Nature Photography Competition
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
April Poetry Competition
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
YAP Easter Art
The South Participation group have been busy each week with various different online group meetings and projects. Last week they hosted a talent showcase over zoom where one young person demonstrated boxing, another gave a
Easter Antics
Lots of young people and their advocates have been getting out and about over the Easter break which we love to see. Please continue to send in images of what you get up to, as
Snap and Step Challenge
Due to the widespread societal restrictions imposed by the ongoing lockdown, YAP Ireland challenged our young people, advocates and staff to a 'Step and Snap' challenge to help us get through the dark winter months.
International Women’s Day Celebrations
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.
Bingo Fever!
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:
Annual Report 2020 Virtual Launch & Advocacy Webinar.
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
Meath Office Makeover!
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
Short Story Competition Winner!
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