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Award Winning Projects 2012
View a listing of the award winning projects celebrated at the Annual Showcase of Young Social Innovators on 9th May 2012
10 May 2012
YSI Team to Meet An Taoiseach
The YSI team ‘Positive Ageing from Colaiste Muire, Ennis, Co. Clare will meet An Taoiseach Enda Kenny today to present their ideas and initiatives on making Ennis a more age friendly town,
25 Apr 2012
YSI in the News
Students impress Dragons
Students from Loreto Secondary School in Letterkenny received €800 in funding following the pitch of their social innovation idea to several business entrepreneurs in a Dragon-type Den on Thursday last.
Students seek to put Braille on the menu
Restaurateur Derry Clarke and the Restaurant Association of Ireland are backing students are campaigning to encourage restaurants to provide Braille versions of their menus for visually impaired customers.
Students from Navan Youthreach raise €1,000 for River Rescue fund
Students and staff from Youthreach Foundation in Navan raised an impressive €1,000 for the Meath River Rescue Sponsor A Brick campaign over last weekend.
Scrap Transition Year to help the elderly?
Calls have been made suggesting that Transition Year be scrapped, and branding it an “indulgent luxury”.
Top marks for Forget Me Not!
Forget Me Not - the project being undertaken by students from the young social innovators group in Davis College Mallow has been raising awareness for missing persons with noted success. The group are lobbying for a national Missing Person’s Day and will be making a trip to the Dáil later in March with this in mind.
