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65 Roses

Issue of Social Concern:People in Ireland suffering from Cystic Fibrosis
Goal of Project:To make yong people aware of this disease as it is most common in Ireland. Our goal is also to raise money for "Build4Life" to help build a cystic fibrosis ward in Cork University Hospital.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:Loreto Secondary School
County:Tipperary S.R.

A Cause for Paws

Issue of Social Concern:Cruelty to dogs, abandonment of pets, the abuse of pets.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of such animal abuse in Co. Clare and nationwide, and to help raise funds for the local Clare branch of the ISPCA.
Number on Team:7
School / Centre:Scoil Mhuire
County:Clare

A Place for the Senses

Issue of Social Concern:Providing a special place of relaxation for the special needs students in our school.
Goal of Project:To create a sensory garden for the special needs students in our school.
Number on Team:7
School / Centre:Nagle Community College
County:Cork City

A Taste of Tipp

Issue of Social Concern:The fact that local businesses are in danger of closing down due to the amount of foreign goods which are being purchased. If consumers were made more aware that purchasing local products could help save local jobs this might make them shop smarter.
Goal of Project:To promote local companies and goods based in the Tipperary region thus keeping employment in the area.
Number on Team:25
School / Centre:Ursuline Secondary School
County:Tipperary N.R.

All About Older

Issue of Social Concern:The elderly.
Goal of Project:Raising awareness about ageing and helping the older person in our community.
Number on Team:13
School / Centre:Newtown School
County:Waterford City

Animal Cruelty

Issue of Social Concern:To raise awareness about animal cruelty as it tends to get common around this time of year, and is getting even more common lately.
Goal of Project:By studying many different factors such as getting a dog licence every year per dog. We also looked at animals being kept in good conditions and dying in humane ways. We also looked at hens being treated poorly by living in cages smaller than an A4 page, leaving the eggs not to be free range. We will also be looking at different topics as the project progresses.
Number on Team:6
School / Centre:St. Joseph's C.B.S
County:Tipperary N.R.

Animal Welfare

Issue of Social Concern:Animal Welfare in our surrounding area.
Goal of Project:To create an awareness of animal neglect and cruelty in our neighborhood.
Number on Team:30
School / Centre:Coláiste Ióasef
County:Limerick County

Be Fit! Be Wise! Stay Alive!

Issue of Social Concern:Young people and fitness.
Goal of Project:To set up a mini-gym in our school to improve fitness levels in young people.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:St. Anne's Community College
County:Clare

Be Sincere - Volunteer!

Issue of Social Concern:The issue of social concern being explored is volunteerism in the local community.
Goal of Project:To organise for students in our school to volunteer with different organisations in the community.To raise awareness among teenagers in the three schools in Macroom about the importance of volunteering and promoting the organisations where it is possible to do so.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:McEgan College
County:Cork County

Be Wise, Don’t Criticise

Issue of Social Concern:People have worries and issues that others may not be aware of.
Goal of Project:We hope to become more confident and learn skills on how to develop confidence and happines; and to learn not to judge others.
Number on Team:23
School / Centre:Mount Mercy College
County:Cork City

Beauty Within

Issue of Social Concern:Body image.
Goal of Project:Raise awareness of the images that are portrayed amongst young people as to what is acceptable or not and the pressures that this generates.
Number on Team:7
School / Centre:Sacred Heart Secondary School
County:Cork County

Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers

Issue of Social Concern:Working in conjunction with another small school in Limerick for students excluded from mainstream education. We aim to take on a number of small projects together to foster greater understanding and co-operation.
Goal of Project:To work together, visit each other's schools, engage in joint activities (sport, gardening project, mural painting). Once we have established the link, to work on projects together to benefit the local community (e.g. primary school visit and assisted learning).
Number on Team:18
School / Centre:Villiers Secondary School
County:Limerick City

Burn Out

Issue of Social Concern:The issue of burn out, too much training pressure on young people from various teams and coaches, effects on school work, and effects on the body.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness and highlight the above issues. To educate coaches and players on potential dangers and how to prevent these problems.
Number on Team:6
School / Centre:St. Joseph's C.B.S
County:Tipperary N.R.

