16 September 2025
Tender | Mid-Point Evaluation of EPIC Strategic Plan 2022–2027 1. Introduction EPIC Empowering People in Care invites proposals from qualified consultants or organisations to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the progress made under its 2022–2027 Strategic Plan. The evaluation will assess the achievements of the plan to date. With a view to the remaining period
9 September 2025
Youth Engagement and Participation Worker Closing date for applications: Monday, 29th September, 5.00pm Job type: Permanent Contract Location: Hybrid, with possibility to be based in Cork or Dublin Office. Reporting to: Youth Engagement and Participation Programme Coordinator Job Purpose EPIC is seeking a dedicated youth engagement and participation worker with a strong background in youth
3 September 2025
Digital Media Officer 1 Year Fixed Term Contract Closing date for applications: Monday, 22nd September, 5.00pm Location: Hybrid, with possibility to be based in Cork or Dublin Office. Reporting to: Communications Officer Job Purpose EPIC is seeking a skilled and creative digital media officer to progress our public engagement strategy in collaboration with staff and
15 August 2025
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.
30 July 2025
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
20 June 2025
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
3 June 2025
Pride is really important! 🌈 Join the EPIC Bloc at Pride 2025🌈 EPIC is inviting young people and their allies to march with us at Dublin Pride on Saturday, 28th June 2025. This year’s theme is “Taking Liberties”, a reminder that the freedoms won by the LGBTQ+ community were never handed over, they were claimed
29 May 2025
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
23 May 2025
Launch | Care to College Care to College: An Exploratory Study on Care-Experienced Students’ Educational Journeys Join us on Friday 23rd May at 10am for the launch of our newly commissioned research study, Care to College: An exploratory study on care-experienced students’ educational journeys. Authored by Merike Darmody of the Economic and Social Research Institute
23 May 2025
Care-experienced youth face “double transition” leaving care and school 23 May 2025 New Jointly published research finds care-experienced young people face “double transition” leaving care and school New research by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Empowering People in Care (EPIC) highlights the importance of the combined effects of school experiences and care