The next #SharedIsland dialogue is engaging with young people 16-35 years old. If you would like to participate and attend on Tuesday, please check out the link in bio!

@merrionstreet | @michealmartintd ...

We’re delighted to have @sam_kell22 (He/Him) join us this evening for ‘Safe spaces to create, celebrate and grow: Using the Gaisce Award to support LGBTI+ young people in rural Ireland” @ 5pm!

Link in bio - still time to register!
Any issues, contact emily@gaisce.ie

#Bród22 #RuralLGBTIreland ...

#Bloomsday #bloomsday2022 ...

How do we better support our young LGBTI+ and questioning young people in rural Ireland? A look at the Gaisce Award as a useful tool!

🎟 🌈 : Tuesday June 21st @ 5pm | In person, Portlaoise or online!

Gaisce - The President's Award has partnered with @midlandslgbt this #pridemonth to discuss how we as teachers, youth workers and volunteers can help create and maintain safe spaces and places for the young people we engage with to grow and self-develop. All are welcome.

At this event you'll hear from:
🙌 Young Gaisce Award participants who engaged in the 'LikeMinded' exhibition in the National Gallery of Ireland in 2021 - and why the Gaisce Award worked so well in supporting their development
🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Representatives from @tenipics and @belongtoyouthservices on their supports for young people in rural Ireland
😍 Contributions from @midlandslgbt on the growing needs of young people in rural areas and how they can be addressed 📝

Sign up now at the #LinkInBio to attend in person in #Portlaoise, Co. Laois or online on Tuesday 21st June @ 5pm!

#Bród22 #Pride #PrideIreland #RuralPride #RuralLgbti #LGBTIyouth ...

Do you fancy giving us a hand at Áras an Uachtaráin this month as a volunteer?

If you have a Gaisce Award or you are currently doing your Gaisce Award and you’re over 18, please drop us your details at the link in bio!

The first gig is this weekend 😍 #Volunteering #MichaelDHiggins #IrishPresident ...

We talk a lot about ‘self development’ when it comes to the Gaisce Award, but as you’re doing it, it’s not always so easy to see just how much you’ve grown 🌱since you started your first challenge, on that first week, months and months ago ➡️➡️➡️.

But if you look back, on the skills you’ve taken up or honed 🎸🥾🎭🎨, the contribution you’ve made to your local area or community🚮🪴💡🤝, to the physical challenges 🚲🏃🏾‍♀️⚽️👨‍🦽you’ve overcome or kept at (even when it was hard, or you were exhausted or the weather was crap ⛈ or you had so much else on your plate) ….you’ll see that you persevered and you’ve grown a hell of a lot 📈.

That growth isn’t about being *perfect* at something by the end, it’s about having learned about yourself and what *you* like, what you enjoy, what you’re good at - along the way.

Seeing how you can make a difference when you try your hand at something or you give a helping hand to someone else.

Doing your Gaisce so far hasn’t been about competing with anyone, it hasn’t been about comparing yourself to anyone, it has been about creating yourself, bit by bit, day by day.

No one’s Gaisce is better than anyone else’s - and yet no two Awards are the same.

❤️ if you’ve recently completed a Gaisce Award, take a second to reflect on all you have achieved, and be proud of the person you are *becoming*.

#GaisceAward #SelfDevelopment #Journey #Challenges

🎨: @nikki_often [Check out her work!] ...

Today we say goodbye to our wonderful administrator Maria Leavy, who has worked with us for 7 years! 💛✨

We're sure that her retirement freedom will give her the time to follow her passions of travel, Man United, iconic knitting and caring for animals.. she was forever feeding foxes and squirrels in Phoenix Park outside our offices! 😄

Her good humour will be missed around Gaisce HQ. Thank you for all hard work over the years and best of luck Maria! 😍 ...

We are delighted to announce that Emily Wolfe, our Events and Community Officer, has won a **Community Partner Award** at @tudublin's Students Learning With Communities Awards! 😄🎉

"Emily worked with 2nd year students on the Higher Certificate in Marketing on their Marketing Planning module project".

This has been a brilliant collaboration for Gaisce and TU Dublin.

The students used Gaisce as their live brief and worked in groups to develop a detailed marketing plan. They conducted surveys and used the data to identify key information that aided their plan. They provided us with general knowledge of Gaisce, misconceptions, common social media habits, target audience and ideas on how to boost engagement and social presence.

Emily visited the class to oversee the development of the plans and offered support by providing advice and further information about our programmes. She took part in the judging panel to decide what marketing plan stood out as the most promising. Emily shared how impressed she was with the quality of work from these students and how we can implement some of their ideas moving forward.

We're super proud - well done Emily Wolfe! 💛

#GaisceAward #Awards #Marketing #Students #CommunityProject #Learning #TeamMemberSpotlight ...

Next week we are hosting a digital showcase event for the Gaisce Glas Global Citizenship Project! This is an opportunity for current Gaisce Glas participants to showcase their experience, learnings and outcomes 😊

If you'd like to learn more about Gaisce Glas or are interested in taking part in future Gaisce Glas groups, you're more than welcome to attend this showcase 💛

Registration Link: ➡️ (Link in Bio)
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/gaisce-glas-global-citizenship-project-showcase-tickets-333710084847

Gaisce Glas is an initiative to promote, focus and raise awareness around Global Citizenship within our Gaisce communities. 🌍

#GaisceAwards #GaisceGlas #OnlineEvent #GlobalCitizenship #Sustainability ...

Development Officers Mary Yore and Ger Brady representing Gaisce - The President’s Award at the ETBI Principals and Deputy Principals Summer Conference in Wexford 😊💛

#GaisceAward #YourWayYourAward #ETBI #DevelopmentOfficers @etbi_ireland @etbi.ie ...

Shout out this week to the legends behind the laptops, the phones and the new Gaisce Online (GO) system!

We're celebrating the fabulous team here at Gaisce HQ, Louise, Alex, Joy and Maria, who work so hard to support PALs with queries, mailing out those all-important Gaisce certificates and Gaisce Awards, and responding to any issues arising.

Thanks so much to the Admin team who keep everything on track to support the work of the programme nationwide 😍

#AdministrativeProfessionalsWeek ...

As part of @immaireland Outdoors, this summer the grounds of IMMA and the RHK are open on Thursday and Friday evenings until 8.30pm with a event series titled IMMA Nights.

On the evening of Thursday 5 May from 6pm we will explore youth arts across a range of in-person events, comprising a late exhibition viewing of #TheRideAwayFromTheStorm, a panel discussion, and a youth band. Guests include: Anne O’Gorman, Consultant and former Senior Project Officer for Youth Arts in NYCI; Jim Lawlor, Rialto Youth Project; Avril Ryan, @gaisceaward,John Smith, Oberstown Children Detention Campus, and Chaired by Helen O’Donoghue, Head of Engagement and Learning at IMMA. ...