Hi John,

I hope you're keeping well.

This week is Children First Awareness week, and the National Child Protection Programme has planned a week-long suite of events, activities and promotions designed to shine a spotlight on safeguarding, celebrate the role of youth workers and volunteers, and support everyone working with children and young people to continue building safe, inclusive environments. You can find out more and register for our events on our website.

And as always, below you'll find your roundup of deadlines for our upcoming training, job opportunities and calls.

All the best,

Charlie
NYCI

 

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Upcoming training, deadlines, and calls

• Send an email to Minister McEntee calling on her to support youth work in Budget26
   
• Children First Awareness Week 2025 Webinars Sep 15 - 19
   
• Children First Awareness Week 2025 - Recognising and Responding to Peer Abuse Sep 17
   
• Launch of the new QQI Award Standards for Youth Work at NFQ Levels 5 Sep 18
   
• Match Hub International deadline Sep 21
   
• We’re Hiring: CRM Project Manager deadline Sep 21
   
• NUI Certificate in Global Youth Work and Development Education 2025 – 2026 deadline Sep 22
   
• Addressing Consent and Pornography with Young People Sep 23 - 24
   
• Skills Summary in Youth Work Online Training Sep 24
   
• Youth Participation and Empowerment Sep 25
   
• Have your say on Artificial Intelligence and how it impacts on young people deadline Sep 28
   
• Young People’s Committee 2025 deadline Oct 7
   
• B4U Decide (Limerick) Oct 8 - 9
   
• Reflect, Respond, Renew: The Role of Youth Work in Mental Health and Wellbeing Oct 10
   
• Black History Month – Online event Oct 17
   
• Addressing consent&pornography with young people (Donegal) Oct 21 - 22
   
• EU Presidency: Critical Consultations Oct 28
   

Resources you might like

• How to Talk About Youth Work in Ireland - A FrameWorks Toolkit download now
   

In the news

As part of our Budget 2026 campaign, the launch of our RED C research on young people and the cost-of-living crisis generated over 150 pieces of media coverage in national and regional media. Below is just a selection. The findings – showing that three in five under-25s are considering emigration and over 80% fear for their future – resonated widely and helped drive debate on the urgent need for investment in young people.
 

• RTÉ News - Three-in-five under-25s considering emigration – survey (10 Sept)
   
• The Irish Times - ‘Just not enough places’: Young people say accommodation is most pressing cost of living issue – report (10 Sept)
   
• Irish Examiner (opinion) - Kathryn Walsh: Government must act on youth fears (10 Sept)
   
• Irish Independent - Majority of young adults considering emigration due to cost-of-living pressures (10 Sept)
   
• Sunday Independent (opinion) - Eoin O’Malley: We need to change economic course or more of our young people will be taking flight (14 Sept)
   
• TheJournal.ie - Three in every five adults under 25 are thinking about emigrating (10 Sept)
   
• TheJournal.ie (opinion) - I left Ireland for a better life in Paris. Here’s why many young Irish people are considering the same (13 Sept)
   
• BreakingNews.ie - Cost of living: Three in five under-25s are considering emigration, poll reveals (10 Sept)
   
• Newstalk - Young wanting to leave Ireland is ‘on our generation’ – Jonathan Healy (10 Sept)

Remember to check out our News Feed for regular updates.