Your youth sector update

Your guide to funding, vacancies, training, events, and opportunities across the youth sector.


** April 2020
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Hello John,

Despite these challenging times, it's been heartening to see the tremendous response of our members and others across the sector to support young people staying at home. I'd urge you to to read about some of these initiatives below and share them with anyone you think will benefit.

As you'll have seen, in NYCI we are also continuing to adapt our events and services and bring together resources, training and advice ([link removed]) to support you through this time.

As well as supporting you in your work, we are also working on supports for your personal well being - more on this next week. In the meantime, I hope you find the update below useful, and if you have any questions, let me know.

Kind regards and stay well,

Daniel
NYCI

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NYCI News
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Upcoming training, deadlines, and calls
* Skills Summary Online Video Training Sessions ([link removed]) Dates in April & May
* The Global Lens - Youth Work and a Global Lockdown ([link removed]) April 22

* Linking Asylum Seekers and Refugees to Youth Work Opportunities in County Cork ([link removed]) April 28

* STEAM in Youth Work - Coding and 3D Printing for Everyone ([link removed]) April 28

* STEAM in Youth Work - Support and Equipment Grants ([link removed]) Application Deadline April 30
* Staying at home during Covid-19 ([link removed]) April 30

* Film Editing When Working with Young People ([link removed]) May 5

* Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant Scheme ([link removed]) Extended Deadline May 20

* STEAM in Youth Work - Intermediate Training ([link removed]) May 28

Need something else? We also provide tailored training in a variety of disciplines to build your organisation’s capacity to support those working with young people. You'll find featured courses and more on the training and events ([link removed]) section of our website.



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Deadline Extended: €5,000 Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant Scheme
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Do you have a good idea for a youth arts project but need funding to work with an artist? We are looking to support partnerships involving artists in residence in youth work settings or youth groups in residence in arts settings, starting in June 2020. Find out more here >> ([link removed])


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Child Protection During Covid-19
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Youth work can be the source of safety and security for so many young people in Ireland. Covid-19 and its necessary control measures compound the challenges for vulnerable and at-risk young people. NYCI's Child Protection Programme has put together some information to support the youth work sector to continue their commitment to child protection in their practice. Find out more >> ([link removed])



** Support for STEAM in Youth Work
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Would your team benefit from help using Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths in their youth work? We offer a range of free support to youth workers and other educators who want to deliver STEAM sessions, projects and programmes with young people over the next nine months. Find out how to apply >> ([link removed])


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Strictly Come Coding - Youth Group Gaming Project
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Get young people coding and keep them engaged with each other in a youth work context - even if neither you nor they have any previous experience with coding. Combining gaming and youth work, collaboration and teamwork are important factors in the project, and learning is embedded in the game. Download the resource and find out more >> ([link removed])



** "Change the World" Podcast
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We've teamed up with NYCI member SpunOut.ie to support young people to share their thoughts and amplify their voices on the Sustainable Development Goals and how they impact young people in Ireland and globally. Each podcast in the series was researched, produced, and recorded by a young person. New episodes, each focusing on a specific Sustainable Development Goal, are released weekly. Listen here >> ([link removed])


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Covid-19 Support and Resources
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The Covid-19 outbreak represents a major challenge for the youth work sector. It changes the way we all must work. With that in mind, we’re bringing together resources, training and advice to support you through this time. Read more >> ([link removed])


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Member News
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Gaisce at Home
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Gaisce – The President’s Award launched ‘Gaisce at Home’/ ‘Gaisce sa Bhaile’ to encourage young people, precisely as the country and the world responds to the challenge of Covid-19, to stay active and engaged in their personal development and community action.

As part of the campaign, Gaisce is also welcoming young people aged 15-25 who are interested in signing up for the Award to contact [email protected]. Parents or guardians who wish to support a young person to achieve a Gaisce Award at home are also encouraged to get in touch. Find out more >> ([link removed])



** Young Social Innovators - Open Call for Teenagers
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Young Social Innovators is calling on teens all over Ireland to explore, create, and innovate around issues relating to Covid-19. The campaign calls on teenagers to submit creative ideas to tackle issues they see at home and in their communities. All those who submit ideas will receive certification recognising their contribution, and ideas with the highest potential for impact will pitched to a varied panel of industry leaders. Find out more >> ([link removed])


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Foróige Digital Focus Groups
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The Covid-19 pandemic is adversely affecting the youth population of Ireland. Youth organisation Foróige asked young people how isolation measures are impacting on them and how they are coping. The organisation hosted a digital focus group with young people from all over the country which was chaired by two young people who are members of Foróige’s Board. Here's what they had to say >> ([link removed])


