See | Snap | Submit 📸 🐝

We want to #SeeYourBees 😍 bee part it and you could be in with a chance of winning €1000 in @lidlireland vouchers, €100 vouchers per county up for grabs, or if you’re a Gaisce Participant or PAL, €5000 towards your next Adventure Journey - SWEET

So keep an eye on your local flora 🌸 and when a bee lands, make sure to snap it and submit it @ the link in our bio! 🐝👀☀️

COMPETITION DEADLINE IS NEXT FRIDAY 27TH MAY | Terms and Conditions can be found at the link x

@gaisceaward | @lidlireland | @allirelandpollinatorplan | #WorldBeeDay #WorldBeeDay2022 #PollinationNation #PollinatorFriendly #SaveTheBees #SeeTheBees ...

🚨 See The Bees 🚨

Did you know that we’ve lost almost a third of our bees in recent years?

Bees are dying in Ireland because there is a lack of food for them to eat and places for them to nest safely, and we want to change all of that by planting more pollinator friendly bulbs and flowers all across Ireland.

Gaisce Award has teamed up with the pollinator crew over at @lidlireland to offer bee-spotters of all ages in Ireland an epic chance to win Lidl Ireland vouchers….and if you’re currently a Gaisce Participant, to win an ADVENTURE JOURNEY for your whole group!

🔥Overall Prize: Winner will receive €1,000 worth of Lidl vouchers
🛒One per county: Each winner to receive €100 worth of Lidl vouchers
🥾🏕🏔Group Prize: Gaisce Adventure Journey for up group up to 20 people.*

*You need to be a signed up Gaisce Award Participant to be part of a Gaisce Award Group who has a President's Award Leader.

Right now, we want to help the @allirelandpollinatorplan who are coordinating Ireland’s efforts to look after our all-important biodiversity, find out how many bees are in Ireland and where they are!

🪴So we want you to go out to your gardens, parks or check the pots on your window sills and wait to see when your local neighbour bee arrives.

📸 Snap your best photo and upload it for us to see!

Please remember to be safe while you take your picture – keep your distance and ask for help if you need it. We’re looking for high quality photographs which show a bee landing on a flower close to where you live if possible – help us to #SeeYourBees! ...

Last night @usi.ie hosted their annual Student Achievement Awards, celebrating the work and dedication of individual students, societies and teams across the country 😊

Gaisce attended as a sponsor and our Comms Executive, Shane Barr, presented the awards for Small, Medium and Large SU Teams of the Year. 🏆

Special congratulations to:
- The National College of Ireland Students' Union for winning Small SU Team of the Year! @ncistudentsunion @ncirl
- Waterford Institute of Technology Students’ Union for winning Medium SU Team of the Year! @setusu.wd @setuireland
- Ulster University Students' Union for winning Large SU Team of the Year! @uusu_online @ulsteruni

Kudos to USI for running a brilliant event and I hope all in attendance had a great time 👏💛

Photography by: @conorspix 📸

#USI #SAAI22 #StudentAchievementAwards ...

We are proud to announce the @GaisceAward and @LidlIreland - #SeeYourBees photo competition! 😄📸

What to do? Take a picture of a bee on/near pollinator friendly flowers - and submit it! 🌷🐝

You're in the chance of winning a €1000 Lidl voucher, €100 Lidl voucher, or if you're doing your Gaisce Award, you could win **€5,000** towards your groups Adventure Journey in Ireland! 🥳

We're continuing our bee-utiful ongoing partnership with Lidl Ireland to promote biodiversity nationwide 🌱 Last year communities planted well over 1/2 a million pollinator bulbs as part of 'Bulbs for Bees' - now we want to SEE your bees! 💛

See Lidl's website site for more details ⬇️ (Link in our bio!)
https://www.lidl.ie/information/see-your-bees

*There will be an overall winner of the competition as well as 26 regional winners and a group prize.

Competition is now live running until Friday 27th May. T&C's apply!

#SeeYourBees #LIDLIreland #GaisceAward #Biodiversity #CSR #WorkingTogether ...

