Know Your Rights in Care Project | Incorporating the UNCRC into Law Members of the EPIC Care Community were excited to participate in the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) conference on incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Irish law. The event, organised by the OCO Youth Advisory Panel,

Know Your Rights in Care Project | Dreamcatchers in Mayo This update comes from EPIC’s Education Project Manager Tara Madden, who’s been working alongside young people in Mayo as part of the Know Your Rights in Care project. Our second workshop in Mayo took place in the Foróige Hub on a warm, sunny August day.

Know Your Rights in Care Project | Galway Arts Festival In June, five young people from the EPIC Care Community joined members of the EPIC team and Dani, Creative Lead for the Know Your Rights in Care Project, for a day at the Galway Arts Festival. K, one of the young people in attendance, shares

Know Your Rights in Care Project | Boundaries & Safe Spaces Emma-Louise, our Regional Youth Engagement and Participation Officer, writes about the most recent workshop in our Know Your Rights in Care project.  At our most recent workshop, we kicked things off by talking about something really important: how we treat each other. Our EPIC

Know Your Rights in Care Project | Exploring Privacy Over the Easter break, a group of young people from EPIC’s under 18 Care Community came together in Limerick for the second workshop in our Know Your Rights in Care project. This project, funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), will