Challenge That Stereotype: Teens Can Make a Difference

Issue of Social Concern:Facilities for young people.
Goal of Project:Make young people feel they matter.
Number on Team:5
School / Centre:Coláiste an Chraoibhin
County:Cork County

Communication Generation

Issue of Social Concern:The influence of social networking on teenagers.
Goal of Project:To analyse positive and negative affects of social networking.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:St. Munchin's College
County:Limerick City

Creating a Culture of Literacy in our School

Issue of Social Concern:Promotion of literacy, everyone should be able to read.
Goal of Project:We aim for reading levels in our school go up and for reading to become a norm.
Number on Team:5
School / Centre:Coláiste an Chraoibhin
County:Cork County

Cruelty to Animals

Issue of Social Concern:Animal cruelty.
Goal of Project:To highlight and raise awareness of curelty to animals.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:St. Clement's College
County:Limerick City

Dead End

Issue of Social Concern:Death Penalty.
Goal of Project:Raise awareness about the campaign to abolish the death penalty.
Number on Team:20
School / Centre:Gaelcholáiste Chéitinn
County:Tipperary S.R.

Depression is No Walk in the Park - We Are Here to Make Our Mark

Issue of Social Concern:Depression.
Goal of Project:Spread awareness, give courage to people who are suffering to talk about it.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:Colaiste Ghobnatan
County:Cork County

Do You Want Braille With That?

Issue of Social Concern:The full integration of people with visual impairments and literacy challenges in restaurants in our locality.
Goal of Project:To work with the Cashel Gold Star Initiative to improve disability awareness in our local area. We hope to encourage restaurants to offer large print, braille and audio menus to customers who need them.
Number on Team:13
School / Centre:Cashel Community School
County:Tipperary S.R.

Domestic Violence: Speak Out, Don’t Hide Out

Issue of Social Concern:Domestic violence for men or women.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness on domestic violence and to get help for people who need help to speak out. Also, to raise money on a particular domestic violence organisation.
Number on Team:5
School / Centre:Tarbert Comprehensive School
County:Kerry

Don't Be A Clone, Be Your Own

Issue of Social Concern:We care about how young people feel pressure to conform and how they lack individuality.
Goal of Project:Our goal is to raise awareness of this issue in our local area. To help people feel comfortable in their own skin. To try and prevent slagging.
Number on Team:22
School / Centre:Colaiste Mhuire
County:Limerick County

Don't Go with the Flow, Say No

Issue of Social Concern:Alcohol abuse among young people.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness and to try prevent alcohol abuse among young people.
Number on Team:23
School / Centre:Coláiste Na Toirbhirte
County:Cork County

Don't Raise Your Hand to Domestic Violence

Issue of Social Concern:Domestic violence: we are particularly looking for the silence surrounding this to stop where awareness needs to be created most e.g. men as victims of domestic violence.
Goal of Project:We hope to attain the actual definition of domestic violence. Collect statistics and facts surrounding domestic violence at a national level and at a local level if possible. Become aware of the sensitivities surrounding domestic violence and how these must be always be considered throughout our YSI Project (*this could be a sensitive topic for students in our class, school and people in the local area). Analyse the different types of domestic violence. Identify the signs of domestic violence. Study the role of alcohol and drugs in domestic violence. Examine the effects of domestic violence on the victim, their children and society. Identify the support services that deal with domestic violence at a national level and at a local level. Explore the role of local support services in addressing domestic violence. Learn about the role of the law in dealing with domestic violence in Ireland. Scrutinize and discuss a way that we can create more awareness about domestic violence in our school and locality e.g. leaflets, poster competition awareness week, information link on school website lantern launch, remembrance service/garden etc. Generate ideas around the possibility of working with people affected with domestic violence or getting involved with support groups mentioned above (* we are aware of the sensitivities involved in this and so may have to approach this in a different way).
Number on Team:16
School / Centre:Scoil Mhuire
County:Clare

Don't Think About It, Talk About It

Issue of Social Concern:TBC
Goal of Project:TBC
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:St. Paul's Community College
County:Waterford City

Don’t Be Low, Help Depression Go

Issue of Social Concern:Depression in young people, with a particular focus on males.
Goal of Project:Raising awareness about the signs/causes of depression so that people can recognise the signs and symptoms and aim to help/prevent it. Raise awareness of the different types and effects. Raise awareness about how to deal with depression and aim to get people more confident about speaking about the issue and as a result altering the stigma which is often attached to the condition.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:Patrician Academy
County:Cork County

E-race Racism. Just Rub It Out!

