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.
Creative Access: Seminar to support emerging artists and youth arts practitioners from minority and marginalised backgrounds
Research launch – Looking out for, looking after and looking to each other
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.
Climate Justice seeks to explore and highlight the systemic and human rights issues related to the climate crisis. It looks at how climate change is a political issue, as well as an environmental issue.
This workshop focuses on creating peace through building human connection at the personal, local, national and global levels. Supporting youth workers and young people to work towards peace in communities is essential to maintaining a strong foundation for tackling the global challenges facing our world today.
Understanding Power is a key aspect of empowering young people in embracing who they are and how to change their communities and the wider world for the better. This half day or full day workshop will facilitate you, your organisation and the young people you work with in building knowledge and skills in recognising, exploring and harnessing power.
This workshop aims to support you in the practical side of moving interesting ideas to meaningful and sustainable actions, a collaborative learning environment where we look at projects, programmes and processes of taking action to make change.
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.
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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.
Part-time course in Youth Arts practice delivered in partnership by the National Youth Arts Programme and Maynooth University. The NUI Certificate in Youth Arts aims to introduce those working in the youth sector to the concepts, principles and practice of youth arts using a context and practice approach.
Accrediting body: NUI Maynooth, Dept of Applied Social Studies
The National Youth Health Programme delivers the Specialist Certificate in Youth Health Promotion in conjunction with NUI Galway every second year. The course aims to encourage, support and facilitate youth organisations to become effective settings for health.
Programme Award: Certificate in Health Promotion (Level 7) – Specialist Certificate in Youth Health Promotion awarded by NUI Galway
E-learning courses
The National Youth Council of Ireland offers a number of e-Learning courses aimed at those working in the youth work sector. Below you will see links to all the available courses in this category.
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The National Youth Council of Ireland in collaboration with Maynooth University has developed a new interactive online learning module on Global Youth Work. The module includes animations, interviews with youth work sector and Global Citizenship Education stakeholders, tools and resources addressing three key areas – Understanding Globalisation; Principles and Practice; & a transformative youth work practice model.
National Youth Council of Ireland and Léargas in collaboration with Maynooth University have developed a new interactive online learning module on international youth work.
An elearning to support the youth work sector to keep young people safe online.
This e-learning is a building block for you to strengthen your capacity in supporting young people to develop their sexual health.