What We Do

The mission of IYF is to provide opportunities for children and young people facing adverse and extreme conditions to experience success in their lives.

Whenever possible IYF seeks to address the underlying causes of poverty, educational disadvantage, homelessness and social exclusion experienced by children and young people.

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Starbucks Youth Action 2012 Dublin & Belfast Starbucks Youth Action funds young people with ideas to make their community a better place to live. Young people from Belfast & Dublin are invited to pitch for funds of up to €2000 to make their idea happen. On the 31st March 68 young people came to our workshop in Dublin 1 to work on their ideas & to prepare for their pitch which takes place in May. They will present their idea to a panel of stakeholders who will decide if their idea gets funded. Best of luck to all the applicants who took part in this workshop organised by the Irish Youth Foundation

Starbucks Youth Action 2012

If you are aged 16-24 and live in Dublin or Belfast, and have a great idea for a project that will impact young people in your community, you can apply for up to €2000 in funding from Starbucks Youth Action.

 

Children We Support

At the moment there are 1,064,000 children (aged 0 to 18) living in this country and while most are happy, healthy and well cared for, there are some that are not....