Issue of Social Concern:We will be exploring the issue of racism in Ireland and in our local town. We have noticed that there is a lot of bad feeling towards foreigners in our community and nationally since the beginning of the recession. Also through our community work to date we have met many children in pre-schools who have recently arrived to Ireland. These children speak little or no English and experience language barriers every day.
Goal of Project:We hope to tackle the issue of racism, stereotypes and prejudice in our community. We will do this in two ways. 1. By highlighting the issue and creating awareness and positive attitudes to cultural diversity and 2. by working closely with our local primary school and playschools to help new arrivals/foreign nationals adapt to their new English speaking home.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:Ursuline Secondary School
County:Tipperary N.R.

Eating Disorders

Issue of Social Concern:Health
Goal of Project:To inform all students regardless of sex on issues relating to eating disorders
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:Presentation Secondary School
County:Tipperary N.R.

Even the Odds

Issue of Social Concern:Poverty in our area.
Goal of Project:To identify poverty in our area and examine ways in which we can help.
Number on Team:13
School / Centre:St. Brigid's Secondary School
County:Kerry

Farm Safe, Farm Well

Issue of Social Concern:The safety of young people working on farms
Goal of Project:To inform pupils of Presentation Ballingarrry on issues of farm safety
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:Presentation Secondary School
County:Tipperary N.R.

Feed The World, Not The Bin

Issue of Social Concern:World hunger.
Goal of Project:To make students in our school community think before they order food in an effort to raise awareness on world hunger. Students musn't throw away food so easily while other starve.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College)
County:Limerick County

Fitter for the Future

Issue of Social Concern:The increasing number of young people being diagnosed with obesity.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness in our area about the dangers of obesity and the best ways to stay fit and healthy.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:Mercy Heights Secondary School
County:Cork County

Focus on 'This' Ability, Not 'Disability'?

Issue of Social Concern:Awareness of disability.
Goal of Project:To increase awareness of disability and make people more aware of how they treat disability.
Number on Team:20
School / Centre:St. Declan's Community College
County:Waterford County

Forget Me Not

Issue of Social Concern:Missing people in Ireland.
Goal of Project:Highlight the issue of missing people in Ireland. Raise money for the organisations that search for missing people by selling our 'Forget Me Not' calendar in selected Tesco stores for the 2012 market.
Number on Team:26
School / Centre:Davis College
County:Cork County

Forget the Bankers, Forget the Bailout: Drinking is Breaking Our Country

Issue of Social Concern:Underage drinking.
Goal of Project:TBC
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:St. Joseph's Secondary School
County:Clare

Free Wheelers

Issue of Social Concern:Accessability for people in wheelchairs in our school and local area.
Goal of Project:Improve our school's wheelchair accessability. Report on our local area's accessability. Raise awareness. Fundraise for the Irish Wheelchair Association.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:Midleton College
County:Cork County

Give Your Head a Helping Hand

Issue of Social Concern:Depression / Mental Health.
Goal of Project:To create awareness about the importance of keeping your mind healthy and reduce depression in young adults.
Number on Team:21
School / Centre:St. Joseph's College
County:Tipperary N.R.

Green Hand (a Green Future for the Youth of Ireland)

Issue of Social Concern:Dignity for the unemployed people of our town.
Goal of Project:To establish an allotment for unemployed people. This will give them somewhere to meet and work, giving them a more dignified existence.
Number on Team:23
School / Centre:St. Anne's Secondary School
County:Tipperary S.R.

Healthy Heads?

