Press release
New Creative Youth Nurture Fund projects to receive significant funding
From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, has announced the grantees under the pilot Creative Youth Nurture Fund.
The fund is a pilot to support youth-led creative engagement by young people. It will support individuals and organisations to reach specific cohorts of young people that are too often seldom heard, and empower them to develop innovative projects that can nurture their creative passions and ignite their creative potential.
This fund focusses on some of our most disadvantaged children and young people. They will have a strong voice in shaping the projects. Nine projects from around the country were selected. They include:
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Minister Catherine Martin, said:
"I would like to congratulate the recipients of this inaugural Creative Youth Nurture Fund pilot. In our pursuit of progress and equality, how we uplift the most vulnerable around us is paramount to Ireland’s path forward. I believe that through creativity, and investing in young creatives who are often seldom heard, we are further enriching the vibrant Irish culture. I wish also to acknowledge everyone who applied for this pilot – it was overwhelming to see the extent of the work that is taking place with children and young people, and the efforts to break down barriers. It is apparent that there is an abundance of creative potential from across our youth – and diversity is essential to unleashing this.”
The Creative Youth Plan 2023-2027 is an all-of-government plan. It goal is to enable the creative potential of every child in Ireland. It encourages partnerships between adults that work in education, early years and school-age childcare, youth and community work, artists and creative organisations.
Under Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child children have the right “to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and parties shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity”. A key focus of the new Creative Youth Plan is on young people that have the least access to creative opportunities.
Applicants will work with 6-24 year olds, implementing a youth-led approach, for example by applying the National Framework for Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-making to enable them to identify, develop and engage in a creative project. Young people will as much agency as possible in designing the project.
The Nurture Fund targets children and young people: