The Area Development Initiative to Grow YSI: History, Impact, Current Status and Future Development
The Work of the Local Leaders: How do they make a difference?
videos
The thematic examples that follow are organised within several broad categories gleaned from an examination of the work of local leaders over the past three years. Taken in their entirety, and presented in their own words, the perceptive “stories” they tell encapsulate the centrality of their skill sets as relationship-based professionals. These video clips amply demonstrate the essential role local leaders have played in growing and sustaining effective youth-led social innovation across Ireland.
bridging the chasm between schools and their community
Charlotte Bishop explores how opportunities in the community can emerge with seeming serendipity and the creative connections that result. (2020/21)
PART I: Cáit Fitzgerald Healy tells a long but fascinating story detailing how a Showcase event in 2020/21 was used as a mechanism to engage the whole school-community in youth-led social innovation. It serves as a useful illustration of the amount of work and logistics that goes into planning, but also the remarkable impact it has had. The second link details planning for the follow-up activity in the subsequent year (2022/23)
PART II: Cáit Fitzgerald Healy tells a long but fascinating story detailing how a Showcase event in 2020/21 was used as a mechanism to engage the whole school-community in youth-led social innovation. It serves as a useful illustration of the amount of work and logistics that goes into planning, but also the remarkable impact it has had. The second link details planning for the follow-up activity in the subsequent year (2022/23)
Susan O’Reilly recounts helping young people from several schools make a presentation to the Cork City Council on climate change, the facilitation processes involved, and the reactions of officials.