The Importance of Relationship in Independent Advocacy for Care‐Experienced Young People Independent advocacy services for children and young people with care experience aim to connect with, empower and facilitate service users to have their voices heard and address issues of importance ....

Really pleased that my article ‘The importance of relationship in independent advocacy for care experienced young people’ has been published today in Children and Society. It’s OPEN ACCESS and available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@epiconline.ie

The Importance of Relationship in Independent Advocacy for Care‐Experienced Young People Independent advocacy services for children and young people with care experience aim to connect with, empower and facilitate service users to have their voices heard and address issues of importance ....

Really pleased that my article ‘The importance of relationship in independent advocacy for care experienced young people’ has been published today in Children and Society. It’s OPEN ACCESS and available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@epiconline.ie

Let Them Play Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine

Add your voice - please sign
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie

Child Rights Researcher and Author of the new report, Róisín Webb from @epiconline.ie, reiterates the importance of young people's voices in the findings of the report.

Take Care Toolkit - EPIC Take Care: The school experiences of children and young people who have been in care What is Take Care? Take Care is a new toolkit designed to help schools better understand and support children and y...

Take Care is a new toolkit designed to help schools better understand & support children & young people in care 🧰

Developed with care-experienced youth, this guide provides insight into their school experiences & the challenges they face 🧑🏽‍🏫

www.epiconline.ie/take-care-to...

EPIC's Education Project Manager, Tara, and CEO, Wayne, with Hilary Jenkinson from UCC.

On Monday, the team got together for an important workshop with Hilary Jenkinson (UCC) on our newly commissioned report, 'An Exploration of Independent Advocacy Provision | Towards a Best Practice Model'.

www.epiconline.ie/news/independent-advocacy-towards-a-best-practice-model/🔎

Congratulations to all in #Socialwork and @ucc.ie! What fantastic news!! I eagerly await the development of pathways like this across Ireland, a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce 👏👏👏👏

Being told by a reviewer at the beginning of my career that I was a good writer had a huge impact on me. It was pivotal in giving me the confidence to develop my research and writing. Confidence is key!

Call for papers: 10th National #ChildProtection and Welfare #SocialWork Conference
UCC, 24/10/25

A collaboration between the @UCCsocialwork, Tusla and IASW

www.ucc.ie/en/swconf/ab... Closing date: 11th April 2025. The conference and call for papers are open to all disciplines and services

Migrants more likely to be in work compared with Irish-born but face greater poverty, ESRI report finds Migrants are more likely to be working and well-educated compared with Irish-born people, but have lower incomes and suffer more from poverty, a new report has revealed.

People who have moved to Ireland from other countries add so much to our society & often struggle disproportionately. Support migrants, stand up for them, be an active ally & the next time someone says 'we've too much migration in Ireland' point them to this report
www.independent.ie/irish-news/m...

Launch of a new social work pathway in Cork The ceremony, which took place at UCC on Tuesday, was aimed at symbolically reinforcing the values of sustainability, resilience, and community ...

Exciting developments in social work education at UCC - widening access through further education route
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Proud moment today as my brother Matthew Whitney presented copies of his recent book to Cork City Library

Amazing underwater photography of a Kingfisher fishing...

by Gunarto Song Photography

“Sometimes it just comes down to having one good adult” - fantastic interview Kai, Emily and Andrea from EPIC with Brendan O’Connor - great insights into the realities of growing up in care @rteradio1.bsky.social

The Care Day logo - a multi-coloured circle enclosing the words "Care Day". The text under reads: Celebrating and connecting the care experienced community. At the bottom, the logos of the five organisations behind Care Day - Become (England), Who Cares? Scotland (Scotland), EPIC (Ireland), VOYPIC (Northern Ireland) and VFCC (Wales)

Today is the 10th annual CARE DAY, the world’s biggest celebration of children and young people with lived experience of care. It began in 2016, coordinated by the 5 Nations, 1 Voice alliance of leading children’s charities across the UK and Ireland.

www.voypic.org/careday