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
Gaisce Online (GO) is live!
We're proud to announce the launch of our new online system, Gaisce Online (GO). Thank you for your patience while we changed systems and apologise for any inconvenience caused. We're currently rolling out the system in phases to ensure we can handle the traffic and queries and make sure everything is running smoothly. You should receive an email from us shortly if you haven't yet. We've created a "Gaisce Online: Help & FAQ" page, which will assist you on getting started and navigation: https://www.gaisce.ie/gaisce-online-help-faq/ We would love to hear feedback on your experience using the system. When you've had a
Christmas comes early for Gaisce thanks to Youth Work Ireland Louth
Christmas came early at Gaisce – The President’s Award after members of Youth Work Ireland Louth gifted a handcrafted ‘Just a Minute’ bench to the Gaisce office in Ratra House in honour of the organisation’s 35th anniversary. Young people from Youth Work Ireland Louth diligently spent several weeks constructing their ‘Just a Minute’ benches to help promote good mental health in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The group initially started out training in woodwork refurbishment before settling on producing mindfulness benches for designated spaces within their local community in Drogheda. A number of different spaces were identified by the group to receive
Susie Spratt joins Gaisce as Project Manager of Wavelength
Susie Spratt has joined Gaisce - The President\'s Award as Project Manager of Wavelength. Susie has a long-term commitment to education and youth leadership. She came to Gaisce from Concern Worldwide where she project managed the School’s Fast programme and developed their first youth leadership summer programme. Prior to that, Susie worked with ECO-UNESCO where she coordinated their national Young Environmental Awards that saw hundreds of students across Ireland developing a real love for the environment and a passion for taking action. In her spare time she volunteered in Johannesburg with the ground-breaking African Leadership Academy. Originally a teacher (in
“Despite often coming from difficult backgrounds, young people can achieve so much” – The Gaisce Award at Oberstown
The hard work and determination of young people at Oberstown Children Detention Campus came to fruition at a presentation held on campus last month which saw participants in Gaisce – The President’s Award being presented with their Bronze and Silver Awards. The young people at Oberstown successfully completed their Gaisce – The President’s Award challenges over the past 12 months across the four categories of community involvement, personal skills, physical recreation, and adventure journey. The participants took part in a range of activities to achieve their awards including football coaching, barista training, culinary and baking skills and charity and community projects. Yvonne
Karol Quinn joins Gaisce as Learning and Evaluation Programme Manager
Born and raised in Charleville, Co. Cork, Karol Quinn has joined Gaisce – The President’s Award as Learning and Evaluation Programme Manager. Karol, who is based in Maynooth with his young family, joins Gaisce from his role as Education Area Development Manager with Young Social Innovators. Prior to joining YSI, Karol spent almost 15 years with Scouting Ireland in various roles, most recently as Programmes Services Manager. He is a graduate of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in History, Philosophy and French and Master of Social Science, Community and Youth Work.
Gaisce – The President’s Award appoint Joy Winston to admin team
Joy Winston has joined the administration team at Gaisce – The President’s Award. A Dublin native, Joy joins the team having spent the last two decades working in retail management with a major fashion brand. She previously studied at Grafton Academy of Fashion Design in Dublin. She lives in County Meath with her husband and two children. Speaking about her appointment Joy said: “I am really excited to join the team and to be part of such an amazing organisation, especially as Gaisce is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.”
Teachtaireacht ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUiginn
Ba mhaith liom an deis seo a thapú chun buíochas a ghabháil le Gaisce as an tionscnamh tábhachtach BulbsforBees a sheoladh. Inniu, ar fud an domhain, tá an bhithéagsúlacht atá ag teacht chun cinn leis na cianta agus na nglúnta á scrios, á réabadh agus á chreachadh ar luas nach bhfacthas riamh cheana i stair an duine. Tá meath tubaisteach ag teacht ar ár bpailneoirí de bharr ró-úsáid lotnaidicídí, próisis uirbithe agus tionchar an athraithe aeráide atá ag cur táirgeadh inbhuanaithe an bhia agus slándáil an tsoláthair bhia ar a mbraithimid uile faoi bhagairt. Is eol dúinn go maith go
