Training & Events
Practical training and certified courses to support your professional development.
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We provide a wide range of practical training and certified courses delivered by experts to support your professional development and work with young people.
Alongside our scheduled training calendar, tailored and on-demand training to build your organisation’s capacity is also available.
Upcoming training courses & events
Click on any of the events below to find out more about them, or click here to see all available training courses and events that you can book online.
Young Voices – Cork Edition Join us for our New Year Revolutions
Working with Autistic Young People- Inclusive Practice
Event 1 – Monday 20th – Making a Difference: Impact and Youth Arts
Event 2 – Tuesday 21st – Youth Arts SPEAKS
Tailored training courses
We provide tailored and on-demand training to build your organisation’s capacity. We offer a range of tailored training courses in a variety of disciplines that we can run at your premises (or a convenient nearby location) specifically to upskill your staff members.
Click on any of the featured courses below to find out more, or click here to see all available tailored training courses.
This e-learning is a building block for you to strengthen your capacity in supporting young people to develop their sexual health.
This e-learning is a building block for you to strengthen your capacity in supporting young people to develop their sexual health.
The free One World Week workshops are aimed at young people and youth workers. We will use non-formal development education methods to connect young people and youth workers with the theme.
The training looks to build on a young person’s role in their local community, and within a globalised World. This training is designed to be delivered online or in-person with an established youth work organisation and space.
Certificate & in-depth courses
With our academic partners Maynooth University and NUI Galway, the National Youth Council of Ireland offers a number of Certificate and In-depth courses aimed at those working in the youth work sector. Below you will see links to all the available courses in this category.
Click on any of the items listed below to find out more about them.
The new NUI Certificate in Global Youth Work and Development Education is a Level 8, Special Purpose award delivered by the National Youth Council of Ireland in partnership with the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
The NUI Certificate in Youth Arts is developed and delivered in partnership by Maynooth University and the National Youth Council of Ireland. It is a part-time programme of study (November 2021 – June 2022) in youth arts practice with focus on the emerging field of STEAM in Youth Work.
This innovative and exciting new programme will enable youth workers to use games to strengthen their practice while focussing on climate, environmental and development issues.
This residential training in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) activities for youth work settings will help you explore pinhole photography and paper circuit art with youth arts specialists Brian Cregan and Maeve Clancy.
It is delivered as part of a collaboration between NYCI’s Youth Arts Programme and STEAM in Youth Work project, meaning participants will also be eligible to apply for a €5,000 Scientist in Youth Work Residency grant.