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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.
Activiteiten om te voltooien
Voltooi de volgende activiteiten, verdien badges en je zult de voortgang van je playlist zien
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Democracy is under pressure. Inequality is rising. Young people see it, feel it, and are asking questions. As youth workers, we hold the tools to help them think critically, speak out, and take action. This workshop is about reigniting critical social education – not just as a method, but as a movement to put young people at the heart of change.
Join this session that will be held over 2 days which will be facilitated by Joyce Brennan (In Sync), Tracey McArdle (Our Generation) and Maura Littlewood (In Sync).
Day 1: will focus on deepening learning
Day 2: will feature creative, interactive, and arts-based approaches to showcase and celebrate our work.
Background to Critical Social Education in Youth Work Ireland:
Youth Work Ireland has long been a strong advocate for critical social education, publishing key texts and championing the role of youth work in defending democracy and civil society. Our work has always been rooted in democratic values – standing against injustice, tackling inequality, and empowering young people to have a voice.
Yet, over time, awareness and practice of critical social education have declined. Recruitment challenges, funding pressures, and the urgent needs of young people have shifted the focus toward individual challenges rather than the broader social contexts that shape them. While our rights-based approach has been effective in influencing policy and funders, critical social education remains essential – especially now.
In an era of misinformation, disinformation, and declining democratic values, youth work has a vital role to play in supporting young people to become critical thinkers, democratic actors, and engaged citizens. Young people see and feel the impact of global and local injustices every day. They are asking questions, and they want to be part of the answers.
Critical Social Education provides the tools and pathways for this.
By revisiting it, we can:
- Re-energize our core youth work practice.
- Equip young people to engage meaningfully with issues that matter to them.
- Clearly communicate the unique and vital role of youth workers in strengthening democracy and society.
This workshop is an invitation to re-center critical social education at the heart of our practice – to meet today’s challenges, and to prepare young people to lead with awareness, courage, and democratic values.
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- Reignite your understanding of critical social education — reconnecting with youth work’s roots in justice, democracy, and equality.
- Gain fresh tools to empower young people as critical thinkers — supporting them to question, challenge, and shape the world around them.
- Strengthen yours and young people's capacity to tackle today’s challenges — from misinformation to democratic decline, with clarity and confidence.
- Reclaim the unique role of youth work — as a vital force for defending democracy, amplifying young voices, and driving social change.
- Leave inspired to act — ready to place critical social education back at the heart of youth work practice.
Taken
Taak nr.1
Uitgegeven door organisator of door scannen van QR code
DAY 1: Highlight any issues that have been identified in today's session (1-3 issues will suffice).
Taak nr.2
Uitgegeven door organisator of door scannen van QR code
DAY 2: Write a short piece describing how critical social education can help in your work.
Vaardigheden
ETS-TR
#Ondersteuning bieden aan lerenden bij het ontwikkelen van kritisch denken
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#Voelt zich op het gemak bij het integreren en toepassen van de principes van niet-formeel leren bij het ontwerpen van een programma, met speciale aandacht voor 'focus op de lerende', 'transparantie', 'democratische waarden', 'participatie' en 'sociale transformatie
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#creative thinking
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#build a helping relationship with service users
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#Demonstreert begrip van de waarden en kernprincipes van niet-formeel leren
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#promote youth work in communities
Activiteiten: 6
Gestart: 25
Voltooide playlist: 4
Delen:
Organisatoren
Youth Work Ireland
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