News & Events
Children’s Participation Staff Training Workshop – Child Friendly Cities Forum Members
On Feb 28th, Cork Child Friendly Cities Forum organised a Children’s participation staff training workshop Hub na Nog https://hubnanog.ie/ with a number of different forum organisational settings represented. This was facilitated by two forum members who completed Hub...
A City by Young People – Creative Expressions Exhibition
With the illumination of City Hall, there followed an exhibition in Cork City Hall Atrium to celebrate children and young people’s participation in the City. Here young people across the city displayed posters, letters, articles and audio-visuals creatively to express...
Cork City Hall Lights Up for World Children’s Day – Nov 2022
For the first time ever, as a city, Cork celebrated UN World Children’s Day. This inaugural event was a collaboration between Cork Child Friendly Cities Forum, Cork City Council and children and young people themselves. The Illumination of Cork City Hall in the...
The Inclusive Society Starts in the Sandbox!
In association with Lets Play Cork, P4Play and Child Friendly Cities, an Inclusive Play Hybrid Seminar was hosted by Cork Education Training Board free of charge to encourage anyone based in Cork to attend in person as well as an onsite visit to the Curraheen...
Learning how Cork can become a UNICEF Child Friendly City – Webinar
On the 25th January 2022 Child Friendly Cities Cork held a two hour learning and brainstorming webinar event to explore the possibility, benefits and level of interest in becoming a Child Friendly City - What is a Child Friendly City? What have other cities done to...
Children’s Consultation Cork City Development Plan – Freedom of Our City
In Spring 2021, Cork Healthy Cities partnered with the Glucksman UCC, Cork City Council Planning Department and UCC’s Centre for Planning Education and Research to devise a creative consultation process with children and young people across primary, second and third...