Gaisce announces FIT’s Choose Tech programme as new Challenge Partner
Gaisce – The President’s Award is delighted to announce that FIT (Fastrack to Information Technology) has officially become a Gaisce Challenge Partner. 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. Established in 1999, FIT is dedicated to addressing the skills requirements of Ireland’s increasingly digitalised economy. Promoting inclusion and diversity, FIT consistently demonstrates that wider access to tech skills training leads to exciting career paths and quality employment opportunities for all those who have a curiosity and passion for technology. FIT’s ‘Choose Tech’ programme, supported by
Galway native joins Gaisce – The President’s Award as Youth Justice Project Officer
Born in Co. Galway, Karen Dervan is a graduate of NUI Cork and the University of Limerick, where she studied Music, English and Irish. Her career to date has seen her working as a professional viola player and music/events producer throughout Ireland and abroad. Primarily a classical music performer with orchestras and ensembles, Karen has also enjoyed forays into rock and pop music, most notably the 80s music string quartet Retrospect, which she founded in 2013, and with the post-rock collective 3epkano. She curated and produced the celebrated Kaleidoscope salon music series from 2014 until 2020. In 2019, Karen became the first Development Officer for a new Music Generation department in Galway City. To more
Limerick woman appointed as Gaisce’s Digital Media & Communications Officer
Limerick native Niamh Dillon has been appointed to Gaisce - The President's Award as their new Digital Media and Communications officer. She joins the communications team having started her media career as a journalist working with local newspapers in Tipperary and Limerick. She holds a BA in Journalism and New Media from the University of Limerick, a Higher Diploma in Digital Marketing and Business and a Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Marketing and Data Analytics from Limerick Institute of Technology. Speaking following her appointment Niamh Dillon said: "I am delighted to have joined the team at Gaisce - The President\'s Award.
Gaisce appoint new Community & Events Officer
Gaisce - The President's Award has appointed Emily Wolfe as their new Community & Events Officer. Emily hails from England, and grew up in Ashby de la Zouch – a small town in the heart of the National Forest, the setting for Robin Hood’s famous archery competition in Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe and home to fictional diarist Adrian Mole. She has recently relocated from the United Kingdom where she spent 7 years working for the National Trust – a conservation charity and heritage membership organisation with a portfolio of over 500 properties and landscapes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Emily worked
