We Made the HundrED.org Global Collection Again!

B!G news – For the second year in a row, The B!G Idea has been selected as one of the world’s top 100 most impactful and scalable education innovations in the HundrED Global Collection 2024.  Out of over 3,000 innovations, global experts saw what makes us unique and decided that what we’re doing is not only powerful but has the potential to make a B!G impact worldwide. The 2025 Global Collection (GC) highlights the best and brightest ideas in education, and we’re excited to be part of it!

So, how big of a deal is this?

Let’s break it down:

• 3,000+ – total innovations collected.
• 245 – education experts who took time to review and shortlist ideas.
• 4,135 – total reviews by the Academy team.
• 100 – only the best made it into the final Global Collection—and we’re one of them!

Who’s Behind This? Meet HundrED

HundrED is all about finding, supporting, and sharing the top education innovations around the world. Their mission? To make sure that every child has a chance to flourish by connecting the most impactful and scalable ideas with communities everywhere. HundrED follows a unique approach to get these innovations noticed and implemented:

• What they do: Identify, amplify, and help put into action the top ideas in education.
• How they do it: With the help of a global community of passionate educators, parents, students, and experts.
• Why they do it: So that every child has the chance to thrive in a changing world.

Our Role In This Mission

Being selected means that our innovation caught the attention of people who truly care about education. They see our potential to make a difference, and they believe in us! We are now part of an amazing community of change-makers ready to make education better, and we’re excited to take the next steps alongside other passionate educators and innovators.

“We are honoured to be selected by HundrED again this year. It has been another big year for us and we are going from strength to strength.” Kim Mackenzie-Doyle, Instigator, The B!G Idea.

The B!G Idea successfully brings together some of the leading companies in Ireland with the next generation of global citizens and employees around the skills and issues that matter the most.

We are currently recruiting 450 mentors to help bridge the gap between education and industry for the 4,000 students who will participate in the free programmes nationwide in 2024/2025.

We are also inviting companies to get involved as Programme Partners to help keep the vital skills programme free and accessible to students from all backgrounds across Ireland.

So, thank you for being with us on this journey thus far and we hope you’ll come back for more again this year! We’re thrilled to see where this opportunity with the Global Collection will take us—and we can’t wait to make a difference, together.

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