Two young people receiving their Gaisce Awards with CEO Yvonne McKenna

“My favourite thing about doing Gaisce is the wide range of things you get to do, and trying new things you never would have thought of.”

Cian Brennan – Gaisce Silver Awardee

PAL Training

Gaisce provides training workshops for all PALs to help them manage the Award effectively and provide leadership for their participants. You must complete PAL training before taking on participants. Training is currently being held online until further notice.

Are you interested in becoming a President’s Award Leader?

Below are the dates of current confirmed online PAL Training sessions for your information.

PAL training provides you with the knowledge and skills required to support a young person on their Gaisce journey.

All training workshops, unless otherwise stated, run on half days (3.5 hours per training session). Training is currently being held online until further notice.

Please note: Registration will close 24 hours before training is scheduled to begin to allow for the relevant training links and information to be sent to all attendees. These links are only for PALs who have completed a full PAL online application form. Please do not share this training link with your colleagues.

We look forward to meeting you at one of our upcoming training workshops!

PAL Training Dates Time
June 1st – online 9.30am to 1pm
August 24th – online 9.30am to 1pm
September 7th – in person, Cork 9.30am to 3.30pm

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