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"Promoting our Practice"
"Promoting our Practice"
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Promoting our Practice - Youth Work Ireland National Gathering 2025
A Youth Work Ireland Community of Practice Residential
Date: Monday September 22nd - Tuesday September 23rd
Venues: Iveagh Garden Hotel & Harcourt Hotel, Dublin 2
Participants will receive a Youth Work Ireland Digital Badge
About this Event:
A two-day gathering of Youth Work Ireland’s Communities of Practice Groups and Networks (CoPs). The event will celebrate the diversity and strength of youth work practice across our federation and will feature interactive sessions, shared learning, training, a space for conversations and a chance to connect, inspire, and strengthen the collective impact of youth work across Ireland.
Objectives:
Shape the future of practice by developing a clear federal model for each CoP
Deepen critical social education skills to empower young people, develop the capacity for critical thinking and engagement with social issues, democratic action through art and creativity.
Reflect and plan strategically by reviewing the Youth Work Ireland Strategic Plan, identifying future advocacy, training, and resource needs.
Activities to complete
Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated
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Join Dermot O'Brien where you will be invited to reflect on the heart of youth work—our journeys, values, and the impact we create alongside young people.
Beginning with Origin Stories to Now which is a short activity to celebrate where our journeys started and where we are today. This sets the tone for acknowledging the unique contributions each of us brings as youth workers.
We will then go into Why Youth Work is Done where you will revisit the values and principles of the field and explore how youth work contributes to both individual and societal outcomes.
From there, we look at Who Does Youth Work, highlighting the central role of youth workers as connectors and relationship-builders in young people’s lives.
The session also acknowledges the Challenges and Current Realities young people face, and how our proximity to their lived experiences calls for presence, care, and perspective—even when solutions are not ours to provide.
We close with Guiding Lights, a small-group activity to identify what sustains us as practitioners and collectives, ensuring that we continue to nurture ourselves, each other, and ultimately the young people we serve.
This workshop is designed to affirm the value of youth work, strengthen our shared sense of purpose, and build collective resilience for the journey ahead.
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Current Realities & Guiding Lights in Youth Work Get this badge
A workshop to honour the stories of our practice, reconnect with the values of youth work, and strengthen the guiding lights that keep us moving forward.
Tasks
Task no.1
Issued by organiser or scanning QR code
Write a short reflective piece on your learning.
Skills
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#Supporting learners in developing critical thinking
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#Is comfortable with addressing and applying the principles of non-formal learning when designing a programme with a particular focus on ‘learner-centeredness’, ‘transparency’, ‘democratic values’, ‘participation’ and ‘social transformation’
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#creative thinking
ESCO
#build a helping relationship with service users
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#Demonstrates an understanding of the values and key principles of non-formal learning
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#promote youth work in communities
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Completed playlist: 4
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Youth Work Ireland
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