Gaisce News

Avril Ryan, Jenny Gannon and Helen Concannon at the Irish Girl Guides Headquarters Launch. In celebration of the launch of the Irish Girl Guides new headquarters, Gaisce's CEO Avril Ryan and Gaisce Council Member Jenny Gannon attended the event as honoured guests! Helen Concannon presented them with a unique badge for their dedication and continued [...]

Lá Gaisce, our annual celebration of all things Gaisce, takes place on Wednesday 25th October, and we want everyone to join in the fun!  Lá Gaisce aims to shine a light on the accomplishments of all our fantastic young people and hear all about all the craic you had along the way. We would love

Earlier in October, we met with a few Gaisce Participants who were excited to share their Gaisce Story. Trying new things, meeting new friends, pushing your limits, achieving your goals and discovering what you want to do professionally, are just some of the things that can be part of your Gaisce journey.

At the start of Autumn, we released Gaisce’s Autumn E-Zine! A quarterly newsletter that outlines Gaisce’s latest updates. In this edition, we've packed in: Upcoming Diary Dates Celebrating our Gold Awardees Celebrate Lá Gaisce this October New website and the Gaisce Learning Hub Gaisce’s Collaboration with Jigsaw - Take Action #VolunteerWalkConnect with parkrun Ireland Check

Gaisce – The President’s Award is celebrating Lá Gaisce with our Challenge Partner parkrun this October bank holiday weekend (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th October) with a special Gaisce parkrun Challenge Weekend. We’re encouraging any Gaisce participant who is volunteering at parkrun as part of their Community Involvement challenge, or anyone who is participating in

Gaisce is seeking expressions of interest from President Award Leaders across the country who would like to take part in the Gaisce Glas project. Gaisce Glas is an approach to the 13-week programme which focuses on the topic of Global Citizenship and fulfils all requirements of the Community Involvement challenge area at the Bronze Award

Gaisce – Gradam an Uachtaráin – The President’s Award, Ireland's national non-formal education youth award, has announced the appointment of Avril Ryan as the new Chief Executive Officer for the organisation. Avril joined Gaisce in 2017 as Operations and Development Manager before taking on the role of Head of Operations and Development in 2020. Welcoming