Author name: Lee Kane

Children’s rights in Northern Ireland are being compromised by a failure to implement youth justice review recommendations That’s the key message after the launch of a new expert led research report, jointly commissioned by four leading third-sector organisations – Children’s Law Centre, Include Youth, NIACRO and VOYPIC – Voice of Young People in Care. The […]

To mark our 28th birthday, VOYPIC is proud to launch our new short film- Your Place, Your Voice. The film showcases some of the ways VOYPIC has been helping children and young people with a lived experience of care to speak up and be heard over the past 28 years. This includes through advocacy, participation

Children from VOYPIC – Voice of Young People in Care – have launched a new story book, ‘Kindness and Superpowers’, to help raise awareness of the care experience across Northern Ireland. VOYPIC is the charity for children and young people with a lived experience of care across the region. Created in 1993 by a group

Little Voices, Big Decisions: Young Children’s Right to Participate in Child Protection Decision Making Voice of Young People in Care (VOYPIC) and Queen’s University, Belfast, hosted colleagues from across Europe to explore how young children can be supported to more actively participate in decisions regarding their care and welfare. Speakers include the Northern Ireland Commissioner

This year has challenged not just young people in care but the whole world. COVID-19 has changed everything. To help us understand how COVID-19 has impacted on children in care, some VOYPIC Young Leaders have designed a questionnaire to gather your views and opinions on the pandemic. This should only take 10 minutes to complete,

The first virtual meet-up of the MyVOYPIC family will take place on Saturday (27 March) at 2.30pm. The meet-up is an informal place to come together with other young people with experience of care from right across Northern Ireland. We want to hear from you, and hear your ideas about what you want MyVOYPIC to

Children’s rights charity, Voice of Young People in Care (VOYPIC), celebrates sixth annual Care Day this Friday. Care Day 21 will call on all young people who have experience in care to join the organisation’s new membership community, MyVOYPIC, while enjoying a day-long menu of virtual events Voice of Young People in Care (VOYPIC), a

  Robin Swann MLA, Minister for Health, and Peter Weir MLA, Minister for Education, announced the publication of their new strategy for children and young people in care this morning (Friday 19 February 21). The announcement comes as VOYPIC (Voice of Young People in Care), alongside four other children’s rights charities around the UK and

Children’s rights charity, Voice of Young People in Care (VOYPIC), celebrates sixth annual Care Day     VOYPIC, alongside four other children’s rights charities around the UK and Ireland, is hosting a day-long event of fun online activities as part of Care Day 21. Care Day this year will be slightly different as in previous

Area Manager Belfast and South East Area Salary: NJC points 31-36 £34,728- £39,890   Voice of Young People in Care (VOYPIC) is seeking an Area Manager (Belfast and South East Area) to assist us to achieve extraordinary things through the delivery of a diverse range of  programmes to children and young people with a lived