Gaisce is the most prestigious youth award in Ireland and is a challenge to young people from the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins to dream big and realise their potential.

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
WATCH NOW: Youth practitioners and young people talk about how to best create, maintain and support safe spaces for young LGBTI+ people in rural areas
@belongtoyouthservices | @tenipics | @jigsaw_ymh | @midlandslgbt | @youthworkireland
#RuralLGBTIreland #Bród22 #PrideMonth #PrideIreland
Link in bio
Thank you to @rodericogorman and @dcediy for supporting this event 🙌
Thank you to @pluralvideo + @shanebarrmedia for their support with tech, videography, and streaming to make the event as accessible as possible (in person in Portlaoise, and online!)
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
We are thrilled to have amazing people from brilliant organisations with us for our LGBTI+ Safe Spaces for rural young people event tomorrow (Tuesday 21st June) ✨🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ You can attend in person with us in Portlaoise, or online 💻
☀️ Stephen Cassidy, @belongtoyouthservices
☀️ Hannah Solley, @tenipics
☀️ Rebecca Murphy, @jigsaw_ymh
☀️ Aileen Costello @youthworkireland | @midlandslgbt
Link in bio | registration still open!
#Bród22
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!]
This Saturday is the Irish Youth Music Awards! 🤘
An all ages event with masterclasses and exclusive performances from music industry leaders 🎸🎶
An opportunity to learn and enjoy some incredible music 💛
@hudtaymusic @iamleaheart @truetidesband @kenanflannerymusic @sineadmusic @lauraduffmusic @djdavetreacy @bimm_dublin
We'll be there so drop by our stall and say hi! 😊
Info and tickets:
http://iymas.ie
@official_iymas
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 want to #SeeYourBees!
While you're out and about this week, keep an eye out for 🐝 pals and take a snap - our nationwide photo competition is open until this Friday 📸
WIN:
- €1000 Lidl Voucher
- €100 Lidl Voucher
- Or, for Gaisce Participants/ PALs, €5000 towards your Gaisce Adventure Journey!
*T&C's Apply.
For more details check out the submission page:
https://www.lidl.ie/information/see-your-bees
(Link in bio!)
@gaisceaward and @lidlireland #SeeYourBees Photo Competition.
@allirelandpollinatorplan
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
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
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.

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