EPIC's Pre-Budget Submission 2025 is live 📢 Invest in special care❤️‍🩹 Act on care-leaver homelessness🏠 Prioritise a national strategy on alternative care🌱 End the placement crisis + use of SEAs for children in care 🚸 epiconline.ie/pre-budget-sub… #CareAware #Budget25

EPIC's Pre-Budget Submission 2025 🌱 Over the next few weeks, we will be breaking down the measures we want to see included in #Budget25. Measure 1: End the placement crisis and use of special emergency arrangements (SEAs) for children in care. 📖epiconline.ie/pre-budget-sub…

EPIC's Pre-Budget Submission 2025: Special care💡 Address the shortage of special care placements 🏠 Provide emergency funding so special care can operate at full capacity 🌱 Re-establish step-down placements for children leaving special care🚶 📖epiconline.ie/pre-budget-sub…

EPIC's Pre-Budget Submission 2025 🌱 In #Budget25, we urge the government to reduce reliance on private residential providers & allow the HIQA inspect all children’s residential homes. 📖Read full submission: epiconline.ie/pre-budget-sub… #CareAware

EPIC's Pre-Budget Submission 2025 🌱 In 2023, 1 in 5 young people who engaged with our Advocacy Service were experiencing homelessness. In #Budget25, we are calling on the government to act. 📖Read full submission: epiconline.ie/pre-budget-sub… #CareAware

The new EPIC website is live 🚀 Our mission was to build a user-friendly site where children & young people can easily request an EPIC Advocate, find information, or join the Care Community. Visit epiconline.ie, and let us know what you think 👩🏽‍💻

Request for tender 🎨 We are seeking a Creative Lead for a participative project with children and young people in care to explore their rights + develop innovative ways to communicate children’s rights while in care. ✍️epiconline.ie/vacancy/creati… #JobFairy

#JobFairy📣 EPIC is hiring a Youth Engagement and Participation Officer to provide a youth engagement and participation programme for separated children seeking international protection. Apply: epiconline.ie/vacancy/youth-… Deadline: 5pm, Fri 13th September, 2024

#JobFairy 🪧 EPIC is seeking an Advocacy and General Administrator. This role involves managing advocacy referrals, ensuring our database systems operate effectively, + providing vital office admin support. To apply or learn more: epiconline.ie/vacancy/youth-… #CareAware

This morning, EPIC team members Emma-Louise Carroll and john murphy are presenting to staff from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway + Atlantic Technological University. Over 100 people have signed up to learn more about supporting care-experienced students. Great to see such interest in making higher education #CareAware 💜

The new EPIC website has a searchable library where you can learn more about our work, browse our publications & policy submissions, and read about our current projects. epiconline.ie/library/ 📚

Great to see EPIC, Empowering People in Care new website aimed at improving accessibility for children and young people. Congrats to everyone in EPIC.

EPIC #JobFairy EPIC is hiring a Youth Engagement & Participation Officer and an Advocacy & General Administrator. We are also seeking invitations to tender for an exciting creative project. Deadline: Friday 13th September 2024, 5.00pm ⏰ ✍️epiconline.ie/work-with-us/

EPIC News, our supporters mailout, landed in inboxes this morning. In this edition, we’re proud to share our: New website + updated brand 💻 2023 Impact Report 🚀 2023 National Advocacy Service Report 🌱 ICYMI: bit.ly/special-editio… Subscribe: bit.ly/subscribe-epic…

New financial assistance launched by Department of Further and Higher Education 🎓 To qualify, you must be a member of the Traveller community, Roma community and/or have experience of the care system between the ages of 16 - 18 and are not eligible for an aftercare allowance. ✍️gov.ie/en/service/a8b…

EPIC's Impact Report 2023 showcases the work of the EPIC team in 2023 and places a special spotlight on the vibrant and extensive work carried out by the EPIC Youth Council. Read the report: epiconline.ie/news/2023-impa… #CareAware