Are you a young person based in Ireland looking for information, advice or guidance about traveling, studying, working or volunteering in Europe? Maybe you are a European based young person who is thinking of coming to Ireland to study or work?
You can get answers to your questions through the Youth Information Chat service. You will be connected to a Youth Information Officer from centres across Ireland who can help you. Youth Information Officers are experts in European Mobility and the opportunities available to young people across Europe from DiscoverEU to Interrailing to the European Solidarity Corps program.They are trained in providing information related to European opportunities that is impartial, accurate, relevant to your question, in a non-judgemental and easy to understand way.
What can you get help with
Get answers to your questions about travelling abroad, such as:
Are flights and accommodation free if I volunteer?
Can I get the SUSI grant while studying abroad?
How do I get a job in Europe?
How to I find out about Internships in Europe?
I am thinking of coming to Ireland from Europe, where you give me some resources to help me get started?
Youth Information Officers will give you information, answer your questions, and provide you with a second opinion where they can. From the chat service, it is also possible to find out where your nearest Youth Information Centre is and get linked in with a Youth Information Officer in that centre for an in person meeting. This online chat service is:
free
available between 4pm and 8pm, Monday to Friday (excluding Irish bank holidays)
as easy to use as WhatsApp
If you want to chat to a Youth Information Officer, start a conversation here and fill out your information with your question, and start chatting. If you don’t want to use the chat service, you can send an email or you can leave a message outside of the chat hours. A Youth Information Officer will get back to you by email as soon as they come back online.