YSI Week

YSI Week is a national celebration of youth-led social innovation. Each year, YSI invites teams to celebrate their work by hosting an event or activity in their school, youtreach centre, youth club or local community to showcase the work they are doing. YSI Week can also be used as an opportunity to bring together other young people or groups within the school or organisation to celebrate wider work carried out the area of social innovation and social justice. Participation in YSI Week is optional. The next YSI Week will take place from Monday 31 March - Friday 4 April. Participation is optional.

How to get involved in YSI Week 2023

Plan an activity to take place during YSI Week (or as close as possible to 31 March - Friday 4 April 2025) which celebrates your team’s work.The scale of the activity is up to you. It can be as big or small as you want.
Register your YSI Week activity using the form above and your event will appear on our daily #YSIWeek map!! The map will show all of the activities planned by YSI teams throughout Ireland.
Share your YSI Week activity on social media using the hashtag #YSIWeek and tagging YSI and we will help to amplify it as part of this national week of youth action for social good.
Don’t have a social media account? Email us an image of your YSI Week event along with a little bit of info to educate@youngsocialinnovators.ie and we will share it for you!

If you are hosting an event as part of your YSI project such as a resource launch, a coffee morning, an awareness event, a fundraiser or a briefing session, why not host it during YSI Week?

Simple ideas to inspire your #YSIweek activity

Set up a noticeboard or information stand in your school to let people know about your project.
Run a poster competition based on the issue you are addressing.
Give a presentation to the principal / youth reach coordinator and staff about your project and what you have achieved this year.
Run a social media campaign.
Brief your local political representative on your project.

Frequently Asked Questions

#YSIweek is a national celebration of youth-led social innovation, created by Young Social Innovators to showcase the passion, talents and dedication of young people to changing the world for good

Any organisation in Ireland who is participating in Activate can take part and use the week to showcase and speak out about their social innovations. Use the opportunity to draw in other innovation projects that might be going on which are contributing to building a better, fairer and more caring world. Participation in YSI week is optional.

YSI Guides and YSI teams should take the lead in organising activities during this week. You can draw in other groups and classes, staff and local groups too. The idea is to promote the important social innovation work being done by you and to gain other people’s attention and support for what you are doing.

No. #YSIweek is optional and your activity is not connected to the awards selection process. It does, however, give you a chance to make your voice heard and your innovation to have more impact

Absolutely! Why not come together and promote both of your issues at the same time? Alternatively, run a series of activities across the week in your school that incorporate the different themes of each team. You could join together with other schools in your community.