Partnership

The partnership includes representatives from local authorities, youth work, early years, arts and education as well as from several areas within Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. Key partners include Limerick Youth Service, Clare Youth Service and Foróige; with whom the LCYP has already delivered creative programmes in dance, photography, drama, craft, makeup, film and in a range of visual art genres. The choice of activity is based on data collected through consultation with over 300 young people across 26 youth work settings in both counties.

Since its inception in July 2019, the Limerick and Clare Local Creative Youth Partnership has delivered a range of creative programmes prioritising the voice of the child and young person as a guiding principle for all of its work. 

Using methodologies developed by Hub na nÓg, over 300 young people have been consulted to date in youth and community settings, in order to get a sense of the kinds of creative activities in which they like to engage. The response has ranged from the fine arts incorporating painting, dance, music, design and writing to social, culinary and nature based programmes. Working closely with key partners in youth, community, culture, maritime and business sectors, the Partnership is now in the process of delivering on a number of programmes.  

In line with Creative Ireland’s Creative Youth Plan 2017 and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board's Youth Work Plan 2018-2021, inclusivity, youth voice, quality and visibility are core values of the Partnership’s work. Marginalised groups of young people are prioritised and in this context, travellers, migrant communities  as well as young people living in social and economic disadvantage are primary target groups.

The LCYP works with young people aged between 0 and 25. Programmes completed in 2019 include Inspire which brought together a number of artists and Early Learning Childhood staff to share skills in dance and storytelling in conference settings. Future Film Makers, an initiative that offered entry level skills training for young people to gain a foothold in film and television, was also completed in 2019 and was run in collaboration with the film industry in the Mid-West.

As the LCYP embraces its fifth year of operation, it does so with a commitment to the principles set out here and looks forward to working in close collaboration with young people, partners, and stakeholders to develop ambitious programmes, embedding the voice of the child through all of its work.

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