Detached youth work in Ireland helps with disinformation, populism and radicalism!
- September 22, 2025
- 12:55 pm
From 8 to 11 September, we have been a part of the contact making seminar Detached but not Disconnected: Responding to Disinformation, Populism & Radicalisation, held in Dublin, Ireland.
During the four days of the seminar, we had the opportunity to explore the topics of radicalisation, disinformation and populism in more than 15 counties, and share interventions among each other. The particular focus was put on the examples related to detached youth work in Irish context, where we had the opportunity to visit two youth work centres – BRYR and Brawdog, which are focusing on work with vulnerable young people in the local communities. We were inspired with the efforts both youth workers make, but also with the systemic support they are getting both from the local government and in collecting donations through project writing. During the seminar, we had the opportunity to explore different realities of working with migrant community and youth at risk – such as gang members or drug abusers.
Last day was dedicated to networking and making future projects. Our work sparked significant interest with youth workers around Europe and they were happy to connect and see how we can cooperate in the future. During the planning project section, we have developed a short project plan for KA210 that would focus on the topic of polarisation in our communities and would include Estonia, Croatia, Italy and Germany.
Also, we had the opportunity to share with participants our work on the topic of media literacy and green topics, as well as in influencers careers.
The seminar was a great opportunity to get new insight in detached youth work and the topics related to disinformation. We will certainly continue to work on this topic in the future and create valuable materials and training courses for the Community of practice.
Thanks to the Leargas (Irish National Agency for Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps) for the organisation and highlighting this important topic – especially in the light of the Union of skills and other EC initiatives. Also, thanks to the Agency for Mobility and EU programmes (Croatian National Agency for Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps) for supporting our participation in this contact making seminar.
So, with fresh ideas and good energy, we are continuing to work on media literacy topics, so feel free to follow us in the next period!