Issue of Social Concern:Mental Health in Teenagers: the power of negative thinking.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of the dangers of negative thinking in teenagers.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:Newtown School
County:Waterford City

Healthy Heart Promotion

Issue of Social Concern:Obesity, bulimia, anorexia - focusing on kids.
Goal of Project:Tackling obesity and getting more people to eat healthily and exercise more.
Number on Team:13
School / Centre:Ballincollig Community School
County:Cork County

Healthy Teen Pregnancy

Issue of Social Concern:Teen Pregnancy
Goal of Project:Our aim is to make more students aware of teen pregnancy, how it affects them, their families, and society in general.
Number on Team:3
School / Centre:Clonakilty Community College
County:Cork County

Help Address the Homeless

Issue of Social Concern:Homelessness
Goal of Project:To address the prevention, to help people who are homeless and deal with the aftercare of people who have been treated for addictions / poverty issue.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:Mount Mercy College
County:Cork City

Helping the Community Fight Crime

Issue of Social Concern:Enabling older citizens in our community to use the internet.
Goal of Project:To establish a support system to guide and empower older citizens in using IT.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:Glanmire Community College
County:Cork County

Hey Racist, Time To Face It!

Issue of Social Concern:Racism (Cníochas).
Goal of Project:Make people understand they're racist, that they're wrong, that there's no advantage in being racist. MAKE A DIFFERENCE LOCALLY.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:Colaiste Ghobnatan
County:Cork County

Homeless Not Helpless

Issue of Social Concern:Homelessness
Goal of Project:To raise awareness and encourage acceptance of homeless people and to tackle the issues facing homeless people.
Number on Team:13
School / Centre:Loreto Secondary School
County:Cork County

Homeless Not Hopeless

Issue of Social Concern:Homelessness, not just an Irish phenomenon, is on the rise and we would like to address this issue.
Goal of Project:To create more awareness about the issues of homeless people. To raise funds. To produce a product/service to make homeless people's lives better.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:Coláiste Na Toirbhirte
County:Cork County

Homelessness Amongst Teens

Issue of Social Concern:Homelessness amongst teens.
Goal of Project:To explore the causes of teenage homelessness and raise awareness by working with two organisations in this area
Number on Team:12
School / Centre:St. Colman's College
County:Cork County

How Do I Look?

Issue of Social Concern:The pressure on teenagers to look and act in a certain way. How teenagers feel under pressure to be a certain weight, wear make up and hair in a certain way, hang out with certain people etc.
Goal of Project:We hope to make teenagers aware that they are not alone in feeling these pressures, that we shouldn’t be pressured into these things. We also aim to make our parents aware of the pressure we feel.
Number on Team:19
School / Centre:Schull Community College
County:Cork County

Human Trafficking - A Terrifying Nightmare

Issue of Social Concern:We will investigate the growing reality of Human Trafficking in Ireland. We will research the area, make links with groups such as Rhuama, IMC etc. We want to understand in greater depth how this happens and do people get out of this nightmare.
Goal of Project:If the group increases their own understanding of the issue they believe they can raise the awareness of Human Trafficking amongst the school community and local community.
Number on Team:18
School / Centre:Christ King Girls' Secondary School
County:Cork City

If There's Depression, Make a Confession

Issue of Social Concern:Mental health and depression.
Goal of Project:Raise awareness on the issue in our school. Provide information for our students. Raise money for Cuan Counselling, a local service at risk of closure due to lack of funds. Start an annual mental health day at our school.
Number on Team:14
School / Centre:Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne
County:Kerry

Improving Wheelchair Accessibility in Tipperary Town

Issue of Social Concern:How it effects families and those emigrating.
Goal of Project:To make the transition easier for those emigrating and those left behind.
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:St. Ailbe's School
County:Tipperary S.R.

It Could Be You

Issue of Social Concern:The rights of the individual.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of personal rights. Respect for others. Respect for the environment.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:St. Mary's High School
County:Cork County

It's Time to Downsize

Issue of Social Concern:Teen obesity and lack of information / education regarding this issue.
Goal of Project:Raise awareness, put in place a healthy eating system within our school.
Number on Team:3
School / Centre:Clonakilty Community College
County:Cork County

Joblessness is NOT Hopelessness

Issue of Social Concern:Depression linked to unemployment and how to get help.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of depression after/during unemployment.
Number on Team:13
School / Centre:St. Colman's Community College
County:Cork County

