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NYCI National Conference 2024: Youth Workers Change Lives

December 5 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm GMT

€50.00 – €65.00
NYCI Annual Conference

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The 2024 NYCI Conference brings youth workers, managers, volunteers and other stakeholders together to focus on two critical aspects of the sector’s Vision for Youth Work: Aspect 5 – People: Capacity, Support, and Diversity and Aspect 7 – Recognition and Resources. As the sector faces challenges in recruitment and retention, the conference will launch the year of #YouthWorkersChangeLives, spotlighting the vital contributions of youth workers and exploring ways to elevate the recognition and support of youth work across Ireland.

🌟 A Vision for Youth Work

The Vision for Youth Work, developed together with our membership and the wider youth sector, sets out a vision for the future direction of youth work in Ireland over the next 10 years:

All young people living in Ireland have access to high-quality, well-resourced youth work services, which meet their expressed needs, delivered by paid professionals and well-supported volunteers.

Calendar

Date & time

Thursday, December 5th, 2023

9:30 am to 4:30 pm

Price

Cost

Early bird                         Full price

NYCI Member               €50                            €70
Non-member               €65                            €85

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Venue

The Gibson Hotel, Dublin

🤝Who Should Attend?

Join youth workers, managers, volunteers and others from across the sector in an event that will shape the future of youth work!

⚡ Why Attend?

Our conference will feature a blend of thought-provoking and inspiring keynote inputs, engaging roundtable discussions and an opportunity to identify actions we can collectively take. It’s an interactive space where ideas will flourish, connections will strengthen, and inspiration will flow! You will get the chance to:

  • Reflect on two of the current and critical aspects of the Vision for Youth Work, and how they relate to your work.
  • Explore how these aspects can be advanced, ensuring participation from every corner of the sector.
  • Consider “what do you want the new Dáil to do” and inform “Priorities for the new Oireachtas”.
  • Take the opportunity network and connect with colleagues from across the sector.

🎥 The conference in 2 minutes

Get a glimpse of the energy and insights from last year’s conference – watch the highlights video below!

🧾 Programme

9:00-9:30 Registration and Networking
9:30-9:45 Welcome Address – NYCI President Denis O’Brien
09:45: – 11:15 Stories of Youth Work – A Soundscape Experience

Keynote Address – Dr Hilary Tierney

11:15 – 11:40 Tea/coffee and networking opportunity
11:40-13:00 Aspect 7 – Recognition and Resources

Dr Mark Hammond

Roundtable Conversations

13:00 –13:50 Networking lunch
13:50– 14:00 Launch of Starting Out 2.0 
14.00 – 15.20 Aspect 5 – People: Capacity, support and diversity

Dr Aidan Farrelly

Roundtable Conversations

15:20 – 15:45 Discussion into Action
15:45-16:05 National Vision to European Vision – Janice McGarry and Dermot O’Brien
16: 05– 16:25 Dublin Youth Theatre – 8 Aspects – A Youth Perspective
16:25 – 16:30 Closing comments

🎤 Keynote Speakers

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Hilary Tierney

Dr. Hilary Tierney is Associate Professor of Community and Youth Work and co-Director of the Centre for Youth Research and Development (CYRD) in the Department of Applied Social Studies in Maynooth University (MU).  She gets to work every day with amazing people who are committed to sustainable social change, to developing our capacity for critical curiosity and informed action, to create a world worth living in for all who share the planet. Hilary has had a lifelong commitment to youth work.

Mark Hammond

Dr Mark Hammond is a senior lecturer in Community Youth Work at Ulster University. He has worked in the field of youth work and peacebuilding for over 30 years with various statutory and voluntary sector youth work agencies such as YMCA Ireland, Corrymeela and the Education Authority. His PhD study explored the purpose of youth work and the processes in which it engages. Mark has a passion for learning and teaching and seeing the development of students in the academic, professional, and personal journey.

Janice McGarry

Janice McGarry, Coordinator of the European Youth Work Agenda – Bonn Process Project, Aspire2 Director, Freelance youth work consultant, facilitator and trainer for European initiatives. Over the past 20+ years Janice has been involved at all levels of youth work. Her journey into youth work started as a young person. She firmly believes that her participation in youth work has changed her own life & the lives of her family members as a result. Janice has achieved her degree in youth and community & her Masters in Equality Studies.

Dermot O’Brien

Dermot is an international trainer and facilitator who has been working in the Development Education, Youth Work and Further Education sectors for many years. He has been involved in co-authoring the last five Development Education resources for the National Youth Council of Ireland’s ‘One World Week’ as well as delivering training and hosting events for NYCI. He has also been involved in designing and delivering training, supporting events and organising activities with a variety of organisations in the Development Education and Global Citizenship field. As a tutor in the Liberties College Dermot teaches the Social Justice Principles module on the Youth and Community studies course.

Dublin Youth Theatre

Since its foundation in 1977, by Educational Psychologist Paddy O’Dwyer, Dublin Youth Theatre (DYT) has forged a unique contribution to the worlds of theatre and youth work, consistently breaking new ground in youth theatre. Always progressive, a little radical, and always forward thinking, we provided a space for young people from a wide range of backgrounds, interests and identities to have a voice. DYT’s focus and drive is the personal, social and artistic development of young people aged 14-22 in Dublin, through the medium of theatre.

Details

Date:
December 5
Time:
9:30 am - 4:30 pm GMT
Cost:
€50.00 – €65.00
Event Category:

Venue

The Gibson Hotel
Point Square, Dublin 1
Dublin, Ireland

Organiser

National Youth Council of Ireland
Phone
+353-1-478-4122
Email
info@youth.ie
View Organiser Website