Roscrea Youth Service
Roscrea Youth Service (RYS) is an amalgamation of separate projects housed under the roof of the Kickback Roscrea, under the umbrella of North Tipperary Development Company.
The Youth Services now comprise of the UBU (Your Place Your Space) Project, the RAY Project, which is part of the Youth Diversion Project, the Early Intervention Initiative, the Youth Counselling & Well-being service, and Roscrea Family Support. All these services focus on working together in collaboration for the benefit of the local community.
The mission of the RYS is to support the children, young people, and their families living in the Roscrea area to have a quality welcoming and safe youth space available to them throughout the stages of growing up from primary, to secondary and on into early life.
For more information contact:
Erika Barnett, Youth Service Coordinator on 087-6200633 | ebarnett@ntdc.ie
You can also find us on:
Facebook: @roscreayouthservice 
Instagram: @roscreayouthservice 
Roscrea Youth Service’s current Newsletter: Spring Newsletter 2023
Roscrea Youth Counselling Service
Roscrea Youth Counselling Service offers one-one counselling for young people aged 10 – 17 years.
For more information contact:
Kate Flynn, Family Support Worker & Youth Counselling Coordinator, on 087-9529041 | kflynn@ntdc.ie
To download a referral form for this service, click below
RYS One to One Counselling Referral Form
Parent Consent for Counselling (U18s)
RAY Project
Our Youth Justice Workers liaise with young people in the Roscrea catchment area who are at risk of, or who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. Using a wide range of evidence-based programs and interventions to support young people who have been referred to the project. Work is carried out in group and one-to-one sessions.
The aim of this project is to divert young people, who have been referred due to anti-social behaviour and or criminal activity, away from such activity and life-style and into diversionary activities.
The project provides 1:1 support to RAY participants and iScoil Students who are working to achieve a QQI accreditation.
For more information contact:
James Egan, Youth Justice Worker, on 087-9033123 | jegan@ntdc.ie
Sophie McCarter, Youth Justice Worker, on 087-6978868 | smccarter@ntdc.ie
To download RAY referral forms, click below:
(UBU) Your Place Your Space Project
We provide various groups and activities for all young people aged 10-24 years in Roscrea. The main aim of our service is to provide out of school support to young people in their local community to fulfil their potential by improving their personal and social development through various groups and programmes in a safe environment.
We operate a number of fun afterschool groups for both primary aged young people and secondary school young people. Examples of activities include pool, computers, gaming, board and card games, arts, crafts, and more. We have an Astro Turf pitch out the back of the premises for outdoor activities. During the summer, we run planned activities and events in consultation with the young people who have engaged regularly in the groups throughout the year. Activities occur on site and off site. There are a variety of activities that have previously ran including swimming, waterpark, bowling, cinema, fun days, BBQ’s and more.
This service is funded under the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and locally administered through Tipperary ETB.
For more information, contact:
Sabelo Mavuso, Youth Worker, on 087-7444103 |smavuso@ntdc.ie
Early Intervention Initiative
The Early Intervention Initiative is part of the Youth Diversion Project. We work with young people aged 8-11 years with the aim to engage young people in activities and opportunities which support and guide them to make informed decisions and positive life choices through a fun and engaging approach.
Early Intervention can present in a range of different formats such as group work, individual work, skills based programmes, mentoring, collaborating with other services and recreational activities for the individual child.
For more information contact:
Mary Grace, Early Intervention Worker, on 087-2106606 | m.b.grace@ntdc.ie
To download an referral form
click here Early Intervention – Referral Form
NTDC Family Support Services
For more information on Family Support Services, click here.