Join Hands to Stop Child Trafficking

Issue of Social Concern:Human trafficking, especially child trafficking.
Goal of Project:To create an awareness of Human Trafficking in our area. To support any agencies involved in helping people. To look at how to improve child security especially in large shopping centres, football stadiums etc. to prevent kidnapping. To alert parents to dangers and ways of preventing kidnapping.
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:Beara Community School
County:Cork County

Join the Fight, One Step at a Time

Issue of Social Concern:Cancer.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of what ways that the community can alter their lifestyle in order to prevent cancer.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:Sacred Heart Secondary School
County:Cork County

Let Them Be Little

Issue of Social Concern:Exclusion of visually impaired people in our town and at a variety of levels.
Goal of Project:To create more inclusive, accessible areas for visually impaired people and as a result of this they will feel a greater sense of independence and control in their lives.
Number on Team:23
School / Centre:Ursuline Secondary School
County:Tipperary N.R.

Life on Wheels

Issue of Social Concern:Wheelchair accessability and awareness.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of the difficulties faced by wheelchair users and raise funds for the Irish Wheelchair Association.
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:Mercy Heights Secondary School
County:Cork County

Light Up

Issue of Social Concern:Depression. To make people aware of these issues and explore them in a school mental health week.
Goal of Project:To highlight the issue of suicide and depression in our school and local area using guest speakers etc.
Number on Team:27
School / Centre:Ballincollig Community School
County:Cork County

Loosen the Screws on Mental Health

Issue of Social Concern:TBC
Goal of Project:TBC
Number on Team:25
School / Centre:Mount Mercy College
County:Cork City

Lung Savers

Issue of Social Concern:Lung cancer has overthrown breast cancer as the biggest killer of women.
Goal of Project:To promote awareness of signs, symptoms, ways to prevent lung cancer. To offer hope and support to people who suffer.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:Beara Community School
County:Cork County

M.O.V.E. - Mind Our Vitality Every day

Issue of Social Concern:People in our community - health and fitness.
Goal of Project:To make people aware of the importance of health and leading a healthy lifestyle. To encourage people to lead a more healthy lifestyle.
Number on Team:23
School / Centre:St. Anne's Secondary School
County:Tipperary S.R.

Mental, Social and Physical Health

Issue of Social Concern:The intertwined mental and physical health and well being of young people in the community.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of the importance of mental health issues and young people through guest speakers and promotion of local youth centres and to encourage students and young people to think about thrie physical well being and how the two are connected through the healthy schools programme and fundraising.
Number on Team:5
School / Centre:Listowel Community College
County:Kerry

Mi Super New App

Issue of Social Concern:Lack of Special Needs Assistants in education currently.
Goal of Project:To design an app to enable students with special needs to more easily integrate within school life and work. The app must have the facility to be individually customised.
Number on Team:20
School / Centre:St. Declan's Community College
County:Waterford County

My Community: Litter

Issue of Social Concern:Environment - where we live and how it looks to the outside world.
Goal of Project:To tidy up our town.
Number on Team:21
School / Centre:Hazelwood College
County:Limerick County

Nest Quest

Issue of Social Concern:Bio-diversity in our local woodland.
Goal of Project:To build and place nesting boxes in the woodland to encourage the birds / bats back to the woods. We will also construct information boards for the entrance to the woods as well as identifying the tree varieties to be seen in the wood.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:Colaiste Muire
County:Cork County

Oesophageal Cancer

Issue of Social Concern:The effects of the recession on families.
Goal of Project:To reduce the school costs for families.
Number on Team:7
School / Centre:Ballincollig Community School
County:Cork County

Part of the Jigsaw

Issue of Social Concern:Stereotyping.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness and act on stereotyping that exists in schools. To investigate how stereotyping affects young people.
Number on Team:12
School / Centre:Tarbert Comprehensive School
County:Kerry

Peerpression

Issue of Social Concern:To highlight the issues / pressures teens face re drugs, drinking, college, money etc.
Goal of Project:To make pupils aware not to be pushed by these pressures and to seek help or have someone to talk to if they are worried.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:Ballincollig Community School
County:Cork County

