In April, YAP hosted the first YAP Youth Forum of the Year. Advocates and their young people were invited along to take part in this exciting participation group event. Everyone in attendance went to Castlecomer discovery park in Kilkenny for and adventurous day out. The group got involved in some fun team-building challenges and some
On Tuesday November 9th YAP held our final webinar of 2021 'YAPAbility, Reach your full Potential' hosted by our director of Services Aisling Nodwell. The webinar focused on the relaunch of our disability service that has been renamed YAPAbility which fits more inline with our strengths based, inclusive and wraparound approach. The Webinar was also
Research project conducted by NUIG in 2021 The latest NUIG research project looked at the way that participation happens within YAP. They interviewed and conducted focus groups (mostly over Zoom due to COVID-19 restrictions), with a wide range of stakeholders including board members, full-time employees, advocates, young people and their families. During these interviews and
The third and final Youth Forum took place in Cabra Parkside - it was great to be face to face once again. We had a mix of team building activities it was amazing to see the different ways people approached the tower from materials game. There was also a lot of laugher and competitiveness when
International Youth Day is celebrated annually on 12 August to bring youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society. YAP Global Youth Voices celebrates this year with the theme: YAP GLOBAL YOUTH VOICES REFLECT & REBUILD: A CELEBRATION OF RESILIENCE. YAP
Over the month of May YAP Ireland held a nature photography competition encouraging young people to get as creative as possible and embrace the great outdoors. We were blown away by the amazing entries we received by our young people who consistently prove how talented they are. Check out some of our entries below.
For the month of April, YAP Ireland launched a poetry competition, encouraging all of our young people to put pen to paper and compose some poetry on the theme of 'Hope' or 'New Beginnings'. We have been completely blown away by some of the poetry composed by our talented young people. Below are some of
Recently, Staff members of YAP Ireland and YAP Inc along with Young People and family members had a powerful and inspiring conversation with Dr. Lucy Michael as part of our International Women's Day event for YAP's Global Youth Voices Initiative. We spoke about leadership, what it means to be a women in leadership and how we can lift each
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
