Caim Empowers Coaching

Coaching has been a significant part of the work of CAIM Empowers and one of the most enjoyable parts of what we do. Working directly with young people to support and guide them through co-produced approaches to addressing societal issues through active participation, participatory democracy, and civic engagement.

Director of Services, Faye Hayden is the project coach on two European Solidarity Corps projects:

- Neurodiversity Connects and CarersConnected

Both projects have been running successfully throughout 2025 and engaging several young people from around Ireland, and coaching has included development in various areas of project management and personal development of the project team and its leaders. 

This has included:

- Budget planning

- Financial record keeping

- Effective written and verbal communication

- Risk assessments

- Time Management 

- Reflective practice

- Theory of change

- Youthpass competency development

- Media training

- Website development Home | Carersconnected

- Report writing

- Evaluation

For more information regarding our coaching visit https://www.instagram.com/p/DFaSoEYxokw/?igsh=MTJlbGJpYzZyNmtlYw==

Faye is coaching a Key Action 154 Youth Participation Project that will deliver the first of its kind 'National Young Carers Conference by young carers for young carers in Dublin in March 2026.' 

Book tickets here National Young Carer Conference 2026 - BY Young’ Carers FOR Young Carers Tickets, Sat 7 Mar 2026 at 11:00 | Eventbrite

The coaching for this project will focus on:

- Event management

- Participatory research

- Media engagement

- Managing relationships with project contributors

- Driving action for change with key decision makers

For additional support for young carers visit Home | Carersconnected and me-we.eu – Young Carers 

Open Facilitation Training

On September 6th 2025 several of the project team received training from www.Openfacilitation.ie in the Open Space Methodology and this approach will be used as the project team travel around Ireland to run several FIKA Focus groups with young carers to seek their input into the Young Carer Conference

OFI Training Day

Memory Recap