersive experience for people with experience in this field. It will enhance your knowledge and support you with tools in your youth work practice.  This is also an invitation to engage with joyful curiosity, and to learn together. 

Calendar

Date & time

5th – 7th September 2025

Price

Cost

€20

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Venue

TBC

Designed for

Youth Workers with experience working on LGBTQI+ issues.

Objectives

The training objectives are to:

Empower participants through a critically informed learning approach, acknowledging the inherent political dimension of youth work.

Support youth workers to see their work as an anti-oppressive practice that understands the impact of oppression on the LGBTQ+ community, and across other aspects of marginalised identities.

Build critical literacy and open dialogue about homophobia, transphobia, racism, inequality, and social justice.   

Create a space of community, solidarity, play and well-being.  

Delivered by

NYCI, Belong To and External Facilitators

Expectations for Participation

  • Attendance for the entire 2-day duration of Autumn School-Friday eve to Sunday morning inclusive.
  • Experience of working on LGBTQI+ issues.
  • Willingness and openness to learn.
  • Commitment to equality, equity, human rights, and solidarity.
  • Applications are particularly welcome from LGBTQI+ and ethnic minority communities.

This is a subsidised school, but we will ask all participants to pay €20

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Start:
September 5
End:
September 7
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