The Corona

VISUAL Carlow

Carlow Arts Office

Carlow CYPSC
- Children and Young People's Services Committee

Aims:

- To capture children and young people’s experiences of the pandemic

- To bring the voice of the child into decision making for CYPSC and their new strategic plan

- to create a time capsule of this unprecedented time

Learning Curator

VISUAL, Carlow

Obstacles

- covid restrictions minimised the likelihood of contact

- lack of access to materials for children at home

- lack of opportunity to come together

Proposal for an audio documentary with animation

- Conduct audio interviews with children and young people about their experiences in collaboration with their support services

- send them materials by post with instructions for return

- Wait and see what we got.....

Resilience Fund CYPSC

– Young Voices Project
Documenting children and young people’s experiences of Covid 19

- wide age range of 0 - 24 years

Invited Groups
The proposed project will engage 6 groups, from the spectrum of ages that CYPSC supports.
Proposed groups: 0 - 24 years
• Early Years (0-5) - urban or rural
• after school care - (7-12) urban or rural
• Comhairle na nÓg (second level)
• Children from disability support services (St Lazerians)
• Early School Leavers (14 +)
• 3rd level students (1st year college, transition to third level)