Phony Matrimony

Issue of Social Concern:Human trafficking, more specifically sham marriages in Ireland.
Goal of Project:To inform people about what Human Trafficking is. To show people that "sham marriages" are a much larger problem than is realised. To raise awareness of the major loopholes in Irish and EU law in relation to "sham marriages".
Number on Team:14
School / Centre:St. Colman's Community College
County:Cork County

Picture Perfect

Issue of Social Concern:Teenagers under pressure.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness about the pressure teens are under.
Number on Team:12
School / Centre:Mercy Secondary School
County:Kerry

Positive Ageing: It's the Life in the Years, not the Years in the Life

Issue of Social Concern:Ageism.
Goal of Project:An investigation into ageism in our town. To create / establish links with communities.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:Coláiste Muire
County:Clare

Prevent Teenage Drug Use

Issue of Social Concern:Drug awareness.
Goal of Project:To make people more aware of the dangers of drugs in our community.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:St. Joseph's Secondary School
County:Clare

Raising Awareness about Dyslexia and Dyspraxia

Issue of Social Concern:Raising Awareness about Dyslexia and Dyspraxia - two conditions that are a problem for many young people in our school/community.
Goal of Project:To riase awareness amongst those in our school/community that know little/nothing about these conditions.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:St. Anne's Community College
County:Clare

Road Safety in our Local Area

Issue of Social Concern:Deaths on the road. Young male drivers. Congestion in our town and dangers to young people.
Goal of Project:To make people more aware of the dangers on our roads. To stop traffic congestion on our school grounds.
Number on Team:7
School / Centre:St. Joseph's C.B.S
County:Tipperary N.R.

Santa's Grotto for Chernobyl Children International

Issue of Social Concern:The Chernobyl Children's Project, to help others in need. Caring for people.
Goal of Project:To have a Santa's Grotto in town and to give the funds raised to the Chernobyl Children's Project.
Number on Team:14
School / Centre:Ballincollig Community School
County:Cork County

Save the Children

Issue of Social Concern:Child abuse.
Goal of Project:Raise awareness, emphasising the fact that child abuse is experienced everywhere, even in our own locality.
Number on Team:2
School / Centre:Clonakilty Community College
County:Cork County

Say No to Human Trafficking

Issue of Social Concern:To highlight the indignity of how one human being can profit financially and sexually from the sale of another human being.
Goal of Project:To highlight how sex trafficking is a denial of basic human rights and to alert parents to the dangers of unsupervised access to the internet.
Number on Team:28
School / Centre:Coláiste Ióasef
County:Limerick County

Shooby Doo Shoe Box Appeal

Issue of Social Concern:Shoebox appeal - to collect shoeboxes for team. Caring for those less well off.
Goal of Project:To ask all our school CSPE classes and all Senior Religion classes to fill a shoebox. Also to go to local primary schools and ask them to fill the boxes too. We hope to get 500 boxes. Then to go to work in the warehouse and load the trucks.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:Ballincollig Community School
County:Cork County

Sierra Leone. Education: Their Protection

Issue of Social Concern:TBC
Goal of Project:TBC
Number on Team:22
School / Centre:Scoil Mhuire
County:Cork City

Skibbereen: A Better Scene

Issue of Social Concern:Cleaning up Skibbereen
Goal of Project:To make Skibbereen a cleaner place and a nicer place to be in. We also aim to make it more friendly and welcoming.
Number on Team:14
School / Centre:Mercy Heights Secondary School
County:Cork County

Skibbs Youth Tell the Truth

Issue of Social Concern:Providing services for young people to make them aware of where they go to in difficulty and internet safety.
Goal of Project:To make young people aware of where they can go if they need help, and also to make them aware of internet safety.
Number on Team:7
School / Centre:Mercy Heights Secondary School
County:Cork County

Sláinteachas (Hygiene)

Issue of Social Concern:TBC
Goal of Project:TBC
Number on Team:18
School / Centre:Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne
County:Kerry

Smile If You're Gay 2

Issue of Social Concern:Self harm.
Goal of Project:Raising awareness about self harm.
Number on Team:13
School / Centre:Christian Brothers Secondary School
County:Cork County

SNFD - Social Networking Investigation

Issue of Social Concern:Social networking.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of the postives and negatives of social networking.
Number on Team:8
School / Centre:Colaiste Mhuire
County:Limerick County

St. Julia's Junior St. Vincent de Paul Conference

Issue of Social Concern:Poverty: Helping people in need, helping elderly people that are lonely, helping struggling families. Get young people involved with community.
Goal of Project:To make young people more aware of these social issues and St. Vincent de Paul. To help struggling families and elderly people that are alone.
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:Loreto Secondary School
County:Tipperary S.R.

