Merry Christmas from everyone at VOYPIC We would like to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a bright and Happy New Year 2022. The VOYPIC offices will close on Friday 24 December, and reopen on Tuesday 4 January. We will have a reduced service available between Wednesday 29 and Friday …
Ballymena barbers have called on the local community to donate a Christmas gift to young people leaving care. Deputy Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Cllr Matthew Armstrong, joins Chris Power (The Barber Collective) and Iain Black (VOYPIC), and staff, to launch the appeal. The Barbers Collective, in partnership with VOYPIC-Voice of Young …
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We want to spread some Christmas cheer among young people with experience of care. Would you like to help? Christmas is a special time, and we want to make sure that every young person in care and leaving care can celebrate the festive period. Each year we distribute gift bags and Christmas hampers to …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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