The YAP Meath team are well settled into their new offices on Brews Hill. To make it more young people friendly they have gathered together their young people and advocates to redecorate the office and have come up with some cool feature rooms. The new office space now features a cool cinema room with bean bags and a projector,
A Huge well done to YAP Young Person Martin from Portlaoise who was the winner of our short story competition winner over the summer. Below is a video of martin explaining the background to his story! MEETING MY IDOL: By Martin Redmond My day started off not so good, I went to school as usual
On October 29th 2020 YAP Ireland hosted our first ever online virtual event through zoom. In previous years YAP hosted National Events in Croke Park, bringing together our 300+ Young people, families, staff and stakeholders to celebrate our clients and discuss topics that were important to them. Unfortunately, due to Covid-19 we were unable to
For anyone who has forgotten to register for tomorrows Webinar Event can you please follow the below link and register your attendance. Once registered, zoom with automatically generate you a log in link - registration is necessary to gain access to the event. REGISTER HERE
Looking after our Community Over lockdown our young people have become more familiar with what is around them in their localities. This Mayo Young person lives in the country side and was not too impressed with the litter that was accumulating on the road. The advocate bought litter pickers and they both practised their social
Since lockdown was announced in the middle of March, our Young People and Advocates have been finding new and creative ways to connect, engage and achieve their goals. To lessen the disconnect across our organisation we asked our young people to send us in some pictures of what they have been getting up to each
On Wednesday the 19th of February 2020 The YAP Ireland Youth CEO Group launched their report on Homelessness in Ireland. Throughout 2019 the group concentrated their efforts on learning about what it's like to be homeless in Ireland, what services are available and what we can do to help. Many of our young people in
In light of the Covid-19 Pandemic YAP Ireland conducted a survey of the Children, Young People and Families who access our Service. A recent survey conducted by Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland (YAP Ireland) shows that young people and families receiving the YAP Service hope that the new Irish government will ensure that schools
Hi All. The next youth Forum will be held on July 2nd over zoom. There will be a workshop hosted on the topic of keeping safe online and young people will be asked to create a list of top tips for staying safe online. Please keep this date in mind and encourage your young person
