Following the move to Level 5 Limerick Youth Service is continuing to support young people and their families while adhering to public health guidelines and the Guidance for Youth Work Organisations (Dept CEDIY).
We are operating limited group work activities & programmes with staff liaising with young people. Learners with our Community Training Centre, will continue their blended learning with a balance between onsite and online course work.
All our youth spaces (see list below) are closed to the public but remain open students and staff on a phased basis. All young people and staff must follow public health guidelines and LYS protocols which include:
In relation to our youth clubs, LYS is engaging with Youth Work Ireland in relation to the safe reopening of our youth clubs and youth cafes with updates to come.
We understand that some young people have been adversely affected by these restrictions and we are continuing to provide support to them.
The following LYS’ youth spaces are available are open to LYS groups only:
The Garryowen Youth Together Project and the East Limerick Youth Work team are based at integrated community centres with all LYS related young people & staff asked to follow LYS guidelines. These two projects are located at:
We encourages all young people, volunteers and staff to follow the advice and guidelines issued by the relevant authorities such as the Health Safety Executive (HSE).
LYS is keen to stress that when accessing information about the Coronavirus (Covid-19) to get your information from professional and relevant sources such as www.hse.ie and www.gov.ie .
