European Parliament Competition Winners – Terence MacSwiney Community College
Video Submission Gaisce, in partnership with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland is delighted to announce that Terence MacSwiney Community College in Knocknaheeney in Cork were the deserving winners of the trip to Strasbourg for Euroscola, which will take place on March 30th. Euroscola brings together 16–18-year-old students from all 27 EU Member States and allows them to get together, debate, take sides, negotiate, amend, vote and finally adopt resolutions on real European issues. The TY students in Terence MacSwiney CC fought off stiff competition from schools around the country who demonstrated how their schools are playing their
European Parliament Competition 2023
WIN A TRIP TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN STRASBOURG WITH YOUR PARTICIPANTS! Gaisce, in partnership with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland is offering Gaisce participants a fantastic opportunity to travel to the European Parliament in Strasbourg to take part in Euroscola in March 2023 and experience what it’s like to be an MEP for a day. Euroscola brings together students between 16–18 years old from all 27 EU Member States, applicant countries and former Member States and allows students to get together, debate, take sides, negotiate, amend, vote and finally adopt resolutions on real European issues. We
A message from outgoing Gaisce Award CEO, Yvonne McKenna
Gaisce - The President’s Award wish to sincerely thank Yvonne McKenna for her tenure as CEO over the last 8 years with the organisation. A message directly from Yvonne: Today is my last day with Gaisce – The President’s Award. After eight fabulous years, it’s time to move on and try something new. But what an eight years it has been. I only became properly aware of Gaisce a few months before the role of CEO opened up. Gaisce was established not only to recognise initiative, achievement and voluntary commitment by young people, but encourage it. Intrinsic to its
Gaisce Award now available to 2nd Year Secondary School Students!
Do Gaisce in 2nd Year! Gaisce -The President’s Award is now firmly recognised as an integral part of senior cycle education. What may be lesser known is that Gaisce is now available to students in their second year of post primary. The rationale behind introducing Gaisce to younger students is that second year is widely acknowledged as a flash point when some young people disengage from formal education and extra-curricular activities. Enabling younger students to develop in the areas of self-motivation, resilience, and target setting, which the Gaisce programme does, cultivates personal growth and maturity and compliments wellbeing in
Eight Young People Awarded Gaisce Medals at Limerick’s Hunt Museum
29th August 2022 - Gaisce – The President’s Award celebrated 8 special young people achieving their Award at a ceremony held in the Hunt Museum in Limerick. Congratulations to Fatema, Rokaya, Aya, Mahmoud, Ammar and Basima, Areej, and Aliza! Cllr. Olivia O’Sullivan, Cathaoirleach of the Metropolitan District of Limerick, opened the ceremony by welcoming awardees to Limerick and the Hunt Museum. She spoke proudly to the awardees for completing the Gaisce challenge, set by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. Cllr. Olivia O’Sullivan's opening speech to Gaisce Awardees and PALs “It cannot have been easy for many of
Generation Change: Careers after Conviction
A dialogue on self development and employment post-conviction About This Event Facilitated by 'The Two Norries' James Leonard and Timmy Long are both from the northside of Cork city and their popular podcast covers themes across the social and health sphere with a particular focus on addiction, drug use, crime and recovery. Guests include people’s personal stories of overcoming adversity as well as professionals’ perspective on issues discussed in the podcast. The podcast is designed to be informative, sensitive and educational while having a laugh in the process. Tough issues are spoken about and explained with sensitivity and humour
See Your Bees Photography Competition Winners
Lidl Ireland has teamed up with Gaisce - The President's Award to offer bee-spotters an epic chance to win Lidl Ireland vouchers and if you're currently a Gaisce Participant, to win an ADVENTURE JOURNEY for your whole group! SEE YOUR BEES PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION WINNERS National Winner Chloe Winters – Galway – 23 Regional Winners Georgina Brennan-Stynes – Carlow – age 45 Roisin Reilly – Cavan – age 22 Fintan Conway – Clare – age 15 Bridget Bransfield – Cork – age 29 Amy Keating – Galway – age 18 Cecylia Blaszczok – Donegal – age 60 Keely Early –
From Planting Bulbs for Bees to Global Citizenship: Over 75 young people receive Gaisce Gold Award honour for inspirational and outstanding contribution to society GalleryFrom Planting Bulbs for Bees to Global Citizenship: Over 75 young people receive Gaisce Gold Award honour for inspirational and outstanding contribution to society
From Planting Bulbs for Bees to Global Citizenship: Over 75 young people receive Gaisce Gold Award honour for inspirational and outstanding contribution to society
President Higgins presents awards to participants at first in-person ceremony in three years. Over 25,000 hours of personal development and community involvement recognised at awards ceremony. 5th July, 2022: 79 young people from across Ireland have been commended for their outstanding commitment to personal development and contribution to society at the Gaisce Gold Award ceremony today. President Michael D Higgins delivered the Gaisce Gold Award to each recipient at a ceremony which took place at Áras an Uachtaráin – the first Gaisce Gold Award Ceremony to take place in three years. Combined, recipients invested more than 25,000 hours in personal development and voluntary activities to achieve these awards.
Gaisce Online System Login
Welcome to the Gaisce Online System! This is where President's Award Leaders update the information and completions of their Gaisce Participants. If you have any queries, you can visit our contact page or email info@gaisce.ie for support.
The Impact of Gaisce – The President’s Award on young adults in Irish prisons
In April 2022 Silvia Gagliardi and Orlaith Rice at UCD completed an evaluation report on ‘The Impact of Gaisce – The President’s Award on young adults in Irish prisons'. This report provides a qualitative evaluation of ‘Gaisce – The President’s Award’ for young adults in Irish prisons. Building on previous research on Gaisce, this report makes space for a vulnerable and marginalised group to provide their own feedback on the programme they participate in while in custody. Both strengths and limitations in undertaking a positive youth development programme in prison are identified, and recommendations detailed. To download a copy of
