About Us
WHO ARE WE
Everything You Want to Know
CDYS is a leading provider of youth work, family support, education, employability and volunteering opportunities for young people. CDYS supports a number of diverse youth work projects including; Youth Diversion Programmes, Youth and Family Support, UBU Your Space Your Place projects, Learning & Training Initiatives, Detached Youth Work, Therapeutic Services, international Youth Work, Ministry and volunteer-led youth clubs across the Cloyne and North Cork City area.
Cloyne Diocesan Youth Services (CDYS) works to empower young people, Families and Communities through quality Youth services in a safe and supporting community. CDYS offer these services regardless of social, economic or religious background. We respect the ambition of youth and encourage and nurture them to help reach their full potential. We provide a forum for them to express themselves and to be heard.
ABOUT US
Meet The Team
Dr Lorraine O’ Donnovan
CEO
Aoife O’Keefe
Creative Community Alternative Support Worker
Clareanna Parkin
Family Support Worker
Miriam Nyhan
UBU Manager
Ross Bonner
UBU Project Coordinator Midleton
Tracy Coughlan
UBU Youth Worker Midleton
Christy O’Niell
UBU Coordinator Mitchelstown
Joe Curtin
Coordinator & Youth Work Gurranabraher UBU The Hut
Jennifer Macer
Meitheal PPFS Family Support Worker
Anna Kroczynska
Centre Manager Mallow
Emma Sheedy
Youth Justice Worker Mallow
Ethan de Burca
CCA & PPFS Manager
John Dunlea
YPD Coordinator Mallow
Marion Brady
Administration Assistant Mallow
Franchesca Castlellano
Creative Arts Coordinator Cork
Denise Cronin
CCA Support Worker North Cork
Board of Directors
CDYS is governed by a Board of Directors, and is structured as a company limited by guarantee and registered with the Charity Regulator. We also comply with The Governance Code for the Community, Voluntary and Charitable Sector in Ireland.
Our current Board members are:
- Cindy O’ Shea
- Sean Ryan
- Richard Dempsey
- Barry Lenihan
- Emma Brennan
- Tim O’Callaghan
Funders
CDYS is grateful to all our funders for their ongoing support of CDYS and the work it does within communities. Without our funders, CDYS would cease to exist. CDYS is funded by:
