Gaisce Announces Important New Partnership With Department Of Justice
Gaisce – The President’s Award is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with the Department of Justice. Starting in 2024, the Department of Justice will support the cost of registration for participants in Youth Diversion Projects for the Gaisce Awards programme. The Minister of State for Law Reform James Browne TD made the announcement as he opened the annual Youth Diversion Project Conference at Croke Park on Tuesday 7th November 2023. Making the announcement, Minister Browne said: “I am delighted to announce that we will fund the registration of service users of YDPs for the Gaisce programme, which will
Celebrating Lá Gaisce 2023
Lá Gaisce, our annual celebration of all things Gaisce, takes place on Wednesday 25th October, and we want everyone to join in the fun! Lá Gaisce aims to shine a light on the accomplishments of all our fantastic young people and hear all about all the craic you had along the way. We would love to see our amazing Gaisce community celebrating all your achievements and wearing your pins with pride. We want to thank all our hard working President’s Award Leaders (PALs) for their commitment and passion, and we hope to see you doing the same. Here are a
Gaisce Participants Tell Their Story
Earlier in October, we met with a few Gaisce Participants who were excited to share their Gaisce Story. Trying new things, meeting new friends, pushing your limits, achieving your goals and discovering what you want to do professionally, are just some of the things that can be part of your Gaisce journey.
Autumn 2023 E-Zine
At the start of Autumn, we released Gaisce’s Autumn E-Zine! A quarterly newsletter that outlines Gaisce’s latest updates. In this edition, we've packed in: Upcoming Diary Dates Celebrating our Gold Awardees Celebrate Lá Gaisce this October New website and the Gaisce Learning Hub Gaisce’s Collaboration with Jigsaw - Take Action #VolunteerWalkConnect with parkrun Ireland Check it out here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFuVVL9SwM/JFWK62CHxkfQ9ZjErmbeZA/view#1
Join parkrun’s Gaisce Challenge Weekend!
Gaisce – The President’s Award is celebrating Lá Gaisce with our Challenge Partner parkrun this October bank holiday weekend (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th October) with a special Gaisce parkrun Challenge Weekend. We’re encouraging any Gaisce participant who is volunteering at parkrun as part of their Community Involvement challenge, or anyone who is participating in parkrun as part of their Physical Recreation challenge, to go out to your local parkrun to celebrate Lá Gaisce. Many of our Gaisce participants are using parkrun events as one of their Challenge activities and have been participating in parkrun’s #VolunteerWalkConnect initiative. Through the initiative,
Avril Ryan Appointed CEO of Gaisce – The President’s Award
Gaisce – Gradam an Uachtaráin – The President’s Award, Ireland's national non-formal education youth award, has announced the appointment of Avril Ryan as the new Chief Executive Officer for the organisation. Avril joined Gaisce in 2017 as Operations and Development Manager before taking on the role of Head of Operations and Development in 2020. Welcoming the appointment of the new CEO, Minister O’Gorman stated: “I am delighted to announce the appointment by Gaisce – The President’s Award of Avril Ryan as its new Chief Executive Officer. Participation in the Gaisce President’s Award programme has been a transformative experience for
Gaisce Spring E-Zine Out Now!
Gaisce Spring E-Zine - March 2023 Message from the CEO It's great to see Award participation levels bouncing back after a challenging couple of years and we're hearing lots of exciting Award stories as we begin to see more Award completions coming in. We're delighted to spotlight some of the stories in our Spring e-zine, sharing ideas of different ways to complete the Adventure Journey. Now is also a great time to encourage those finishing their Bronze or Silver Award to progress to the next level. Keep an eye on our website for Gold and Silver Award progression info
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
