Programmes have taken place across 191 project collaborations with 124 partners. In excess of 20 creative practitioners and artists deliver the programme in any given year, supporting workshop sessions and showcases where the growing creative confidence and ambition of a young group can be shared at a wider community level.

An LCYP follows a child-led methodology in designing and delivering its programme, responding to children and young peoples expressed needs through dialogue and consultation. Building partnerships, listening to young voices, embracing creative activity that is inclusive and rights-base, are all programme priorities as well as ensuring quality and visibility in the work of the LCYP. In 2026 programme priorities include early years, young Traveller, international, young adults, targeted youth film and youth theatre development in Kerry.

Inclusion is also at the heart of Kerry ETB’s ethos, and the organisation works to ensure this value is lived every day. Since 2024, the Kerry Local Creative Youth Partnership (LCYP) has been leading a project that brings inclusion to life in a vibrant, practical way. Through strong collaboration with a broad range of local community-based organisations (five to date), the initiative offers a creative journey where young people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures can participate, belong, and thrive.
United by a shared love of film, each partner organisation reaches out to young people whose voices are too often unheard, recognising how powerfully they could benefit from a creative, collaborative space. Together, they work to amplify these voices through a process that is inclusive, empowering, and rooted in genuine connection.
Responding to the young people’s own desire to explore the world of filmmaking, the LCYP delivers a vibrant series of filmrelated workshops across Tralee, Killarney, Killorglin, and Caherciveen. These workshops create welcoming spaces where participants can share their curiosity, skills, and passion for film—strengthening the belief that learning and creating side by side leads to brighter possibilities for all.

In 2025, with the addition of a new partner organisation, the programme opened its doors even wider. New groups of hardtoreach young people joined the journey, extending the project’s reach to Dingle and Ballybunion, and ensuring that more young voices can grow, express themselves, and shine through the medium of film.
Each year, the programme gathers its young filmmakers for a vibrant oneday celebration where industry experts guide, inspire, and create alongside them. Their short films light up the screen, and an inclusive awards ceremony—supported by the IFI and Young Irish Filmmakers—honours every voice and vision.

All films are submitted to the Fresh Film Festival’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards. In 2025, the Cahersiveen Youth Film Group earned the Radharc Trust Award for best documentary. In 2026, three of five entries were shortlisted and nominated at a redcarpet celebration at the Mansion House in Dublin. Each film now lives on the Kerry LCYP – YouTube @kerrylcyp YouTube channel.
The project continues to flourish across Kerry, rooted in collaboration and inclusion. Its impact is so strong that Young Irish Filmmakers selected Kerry as the pilot site for a new national youthfilm affiliation model—recognition of the county’s rich ecosystem of creative support, training, and industry links.