New leaflet ‘Understanding Grief – A Guide For Young People’ launched by DYS A new leaflet called ‘Understanding Grief – A Guide For Young People’ has just been launched by Donegal Youth Service. The leaflet which was made possible thanks to funding from Healthy Donegal was developed by young people who took part in a […]
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2020: A Year Like No Other for Donegal Youth Service 2020 was a year like no other for Donegal Youth Service and the young people we work with. The year started off on a high, and was on track to be the busiest year ever for the service. By March the team had to respond
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Loft Look Forward to Leaving Lockdown After a difficult few months, the summer will be bright with the Loft whatever the weather. More than a year after having to close the doors to the Loft for the first time due to the Covid-19 pandemic, staff look forward to being able to open them again for
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Citizenship and Leadership Project engaged 120 young people across Donegal: Picture Special All good things must come to an end, and that includes the short term CLIC Project at Donegal Youth Service. The CLIC Project, or Citizenship and Leadership in Communities engaged a total of 120 young people across Donegal in 2019 and 2020. Like
Donegal Youth Service supporting Young People’s Mental Health during Covid Pandemic The Covid Pandemic has been challenging for everyone, not least young people. In the last year Donegal Youth Service has facilitated over 3200 one to one sessions with young people and have also provided almost 5000 shorter support sessions in that time. Gareth Gibson
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Donegal Youth Service Annual Report 2019: Another busy year supporting Young People Donegal Youth Service engaged a total of 15,170 young people across the county in 2019 through a wide range of programmes and activities. DYS Regional Director Lorraine Thompson said: “I am delighted to invite you to view the Donegal Youth Service annual report
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Donegal Youth Service Covid-19 Response in Numbers The restrictions that came into effect on March 13th to flatten the curve, and slow the spread of the virus led to the temporary closure of the Donegal Youth Service building, and suspension of face to face youth work throughout the county. Donegal Youth Service have been working
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Donegal Youth Service: Still Supporting Young People Donegal Youth Service are still here for young people during the Covid-19 Pandemic, and they are encouraging young people to reach out to them during these challenging times. Donegal Youth Service Programmes and the drop-in service are continuing to operate online in new and innovative ways despite the
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Going to Court, A Guide For Young People Booklet Launch The Court House in Letterkenny was the venue for the launch of ‘Going to Court, a guide for young people’ on Friday morning. The guide was developed by Donegal Children & Young People Services Committee (CYPSC) to support young people who may come in contact
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BreakOut Programme at Donegal Youth Service Achieves National Accreditation Donegal Youth Service’s ‘BreakOut’ programme for LGBTI young people, their friends and allies has just achieved National Accreditation from ‘Belong To’ for the second time. Accreditation is the BeLonG To seal of approval for LGBTI+ youth groups that are part of their National Network. Moninne Griffith,
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