St. Vincent de Paul Paul Food Hampers

Issue of Social Concern:Sexual Health
Goal of Project:
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:Ballincollig Community School
County:Cork County

Stay on the Path for the Whole Experience

Issue of Social Concern:Drugs within our local and wider community, and the effects they have on our peers.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of drug abuse in the community and to try and turn our peers in the community away from drugs.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:Scoil Mhuire
County:Clare

Stop the Stigma

Issue of Social Concern:Descrimination against sexual orientation.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of the discrimination against different sexual orientation groups.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:Loreto Secondary School
County:Tipperary S.R.

Sudden Adult Death Syndrome

Issue of Social Concern:How SADS occurs and why, and how defibrillators reduce the number of deaths caused by SADS.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness within our local community about the dangers of SADS, prevention of SADS, and to acquire a defibrillator for our school.
Number on Team:7
School / Centre:St. Joseph's C.B.S
County:Tipperary N.R.

Teenage Pregnancy

Issue of Social Concern:Teenage Pregnancy.
Goal of Project:To reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Ireland by raising awareness.
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:St. Ailbe's School
County:Tipperary S.R.

The Dangers of Social Networking

Issue of Social Concern:Lack of control/education surrounding social networking.
Goal of Project:To create awareness among young people about the dangers of social networking and online dating.
Number on Team:8
School / Centre:Sacred Heart Secondary School
County:Cork County

The Fit Factor

Issue of Social Concern:Fitness of students in school.
Goal of Project:To examine the levels of fitness in our school and try to improve on it.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:St. Munchin's College
County:Limerick City

The Life of an Accident

Issue of Social Concern:Road safety and disabilities - road safety and the aftermath of an accident.
Goal of Project:To promote and educate about road safety.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:St. Ailbe's School
County:Tipperary S.R.

The Mirror Sometimes Lies

Issue of Social Concern:Exploring teen body image.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of how teens can sometimes see themselves and how that impacts on self esteem and mental health.
Number on Team:17
School / Centre:St. Angela's College
County:Cork City

The Sexualisation of Children

Issue of Social Concern:
Goal of Project:
Number on Team:20
School / Centre:Kinsale Community School
County:Cork County

The Unknown Callers

Issue of Social Concern:The dangers of using mobile phones for young people.
Goal of Project:To research the dangers of mobile phones and to make the public aware of it.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:Colaiste Mhuire
County:Limerick County

The Visu-L

Issue of Social Concern:
Goal of Project:
Number on Team:3
School / Centre:Mount St Michael
County:Cork County

There's Always Hope

Issue of Social Concern:Mental Health
Goal of Project:To establish open and honest dialogue around the topic of mental health and to set up a local group of young people to tackle suicide and mental health problems.
Number on Team:11
School / Centre:Loreto Secondary School
County:Cork County

Think Before You Drink

Issue of Social Concern:
Goal of Project:
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:Colaiste Ghobnatan
County:Cork County

Think Before You Drink

Issue of Social Concern:Drink amongst teenagers and the dangers it brings.
Goal of Project:To assess the level of drinking among teenagers, its affects and whether it may lead to alcoholism.
Number on Team:17
School / Centre:St. Munchin's College
County:Limerick City

Think Outside the Cardboard Box

Issue of Social Concern:Raising awareness of homelessness.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness of the growing issue of homelessness. To educate members of our community on the causes and effects of homlessness and raise money for the Simon Community.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:Coláiste Muire
County:Clare

Think Safe, Think Road Safety

Issue of Social Concern:Road Safety
Goal of Project:To raise awareness on road safety, but not just cars, motorbikes, bikes, buses, people walking.
Number on Team:7
School / Centre:Tarbert Comprehensive School
County:Kerry

