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Our Governance
Young Social Innovators was founded in Ireland by Stanislaus Kennedy and Rachel Collier.
It began its life in 2001 as a pilot project of Social Innovations Foundation Ireland Ltd. Young Social Innovators Ltd. (YSI Ltd) was incorporated in its own right in December 2005. YSI Ltd. was granted Charitable Status in June 2006 and is conducting its business independently since 1st July 2006.
We now work with hundreds of teachers and thousands of young people each year delivering social innovation education programmes, training workshops, events and resources.
Our Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing our strategic direction and our governance. All of our Board members including the Chairperson are volunteers giving their time, skills and expertise to help us advance social innovation education and the empowerment of young people in Ireland.
A Finance, Audit & Governance sub-Committee reports to our Board of Directors and supports us in ensuring the adequacy of risk management, internal controls, efficient and effective use of public funds and governance arrangements within our organisation.
YSI Patron
Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins
YSI Board of Directors
- Gerry Fitzpatrick (Chairperson), Chair of Zurich Life Assurance plc, Virtu Europe Trading Limited and UCD Foundation. He is a former partner and Chair of Deloitte Ireland.
- Anne Marie Clarke (Treasurer), International Tax Director at ION Group and previously Head of Reporting and Tax at PTSB.
- Anne Byrne, Head of People, Strategy and Innovation at the Irish Cancer Society. She previously worked at Deloitte and IBEC.
- Louise McEntee, Partner with Deloitte specialising in business and digital transformation consulting.
- Evelyn McLoughlin, Secondary School Principal at Scoil Mhuire Buncrana and formerly principal at St Mary’s Holy Faith Killester.
- Karol Sadlier, Deputy Principal at Pobalscoil Neasáinand Bayside and formerly Deputy Director of the Junior Cycle at the Department of Education.
- Kyla O Kelly, Partner and Board Member at the leading advertising agency Javelin Group. She is a board member of the Advertising Standards Authority.
- Oliver Egan, Former Assistant Secretary General at the Department of Social Protection.
- Tomás Sercovitch, Chief Executive of Business In The Community (BITC) Ireland.
- Company Secretary: Jackie Baker
- Chief Executive Officer: Roger Warnock
Management and Staff
We are a team of full and part time staff members supported by a Management Team and CEO. We have a panel of YSI Local Leaders and YSI Trainers who help with the delivery of social innovation learning in local areas and the training of educators. We have a wonderful group of volunteers who generously give their time to help us run our regional and national events.
Good Practice in Governance
We are committed to applying the standards and practices outlined within the Governance Code of Practice. We review our organisational practice against the recommended actions for each principle every year.
We are registered with Charities Regulatory Authority (CRA), Ireland's national statutory regulatory agency for charitable organisations.
We confirm that our organisation complies with the Governance Code for the Community, Voluntary and Charitable Sector in Ireland.
We are committed to keeping children safe from harm. Young Social Innovators has developed a safeguarding statement as required by the Children First Act 2015.
Our safeguarding statement outlines how we work to ensure our services are safe and how we respond to any concerns related to harm of a child quickly and appropriately.
Our Privacy and GDPR policy are available here. The Activate Terms and Conditions and Photo Consent forms are available here.
Legal
Young Social Innovators is a registered company (Company No 412810) with charitable status (CHY No 16909). The registered office is DCU Alpha, Old Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, D11 KXN4.