Looking for flexibility? We now offer 10- and 30-hour Micro Module options to suit your timetable. All options have been developed in accordance with the NCCA template and guidelines.

Our 10-Hour Sprints inspire students to tackle social and environmental challenges. 

Climate Catalyst Sprint
Students tackle climate change through creative problem-solving and community action.

Inclusive Futures Sprint
Students explore inclusion, equality, and social justice through innovation and collaboration.

Programme Benefits:

• Step by step online resources
• Training videos to support facilitation 
• Start any time during the year
• Ongoing support from YSI staff and Local Leaders 
• Free of charge

If this option sounds like a good fit for your timetable, register your interest today.

In Activate, students work in teams to choose a social issue they care about, design an idea to tackle it and take action. Over the past 5 years, over 25,000 young people have participated in Activate. The programme is closely aligned to developmental indicators across the Civic and Community Engagement dimension in the new TY Programme Statement.

Activate Programme Overview:

• Year-long programme - September to May (1-2 hours per week)
• Youth-led, team-based and action-oriented
• Fun and flexible
• 5 - 25 students per team
• €15 per pupil

The highlights of the Activate Programme:

YSI Speak Out Tour
These high-energy, inspirational events are held across the country and give teams the chance to take to the stage and showcase their chosen issue and innovative response to their peers and a panel of experts. 

YSI Den
Teams pitch online for funding to develop their project.

YSI Awards
Celebrating excellence in youth-led social innovation, winning teams are invited to a national celebratory Awards event held in May.

Benefits for Students:

• Explore issues of concern in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Take creative, collaborative action on a diverse range of topics including climate change, sustainable living, gender equality, racism, sexual consent, crime, community facilities, mental health & integration
• Self-directed learning and problem solving through critical thinking
• Become more engaged in the local community & have a positive impact on the world 
• Empowers Youth Voice and reinforces the belief that young people have the agency to shape a fairer, more inclusive society
• Develops skills for life and work
• Certification and feedback for students

Saprks Workshops

Need something more bite-sized? Young Social Innovators offers a suite of FREE workshops. Worshops explore topics such as the SDGs and Designing Inclusive Communities.