Young people on the Youth Advocate Programme Ireland presented their views on Social Media and the safety and well-being of children online, to the Oireachtas Children and Equality committee on Thursday 30th April. 4 young people worked together to prepare their views on the positives and challenges of Social Media for children and young people
YAP Ireland's 2025 Annual Report and 2026-29 Strategic plan launch April 21st with a webinar featuring contributions from young people, families, partners and staff. YAP Ireland will launch our Annual Report celebrating the amazing outcomes achieved by young people and families we worked with in 2025 through presentations from team leaders and service managers. Through
Every year YAP Ireland’s young people choose a theme for all our young people, families, advocates and staff to use for inspiration on projects, and to express themselves and speak about their lived experiences. We’re looking forward to sharing more around this year’s theme, including ideas for projects and activities in future updates! #MyvoiceMychoice #people
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from YAP Ireland On behalf of everyone at YAP, we would like to wish you all a Happy Christmas and thank all our young people, families, advocates, staff and stakeholders for their hard work and support throughout the year. We are proud of the work and progress of
YAP Ireland Launches New Hub in Navan Youth Advocate Programmes (YAP) Ireland officially launched a new YAP Hub in Navan in late November 2025. The new space will support the delivery of YAP Ireland’s strengths-based model to young people and families in the Meath area. The organisation has been providing community-based supports to young people and
YAP Ireland works with over 500 young people and families in need a variety of supports, each year across Ireland. This works by identifying solutions, providing needs led interventions and working towards achieving goals and positive outcomes for young people and families. In this recent case study the marked improvements made in a young person's
A big thank you to YAP Inc CEO Gary Ivory and YAP Ireland Board Member Teddy Reese for visiting our Dublin office last week! It was a great opportunity to learn more about their roles and personal histories as well as the amazing work of YAP Inc over the last 50 years. It was also
With the YAP Ireland 'Wrapped in YAP project', we wanted to create something that would make the feedback we collect from our Young People and their Families more tangible and accessible. Beautifully and thoughtfully crafted by Carol Conway, and the YAP Ireland Dublin Parent's group, the title of the project was chosen to mirror the
YAP's theme for 2025 is 'My Story.' 📓✍️ This year we're encouraging young people and families to tell their stories in their words. The theme illustrates how the diverse range of young people and families feel about YAP Ireland services throughout the year, we will hear from them regarding their experiences with YAP and what
YAP Ireland staff recently received some positive feedback from several of our partners. Enable Ireland and Children in Care both praised the work of staff in various services as we work within our values and towards the goals that underpin our model. Well done to our staff for their hard work and commitment! #youth #youthwork #ireland #irish #yap #yapireland #disabilityawareness #disability #services #care
