Upcoming Bookable Courses & Events

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March 26, 2019

Making Links With Minority Ethnic Youth Groups

March 22, 2019

Transforming Hate in Youth Work Settings

This training focuses on tackling hateful speech or behaviours in real and lasting ways. We come from the premise that hate and discrimination will not be changed by taking a punitive approach. The training gives tools to the youth worker to build their self-awareness, learn the principles of compassionate communication and adopt a needs-based approach to bring about lasting change.
March 22, 2019

8 Steps to Inclusive Youth Work – Training

Youth organisations can find it difficult to report on their inclusive youth work practice: “What should it look like?”; “Have we done enough?”; “Have we fallen short in some areas?”; “How do we do inclusion work in the context of other demands?”; “What are the key things we need to know to meet the key needs of minority and marginalised young people?”
March 4, 2019

Transforming Shadows

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 […]
February 20, 2019

Making Links

NYCI has announced a new ‘Making Links’ project, with thanks to funding from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Making Links is for anyone in Ireland who is running a minority ethnic youth group already or who has advanced plans to run a minority ethnic youth group.
February 8, 2019

Designing an Intercultural Programme

On day one the course follows the structure of the ‘Intercultural Awareness and Cultural Competency’ training day. On the second day participants will develop practical skills to engage with young people and volunteers in a culturally diverse setting, as well as planning and delivering their own session on Interculturalism and inclusion.
January 25, 2019

Intercultural Awareness and Cultural Competency

This course is designed to introduce participants to the theory and methodologies required to develop and maintain cross-cultural relationships in youth work. It will assist participants to engage with young people and volunteers from diverse cultures.
January 25, 2019

Practical Supports for Doing Intercultural Youth Work

This course will introduce participants to the skills and resources needed in planning effective and sustainable intercultural youth programmes. It will offer guidelines on recruitment and good practice and will empower youth workers to take action towards developing a culturally inclusive youth service.
January 25, 2019

Developing an Intercultural / Diversity Policy and Implementation Plan

This course is designed to ease participants through a policy development process. At the end of day one participants will have developed an intercultural policy template for their own organisation.