** SpunOut: Remote Youthreach Workshops
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SpunOut.ie is currently making a workshop series available to Youthreach Centres, designed to support the centres and their students during the current Covid-19 pandemic. The workshop covers wellbeing, managing home life and relationships, focusing on your education, and more.Apply here >> ([link removed])

SpunOut.ie will also be running training for youth workers and those who work with young people and is seeking feedback from those in the sector on training needs and potential topics to cover. Fill out SpunOut's survey here >> ([link removed])



** Girls' Brigade Ireland
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The Girls’ Brigade Ireland are finding new ways to engage with our members during these challenging times. Some GB Companies are meeting by Zoom while HQ has been running challenges and activities on the Girls’ Brigade Facebook page ([link removed]) . A new GB@Home programme ([link removed]) has been developed with lots of fun activities that girls can do from home. The programme is suitable for both girls and boys so and you don’t have to be a GB member to take part
so feel free to share it with your groups.


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Help Irish Girl Guides Reach the Moon
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Irish Girl Guides are on a Mishon to reach the Moon! They hope to complete 363,104 kilometres – the distance from the earth to the moon – to fundraise for their new National Training Centre: a warehouse in Tallaght that will be kitted out to a high environmental spec and with a dedicated area that will encourage the guides to pursue STEM. Find out more and see how you can help >> ([link removed])


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Adaptable CGI Challenges
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Like many organisations, Catholic Guides of Ireland is engaging with its members through social media and online meetings. Their team is happy to share some ideas, and is inviting youth organisations to adapt concepts like the 14-Day Boredom Buster ([link removed]) for their own needs.


** Is your Organisation an NYCI Member?
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As well as advocating on your behalf, NYCI provides advice, networking and development opportunities, and expert training in all areas of youth work, including child protection, development education, equality, arts, health, and more. Find out more here >> ([link removed])

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** Vacancies
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Foróige - Various opportunities ([link removed])
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** Other Youth Sector News
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** Online Development Course for Youth Workers
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Massive Open Online Course for youth workers willing to explore ways for competence-based development. Anyone can join and learn free of charge at any time. Application Deadline June 22. Find out more >> ([link removed])



** Special Call for Grant Applications: Covid-19 Local Response Activities
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The European Youth Foundation (EYF) is launching a special call for local or national youth organisations that are looking for funding for activities which respond to local needs arising from the COVID-19 crisis. Get all the details here >> ([link removed])



** Deadline Extensions: Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps
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Due to the unprecedented circumstances presented by Covid-19, a number of Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps deadlines for submission of applications have been extended. View the new deadlines >> ([link removed])


** SFI Discover Programme Science Week Call 2020
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SFI supports Science Week nationally by providing a focused annual platform that stimulates, supports, and creates awareness of activity created to engage with citizens. The Science Week Call 2020 is designed to provide support to events that encourage people, particularly those underrepresented in STEM, to be engaged in and informed and inspired by STEM during Science Week 2020 and beyond. Find out more >> ([link removed])


** GOAL Youth Programme Launch
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GOAL NextGen is launching its Global Youth Programme: an exciting, educational, and practical way to connect young people in Ireland and Africa and to prepare them to be the confident, adaptable, and skilled leaders of our shared future. Find out more and apply to take part >> ([link removed])


** Alcohol Action - Silent Voices Initiative
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Silent Voices is ending the silence on the impact of parental alcohol misuse. The campaign aims to ensure that the right supports are available to children who are coping with parental alcohol misuse, especially at a time when there may be issues around possible increases in alcohol consumption in the home. A kind word can go a long way, and you can help by joining the social media campaign using #onekindword to encourage people to check in with the children in their lives. Learn more about the campaign >> ([link removed])


** Trócaire's Game Changers
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Looking for new ways to engage your youth groups? Check out Trócaire's Game Changers competition. Help your young people create a video game from home using a theme linked to the Sustainable Development Goals and win a fantastic prize! Entries must be submitted by the 30th of June. Learn more >> ([link removed])


** DCU Specialist Postgraduate Sexuality Education Training
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Now open for applications: Graduate Certifications in Sexuality Education and Sexual Wellbeing (DC676) and Relationships and Sexuality Education for People with Intellectual Disability (DC675). These unique and flexible one-year, part-time programmes aim to create and develop competent educators in the areas of sexual health and wellbeing who are equipped to enable those they teach and work with to make healthy decisions. Find out more >> ([link removed])



** One World, Our World - #solidaction
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In the context of the situation with Covid-19, the North-South Centre is launching a participatory campaign to promote citizen solidarity initiatives to support public engagement against global inequalities. How can we effectively fight against the equalities embedded in our global system? Submit your initiatives here >> ([link removed])

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