Finalists Announced for YSI Ireland Awards 2022

The finalist teams have been announced for the Young Social Innovators of the Year Ireland Awards 2022. In total 35 YSI project teams from across Ireland are being invited to compete for a range of YSI Challenge Awards as well as the overall Gold, SIlver and Bronze Title Awards.

All of the teams will pitch their socially innovative ideas and projects to panels of judges who will decide the winners within each Challenge category. All of the winners will be announced during a ceremony broadcast online via YouTube Live on Thursday May 12th from 11AM - 12PM hosted by Virgin Media's Zara King and former Hometown Band Member Dayl Cronin.

The finalists in 2022 have been announced as follows: 

Climate Action & Energy Award

Presented by Eirgrid

• Commotion in the Ocean, Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal
• Freepair Ireland,  Beech Hill College, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
• Eco-Box,  Ballymahon Vocational School, Ballymahon, Co. Longford
• Sustain4life, Rosses Community School, Dungloe, Co. Donegal
• Plastic Waste,  St. Patrick's Classical School, Navan. Co. Meath

Strong and Caring Communities Award  

• Project Colour,  Cabinteely Community School, Cabinteely, Dublin 18
• Forget Me Not; Understanding and Dealing with Dementia,  Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk, Co. Cork
• No place like home! Loreto Secondary School. Letterkenny. Co. Donegal
• Cause for paws, Scoil Dara, Kilcock, Co. Kildare

Make Our World Healthier Physical Health

Presented by HSE / Healthy Ireland

• Silent Steroids, Holy Child Community School, Sallnoggin, Dublin
• Operation Red, St. Brigid's Secondary School, Killarney, Co. Kerry
• Social Reflection YSI, St. Mary's Secondary School, Convent of Mercy. Ballina, Co. Mayo

Make Our World Healthier Mental Health  

Presented by HSE / Healthy Ireland

• There's always Room for Relaxation, Carrigtwohill Community College, Carrigtwohill. Co. Cork
• Get out and Play, Coláiste Muire, Cobh, Co. Cork
• Safe Haven, Méanscoil Muire gan Smal, Convent of Mercy, Roscommon Town. Co. Roscommon
• Podcast Series on Mental Health, Mount Seskin Community College, Jobstown. Tallaght, Dublin 24
• I Can, St. Joseph's Secondary School, Tulla, Co. Clare

Make Our World a Better Place for Young People  

Presented by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

• Young Aspiring Innovators, Avondale Community College, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
• Finding the NEMO! Beara Community School, Castletownbere, Co. Cork
• Be Aware, Don’t Compare, Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew, Co. Wicklow
• #whowearsthetrousers, Maryfield College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
• Friend Zone, Scoil Mhuire & Íde, Newcastle West Co. Limerick

Make Our Country More Inclusive and Poverty Free  

Presented by the Department of Social Protection

• Making Poverty our Priority, Eureka Secondary School, Kells, Co. Meath
• Born This Way, St. Conleth's Community College, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
• The Food Fund, Terence MacSwiney Community College, Knocknaheeny, Cork

Relationships & Sexual Health  

Presented by (HSE / Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme)

• LGBTeens, Beech Hill College, Monaghan. Co. Monaghan
• Bród, Scoil Mhuire, Convent of Mercy, Trim, Co. Meath
• Words and How You Say Them Matter, John the Baptist Community School. Hospital, Co. Limerick

Make Our World Fair and Just

• Period Privation, Loreto Secondary School, Fermoy, Co. Cork
• Bandage your Language, Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk, Tralee, Co. Kerry
• Direct Provision, St. Angela's College, Cork. Co. Cork
• Carry on Caring, Youthreach, The Murrough, Wicklow Town

Make Our World Safer

• Denormalise and Recognise,  Loreto Secondary School, Fermoy, Co. Cork
• Traffic Management, Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School, Sandymount, Dublin
• One Punch Can Kill, St. Brendan's College, Killarney. Co. Kerry

Digital Innovators Award

Presented by Virgin Media

• The Food Fund, Terence MacSwiney Community College, Knocknaheeny, Cork
• Tallaght Talks, Old Bawn Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24
• Be Aware Don't Compare, Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew, Co. Wicklow
• LGBTeens, Beech Hill College, Monaghan. Co. Monaghan
• Bandage Your Language, Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk, Tralee, Co. Kerry

Congratulations to all of our 2022 finalists and we look forward to seeing you at a virtual pitching session very soon!!