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  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

Watch this video to hear feedback from previous bursary recipients.  President Michael D. Higgins in 2021 said: “Gaisce is driven by a commitment to a better society, by the enthusiasm, ability, and resilience of young people. Through the Gaisce programme, young people are encouraged and guided so that their innate talents and abilities, as well as their sense of citizenship and social agency, can be realised to their full potential” Gaisce – The President’s Award is delighted to launch our new Gaisce SUAS Bursary Fund.  One of Gaisce's core values is Inclusion and Equality; every person having the opportunity to

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

This has been one of our busiest periods in Gaisce – The President’s Award! So many young people around Ireland have completed their Gaisce journeys for this year, and we were delighted to share in the joy with our Participants, PALs and GAPs, at ceremonies around the country. Read below to see what amazing things we’ve been up to over the past three months! We’re looking forward to the next phase of our participants' Gaisce journey and are excited to see how they continue to grow and thrive. We hope you will continue to support your young people through Silver and all the

Roderic O’Gorman, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has announced the appointment of Áine Kerr as the new Chair of the Council of Gaisce – The President’s Award.  Áine is an award-winning entrepreneur and broadcaster and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her new role. Making the announcement, Minister O'Gorman said “I am delighted to appoint such an eminently qualified person as Ms Kerr to this important position.  Ms Kerr is an award winning entrepreneur and broadcaster. She is a current member of the Gaisce Council and in addition is Chair of social innovation fund Rethink

Gaisce – The President’s Award is delighted to announce the appointment of Jennifer Gallagher to the position of Project Officer with the organisation.  She joins the Operations and Development team, where she will be supporting adults delivering the Gaisce programme to young people in custody and the youth justice sector, expanding Gaisce's reach, building connections, and more. Before joining the Gaisce team, Jennifer's work experience was in Youth Work, beginning as a volunteer and transitioning to a full-time Youth Worker after completing a BA in Community Sports Leadership at DKIT. Throughout her career, she has supported young people in making

The team at Gaisce – The President’s Award today said a fond farewell to John Cunningham. John, who has been Chairperson of the Gaisce Council, departs the role having completed his six-year term in office. Talking about his time as Chairperson, John recalled the challenge President Michael D. Higgins gave to him when he started in the role, saying: “The President asked me, as part of my term in office, to do my best to make Gaisce as accessible as possible and to work with those on the margins of society and in six years I think we’ve done some