Hello John,
I hope this finds you well.
I am sharing with you the updated Guidance for Youth Work Organisations that we developed with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), based on the Government’s framework, Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19.
Although Level 5 restrictions will reduce service delivery capacity once again, I know that many youth organisations will continue to deliver some level of service to young people.
Key points of note in the guidance include that youth organisations:
- May operate groups of up to 15 outdoors.
- May operate groups of up to 6 indoors for the purposes of informal education and support for disadvantaged and vulnerable young people.
- Youth workers - both staff and volunteers - may, with the permission of the management of the service, exceed the current domestic travel restrictions of 5km in order to facilitate the provision of youth services.
- Similarly a young person may also exceed the 5km restriction in order to attend their nearest funded youth service.
- Continue to encourage young people to keep themselves safe by practicing good hand hygiene and sneezing and coughing etiquette and by maintaining the 2m distance.
- Continue to encourage young people to ‘keep your distance’, no matter how awkward it feels, as it is protecting yourself and those around you from the spread of COVID-19.
Please note this guidance is indicative and youth services should take account of local factors such as the level of Covid-19 infection in their area when deciding to continue to provide services.
I have also included a link to the official DCEDIY/NYCI Covid Induction for Youth Services:
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It is heartening at this difficult time to remember that in people like you John, across the sector, we have the most wonderful, committed staff and volunteers who even in very difficult circumstances continue to instill hope in young people.
As ever, if you have any questions or feedback let me know.
Warmest regards,
Mary
Mary Cunningham
CEO
National Youth Council of Ireland
P.S. Please make sure to share this update widely with your networks and across the sector.
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