Welcome to the WYC website
Waterford Youth Committee (WYC) is an umbrella body representing an amalgamation of statutory and voluntary youth organisations in Waterford City. Its aim is to co-ordinate and promote the development of youth services within the framework of the City of Waterford VEC.
It is the remit of Waterford Youth Committee to ensure that there is adequate provision of youth work programmes and services in co-ordination with other service providers in Waterford City Waterford Youth Committee co-ordinates and develops youth services in Waterford City in line with the Youth Work Act, which provides a legal framework for the provision of youth work programmes and services in the city. The Act defines youth work as ‘a planned programme of education designed for the personal and social development of young people through their voluntary participation, and which is complementary to their formal, academic and vocational education and training and provided formally by voluntary youth work organisations’. It is the responsibility of Waterford Youth Committee to ensure that the provisions of the Act are carried out within the framework of the VEC.
