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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  Welcome to our Winter 2024 ezine. As we approach the end of another great year at Gaisce, we want to share some highlights from this year and what’s in store for next year! Our sincere thanks to all our Gaisce PALs for your incredible work throughout the year. We can’t wait to see the fantastic things your young people will achieve in 2025!   Nollaig Shona Duit agus athbhliain faoi mhaise dhuit from all of us at Gaisce - The President’s Award. What's Coming Up Gaisce's 40th Anniversary In 2025, Gaisce will reach

Our annual celebration of all things Gaisce took place on Wednesday 23rd October 2024.  Lá Gaisce is a day for us to recognise and appreciate the ongoing achievements and perseverance of our thousands of young people, to acknowledge the challenges they’ve overcome, the dedication they've demonstrated, and the personal growth they have achieved. It’s also a chance to celebrate those who have achieved their award, as well as the President's Award Leaders, organisations, schools, and businesses that play a vital role in supporting the award. We saw massive support and engagement from all over Ireland, including secondary schools, youth organisations,

Happy Autumn! As we look forward to the next few months, we are excited to bring  some fantastic and informative events to PALs, including our Gaisce Gold Participant Meet Up and the new Gaisce Community Involvement Showcase.  We will be announcing the members of Gaisce’s first Youth Ambassador Panel very soon, and we’re looking forward to meeting them all and working with them over the coming months. Our Lá Gaisce celebration for this year is almost here, and we can't wait to celebrate it with our PALs, partners, and participants. As we approach our 40th anniversary year in 2025, we are preparing our programme of events and activities to mark

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Gaisce - The President’s Award (@gaisceaward) Take the challenge out of choosing your Challenge Area activities and discover exciting opportunities with our #GaisceChallengePartners! 😄 To simplify the process, we're launching a new feature page where you can search for Gaisce Challenge Partners and filter by region, Award Level and Challenge Area activities. 🎉 We are proud to partner with a fantastic range of organisations from all over Ireland that inspire Gaisce Participants with ideas for their Personal Skill, Community Involvement, and Physical Recreation Challenge Areas. 💛 Take a look

PALs! We hope you had a relaxing summer and are feeling ready and motivated to support your Gaisce Participants. 😄🙌 We're delighted to release our 2024 PAL Pack to help you with the year ahead. Inside are all the new and exciting things we have planned for our PALs and Participants during this new academic year. 😊 Some of our upcoming events and announcements of note to check out are: 🗓️ Gaisce Community Involvement Showcase 🎤 Our NEW Gaisce Youth Ambassador Panel 🫶 Our NEW Gaisce SUAS Bursary Fund 💻 The NEW Gaisce Learning Hub And much more! ✨ Check

Thank you for your interest, applications for Gaisce's Youth Ambassador Panel 24/25 have closed. Check back in 2025 when applications re-open. Introducing the Gaisce Youth Ambassador Panel Are you a Gaisce Participant or recent awardee who has lots of ideas about how to shape the Gaisce Award experience for others, and is interested in networking with other awardees and representing Gaisce? If so, then we would love to hear from you!  Gaisce – The President’s Award wants young people from all over Ireland to join our new Youth Ambassador Panel. The panel will bring together a group of young people who

From Gaisce Awardees to Olympians! The 2024 Paris Olympics has wrapped up, and we at Gaisce - The President's Award have been on the edge of our seats watching the Irish team compete. Congratulations to all our Olympians, especially those who are Gaisce Awardees and made it all the way to Paris!   Our Gaisce Olympians are:   Jack Woolley who competed in the Taekwondo competition and achieved his Gaisce Bronze Award in September 2015.  Phil Healy who competed in athletics and finished 4th in the 4x400 relay and achieved her Gaisce Bronze Award in May 2016.  Ellen Walshe who competed

We are delighted to publish the 2023 Gaisce Impact Report, celebrating the notable achievements of young people participating in Gaisce across 2023. View by clicking button below or clicking here. Key highlights include: Highest registrations and completions since 2019 with 25,165 Award registrations and 14,872 Award completions; 79% of all post-primary schools and 62% of all DEIS schools are delivering Gaisce to young people; 325,000 volunteer hours invested by Gaisce participants in their communities; A total of 776 organisations nationwide are delivering Gaisce. The Impact Report also captures some of Gaisce’s key partnerships and landmark announcements throughout 2023, including the