Gaisce – The President’s Award welcomes The Alzheimer Society of Ireland as new Challenge Partner
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has been officially announced as a new Challenge Partner with Gaisce – The President’s Award. Challenge Partners support and involve young people to participate in one or more Gaisce Challenge Areas, allowing Gaisce participants to use relevant activities to count towards achieving their Award. The Alzheimer Society of Ireland facilitates Gaisce participants to meet either the Personal Skill or the Community Involvement challenge areas through involvement in the 'Creating a Dementia Inclusive Generation' Programme. The programme offers Gaisce participants the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people living with dementia in their
President Higgins supports Gaisce’s #BulbsForBees campaign
Message from President Michael D. Higgins May I take this opportunity to thank Gaisce for designing and launching the most important initiative that is BulbsForBees. Today, across the world, our biodiversity which has evolved across centuries and generations is being destroyed, invaded and plundered at a pace unprecedented in human history. Our pollinator populations are declining at an alarming rate, as excessive use of pesticides, urbanisation processes and climate change threaten the sustainable food production and food security on which mankind depends. We are profoundly aware that the future of humanity is dependent on pollinators, which are so vital to
Gaisce partners with ECO-UNESCO on Youth Climate Justice Challenge
A consortium of five youth organisations, led by ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation is launching the second #YouthClimateJusticeChallenge, with partners Gaisce-The President's Award, The No Name Club, Irish Girls Guides & Young Irish Film Makers. The Youth Climate Justice Challenge is aimed at encouraging and empowering young people to take on local action projects on Climate Justice and will include: a series of workshops, a week of Youth Action on Climate Justice, the development of resource materials and a Youth Climate Survey to garner young people’s opinions more broadly on climate justice and environmental issues including barriers and opportunities for young people’s engagement. The project will also
Gaisce – The President’s Award : Seo gairm don phobal bleib a chur chun ár mbeacha a chosaint
Mar cheiliúradh ar 35 bliain de Gaisce – Gradam an Uachtaráin, tá an eagraíocht ag moladh do dhaoine óga ar fud na tíre, is cuma cén aois iad, cá bhfuil siad, nó cén sórt cúlghairdín atá acu, glacadh le dúshlán ó Ghaisce an fómhar seo agus bleib a chur, a chabhróidh le pailneoirí agus a chosnóidh cuid de na saighdiúirí is tábhachtaí sa chath in aghaidh an athraithe aeráide – na beacha. Má chuirtear san fhómhar iad, cuirfidh siad bláthanna amach san earrach. Tá an tUachtarán, Micheál D. Ó hUiginn agus an Plean Uile-Éireann um Pailneoirí ag tacú leis an bhfeachtas
Gaisce – The President’s Award calls on the public to plant a bulb to protect our bees
To celebrate 35 years of Gaisce – The President’s Award, the organisation is encouraging people across the country regardless of age, location or size of back garden to take up their own Gaisce challenge this autumn and plant a pollinator-friendly bulb to protect one of the most important players in the climate change battle – bees. If planted in autumn, the bulbs will bloom in Spring. The #BulbsForBees campaign is supported by President Michael D. Higgins and the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan who have worked with Gaisce to undertake the largest ever pollination project in Ireland. The pollinator friendly bulbs will bloom in Spring creating a variety of flowers including
Gaisce Participants Contribute To Conference On The Future Of Europe
Gaisce Gold participants took part in an online discussion today with Minister for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne TD as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe initiative. Twenty-one young people from all over Ireland took part in the online event as part of their Residential Project week while working towards the highest level of Gaisce award. The Conference on the Future of Europe is intended to promote greater citizen involvement and interest in the Union and its future direction. As part of their online residential, Gaisce participants met with Minister Byrne so that he can hear their views
