YAP Ireland are delighted to announce the 1st ever YAP Patron Sophie Spence – Ireland International Ladies Rugby player. Sophie was introduced to Young People and Staff at the National Youth Forum which took place in Dublin on 17/02/2015 with 25 or so Young People in attendance. On becoming YAP’s first patron, Sophie Spence said
The Limerick Participation Group Mural project brought together 7 young people involved in YAP.The theme behind the project was to explore how the young people felt about YAP and what they get out of it i.e. "What YAP means to me".
The participation group in Limerick has started again and the group met for the first time this week. YAP Ireland staff took the group bowling as its first activity and as a group forming exercise.
St. Gabriel's youth group choir known as Spiritual Harmony have put together a CD of 10 gospel songs to raise money for YAP.
On 23rd September 2014 YAP Ireland CLG in partnership with VOYPIC launched the Investing in Children membership award scheme. The membership scheme recognises and celebrates examples of imaginative and inclusive practice and gives organisations the opportunity to award services that can demonstrate a commitment to dialogue with young people that leads to change. The launch took place in YAP Ireland CLG’s Head Office. Key speakers at the launch included Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of Children’s Rights Alliance and Liam Cairns, Director of Investing in Children, UK.
Well done to Case Manager Karen Williams and her team in Cavan/Monaghan
Well done to Shannon a young person from Limerick and her Advocate Michelle who put together these three collages with pictures. The pictures depict a week of their activities including a visit to the circus and to the opening of the special Olympics.
Case Manager, Amanda and the Advocates in Cork were recently involved in a great participation project with Pieta House in Cork. The project involved a number of young people and Advocates working on a three-part art piece where the young people highlighted the theme of ‘a Gift of Hope’.
Case Managers Serena Holmes and Amanda James pictured at the YAP Ireland stand at the inaugural conference organised by The Limerick City-wide Children and Youth Forum, in partnership with Limerick FC in Thomond Park on Monday 7th April 2014. The conference was held as part of the Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival.
YAP Ireland contracted a research team from National University of Maynooth to carry out an external evaluation of the YAP Ireland model.
