NICCY have an Instagram account which you can visit here.

The aim of the site is to help keep young people up to date on NICCY's work and on issues affecting children and young people. 

Latest Update links

• Climate Change - the NICCY Youth Panel are actively engaged in issues relating to the Environment - you can find out more here at www.niccy.org/climatechange 

• More Than A Number - A Rights Based Review of Child Health Waiting Lists in NI

• Further information for parents & young people about the Covid vaccination programme for children aged 12 to 15 https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/covid-19-coronavirus/northern-ireland-covid-19-vaccination-programme/schools-vaccination-programme 

• Covid-19: 'Vaccine misinformation a dilemma for young people' -  Mental Health Champion

• Culture and Identity: 100 years and beyond - you can find out more here

• Covid-19: Schools safe for children and staff, says CMO

• 'A New and Better Normal: Children and Young People's Experiences of the Covid 19 Pandemic'

• COVID-19 vaccination for children and young people aged 12 to 15 years - This simple guide to COVID-19 vaccination for at-risk children aged 12 to 15 outlines the benefits of vaccination, who is eligible, potential side effects and what to do next. You should read this before your vaccination.

• What to expect after COVID-19 vaccination - advice for children and young people- If you are aged 16-17 or aged 12-15 and at-risk, you will receive a copy of this leaflet after you have had your first vaccine. It contains information on the vaccine, potential side effects and what to do next.

• www.niccy.org/restraintandseclusion

• PSNI Stop and Search Survey 

• GCSE and A-levels: Children's watchdog 'furious' about 'over-testing'

• Find out more about our project to celebrate Intergenerational Week
• Watch the live launch of the Head's Up Toolkit - developed by young people for young people to support them to develop mental health campaigns. 

• Youth Panel speak about sacrifices they are making & lost rites of passage due to the Pandemic - missing friends, increased screen time, exam worries & missed driving tests -  Belfast Live

• Dodds announces cancellation of vocational and Essential Skills exams

• Department of Infrastructure's new Youth Assembly.

• Covid-19: BBC NI launches online educational materials

• ‘We’re not there yet’, Children’s Commissioner tells NI Young People

• Children and young people inform the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child about their experiences on the delivery of their rights 

• NICCY calls for action and urgent announcement on Summer 2021 Exams following England decision today (3.12.20) 

• Celebrating Rights - Right to Celebrate:  Can children’s rights provide a framework for celebrating culture and identity? Sign up here for the event 

• NICCY calls for GCSE and A-level exams to be cancelled - Read more on Belfast live

Click on a link below to find out more: 

• Today on World Mental Health Day we have an opportunity to help raise awareness of this really critical issue and something that is even more important and relevant during this pandemic. You can watch to the Commissioner speaking directly to you here 

• Children and young people put their questions to the UK's top scientists - click here to listen 

• Click here to view CCEA's Student Resource on Health and Wellbeing

• Click here to visit CCEA's summer exams awarding update

• Click to view NICCY's press release on Young People’s inability to appeal exam grades

• Click here to read NICCY's statement on this year's Transfer tests

• Read the Commissioner's blog on Covid and Education here 

Covid Website Section 

• You can also find out more on the Covid section of our website, which has information and advice for young people and their families. Click here to visit the page