Recently, the parents group had their ritual game of Bingo! To say it sparked bingo fever was an understatement!! Few excited people waiting patiently on their numbers to be called. Good fun was had by all. Congratulations to our 3 winners: Liz, Kim and new parent Annette. The prizes will be organised by Lead Advocates. We would like to welcome all
On Thursday the 4th of March YAP Ireland hosted our first webinar of 2021 to celebrate the launch of our Annual Report 2020. We were delighted to be joined by Guest speakers Marissa Ryan CEO of EPIC Ireland and John Farrelly CEO of The Mental Health Commission who offered valuable insights into their important work
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
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
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
YAP Ireland recently launched a piece of research titled 'The Strengths and Challenges of the Community-Based Advocate Model'. This research was conducted by NUI Galway UNESCO Child and Family Centre. The research is a qualitative study of the opinions and experiences of young people, families, referrers, Advocates, Board members and staff within the
Launch of NUIG Research on The Strengths and Challenges of the YAP Community-Based Advocate Model
Wednesday November 20th marked #WorldChildrensDay and the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. To celebrate this the Ombudsman for Children's Office held #ChildTalks2019 in Dublin Castle on the theme of 'living your best life'. YAP young person Leanne Scanlon was chosen from a large number of entries to represent young people and the experiences