Third World Inequality in Education

Issue of Social Concern:Equality for all humans.
Goal of Project:Raise awareness in our school and locality.
Number on Team:3
School / Centre:Clonakilty Community College
County:Cork County

To Trust Or Not To Trust

Issue of Social Concern:Information / awareness.
Goal of Project:To hold a conference inviting speakers from Sexually Transmitted Disease clinic in Limerick and a nurse from A&E talking about the myth behind "spoked drinks"; and other speakers for TY & parents.
Number on Team:21
School / Centre:Hazelwood College
County:Limerick County

Today a Reader - Tomorrow a Leader

Issue of Social Concern:Literacy improvement within the school, primary school and local community.
Goal of Project:To improve literacy levels within our own school by promoting reading & assisting teaching with key words etc. And to build on this during the year, hopefully expanding to our community.
Number on Team:10
School / Centre:Beara Community School
County:Cork County

Turn on the Lights, I Can't Hear You

Issue of Social Concern:Deaf awareness.
Goal of Project:To create awareness among teenagers on difficulties faced by deaf peers in school and social settings.
Number on Team:24
School / Centre:St. Brendan's College
County:Kerry

Water Safety

Issue of Social Concern:To help people stay safe in the water.
Goal of Project:To make people aware of the dangers if the water.
Number on Team:8
School / Centre:Mercy Heights Secondary School
County:Cork County

West Limerick Charity Secret Millionaire

Issue of Social Concern:Charities and organisations are suffering because of the recession. Fundraising is so difficult and all clubs, charities and organisations are finding it difficult.
Goal of Project:To fundraise for local clubs and charities. We will collect a pool of money and the distribute the money to clubs or charities that we feel are in most need of help. The clubs/organisations will apply but no one will know who receives the money.
Number on Team:21
School / Centre:Desmond College
County:Limerick County

Where's Your Head At?

Issue of Social Concern:Teenage prejudice against people with mental health problems.
Goal of Project:To change the way teenagers view people with mental health problems.
Number on Team:16
School / Centre:Loreto Secondary School
County:Tipperary S.R.

Would you Pay for Poison?

Issue of Social Concern:Making our water supply safer and flouride free.
Goal of Project:Raise awareness about flouride in the water supply in Ireland. Attempt to remove it from our water supply, starting with our own town and hopefully go nationwide with our project.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:Mercy Secondary School
County:Kerry

Yes We Can-Sir!

Issue of Social Concern:Bringing lightness and happiness into the world. We want to focus our project on the issue of cancer in children and teenagers. We aim to bring happiness into the lives of those children who are struggling through the unfairness of having cancer.
Goal of Project:We wish to bring positivity and light into their school by highlighting the good and positivity in the world. We hope to create a book and to collect toys for the children's cancer unit in our local hospitals. We wish to educate and inform our fellow students on the early signs of cancer and on how living a healthier lifestyle through diet and exercise can help prevent cancer and improve quality of life and self contentment and happiness.
Number on Team:27
School / Centre:Mount Mercy College
County:Cork City

You Can't Draw Blood from a Turnip

Issue of Social Concern:The lack of awareness and information on Organ, Blood, Platelet and Bone Marrow Donation.
Goal of Project:To raise awareness on Organ, Blood, Platelet and Bone Marrow Donation.
Number on Team:9
School / Centre:Sacred Heart Secondary School
County:Cork County

You have a Choice, Use your Voice

Issue of Social Concern:Teenagers being afraid to speak out about their problems and keeping them bottled up.
Goal of Project:To expose the benefits of speaking out and to inform teenagers of the consequences of keeping things bottled up. We will also investigate the common problems that affect mental health.
Number on Team:8
School / Centre:Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí
County:Kerry

Young People's Engagement with the Regeneration Project in Limerick City

Issue of Social Concern:The regeneration of the community.
Goal of Project:To proactively engage our transition year students with the regeneration project.
Number on Team:15
School / Centre:St. Nessan's Community College
County:Limerick City

Youth Facilities in Limerick

Issue of Social Concern:The lack of services/facilities for young people locally.
Goal of Project:To research and raise awareness of the lack of facilities and ecourage solutions.
Number on Team:13
School / Centre:St. Munchin's College
County:Limerick City