About
Young Social Innovators (YSI) is a non-profit organisation that empowers young people to use their talents, insights, passion and creativity to come up with innovative solutions to social challenges. For the past 21 years, their fun and engaging programmes have supported students to create team-based action-projects on issues they care about, putting their innovative ideas into action to bring about positive social change for the benefit of people, communities and the environment.
Challenge Area Activities
Community Involvement
Complete Activate or Ignite programmes, focusing on local, national and global issues.
Complete Activate or Ignite programmes, focusing on local, national and global issues.
Programme Breakdown
Young Social Innovators offer the Activate and Ignite programmes that provide unique opportunities for young people to explore and take innovative action on an issue they care about, to engage with their community in new ways and to make a difference in the world around them. Working in teams, young people explore issues of concern to them (locally, nationally or globally), and take creative and collaborative action on one that they are passionate about. Issues as diverse as climate change, sustainable living, gender equality, mental health, racism, sexual consent, crime, community facilities, and integration are just some of those tackled by thousands of young people each year. Along the way, Participants' curiosity, creativity and problem-solving talents are enhanced as they develop and implement innovative solutions to social problems facing all of us.
Ignite - Students aged 12-15 can participate in the programme. Students at Junior Cycle are facilitated to explore issues impacting their local community and to discover their own capacity to effect change by taking creative and collaborative action on an issue they care about. Homelessness, cultural diversity, community facilities for young people, plastic pollution, pedestrian safety and animal welfare are just some of the community-based issues tackled by participants of this programme.
Activate - Teenagers between 15-18 years of age in second-level schools, Youthreach Centres or youth organisations can participate in the programme. Students and educators alike can expect to go on an interesting journey through this engaging and in-depth programme. Working in teams, students explore issues of concern to them (locally, nationally or globally), and take creative and collaborative action on one that they are passionate about. Issues as diverse as climate change, sustainable living, gender equality, mental health, racism, sexual consent, crime, community facilities, and integration are just some of those tackled by thousands of young people each year.
Ignite - Students aged 12-15 can participate in the programme. Students at Junior Cycle are facilitated to explore issues impacting their local community and to discover their own capacity to effect change by taking creative and collaborative action on an issue they care about. Homelessness, cultural diversity, community facilities for young people, plastic pollution, pedestrian safety and animal welfare are just some of the community-based issues tackled by participants of this programme.
Activate - Teenagers between 15-18 years of age in second-level schools, Youthreach Centres or youth organisations can participate in the programme. Students and educators alike can expect to go on an interesting journey through this engaging and in-depth programme. Working in teams, students explore issues of concern to them (locally, nationally or globally), and take creative and collaborative action on one that they are passionate about. Issues as diverse as climate change, sustainable living, gender equality, mental health, racism, sexual consent, crime, community facilities, and integration are just some of those tackled by thousands of young people each year.