This week was the launch of #TheRideAwayFromTheStorm, an exhibition of artworks by Gaisce participants at #Oberstown Children Detention Campus.

This unique project highlights the value of engagement in the arts and giving young people voice to their experiences. 🎨🖼

Minister Roderic O'Gorman attended the launch of the exhibition, taking time to view each art working and giving personal praise to each.

The launch ceremony featured incredible speeches from @anniefletca (Director at IMMA), Yvonne McKenna (CEO at Gaisce), Damien Hernon (Director at Oberstown) and @rodericogorman (Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth). 👏🏻

'The Ride Away From The Storm' is the outcome of a partnership between #Oberstown, @gaisceaward, @spice_h2020 and @immaireland 💛

This exhibit is open until May 8th 2022. Go see it in
person if you have the chance! IMMA exhibition page
and guide links are in our bio.

#IMMA #GaisceAward #spiceh2020
#oberstownchildrendetentioncampus #artexhibition #dublin #ireland ...

“It is important that we take this opportunity to reflect more deeply on the public space which we are creating as a society, and the freedom and safety within it. When it comes to behaviour, freedom and the expression of affection, ask the question if it is an equal space for members of the LGBTQI+ community? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Seven years ago next month, we will recall how the public voted in overwhelming numbers to extend full and equal marriage rights to members of the LGBTQI+ community. This was an important and significant milestone and was a clear statement by the people of Ireland that all are entitled to equal legal recognition of their relationships, no matter what their sexual orientation is.

Yet seven years later, when it comes to behaviour, we still hear far too regularly of members of the gay community being faced with homophobic comments and slurs, often unchallenged. Heartbreakingly, we hear friends or family members telling us that they do not feel comfortable holding the hand of their partner, of their husband or their wife, in public. This suggests an environment which somehow allows that while under the law someone’s sexuality will be tolerated, its expression must not be allowed. We must do better.

Beyond the recent horrific events lies perhaps a challenge to address the lethargy which is impeding the fullest expression of themselves as citizens by members of the LGBTQI+ community in Irish society. As we go forward, it is surely necessary to address the roots of the assumptions that are sustaining these exclusions and such authoritarian actions in our communities and to consider what individual and collective actions we can take to provide a freer, diverse and inclusive space in our communities built on respect for equality and difference, not just in our laws but in our words and actions. In doing so, we will all benefit from the delivery of such full participation of our shared lives by all our citizens.”

📝 @presidentirl is proud patron of the Gaisce Award Programme, a non-competitive self-development framework for young people under 26 living in Ireland.

#LinkInBio for supports if you are feeling stressed or anxious ❤️ ...

April 8th marks #InternationalRomaDay

Traveller/Mincéirí groups across Ireland such as @pavee.point have marked the day this year by sharing stories from across their communities as well as common hopes, aims and challenges - in particular solidarity for the Roma community in Ukraine 🇺🇦

Travellers and Roma are two distinct ethnic minority groups, with distinct cultures, identities, language and traditions.

Young Minceirí and travellers participate in the #GaisceAward programme through their schools, youth groups and non-formal education settings. @gaisceaward is committed to ensuring that participation in Gaisce challenge areas is accessible for all young people 14-25 across communities in Ireland ❤️

Learn more: @pavee.point | gaisce.ie ...

TCD Arts Block | 12.30-2pm | This Wednesday 6 April

Gaisce Award's #Wavelength programme is hosting an information drop in @trinitycollegedublin this coming Wednesday, April 6th @ the arts block 😍

If you have refugee status or you are currently seeking international protection in Ireland this is for you! Gaisce's #Wavelength programme is specifically designed to support and enable young people from these communities to participate and succeed in their Award.

We are also actively seeking mentors within this community, so if you are over 25 years old, you can apply to become a President's Award Leader (PAL) with Gaisce.

Check out the #LinkInBio to register for free now or just come over and say hey 👋🏻

@tcdsu | @tcdglobalroom | @trinitynews | @universitytimes | @trinity_access_programmes

#Wavelength #Gaisce #GaisceAward #YourWayYourAward #InternationalProtectionIreland #RefugeesIreland #SelfDevelopment ...