You can be a B!G Mentor as an individual or as a team. Each mentor financially supports one student's place on our programmes. This helps keep our programmes free and accessible to young people from all backgrounds, levelling the playing field for all involved.
With just approximately 2-3 hours of your time, you can have a lasting and direct impact on our students. In January/February and April you will support student teams online with feedback and advice on 3-5 projects, all through your bespoke online mentor platform.
Students are not the only ones to learn in The B!G Idea. Through our unique mentoring experience, you will bring valuable skills back into your workplace.
Students identify their biggest stressors and teams select a game-changing challenge. They begin to explore the real-world implications of their chosen issues.
Deep dive into understanding the challenge's impact on their hero. Through empathy-building exercises, students gain insight into how their chosen issue affects real lives.
Innovative problem-solving with solutions poised to transform industry and society. Teams start to conceptualise bold, creative ideas that could disrupt the status quo.
Igniting creativity through research, brainstorming, and ideation. Students explore diverse perspectives and generate a range of potential solutions, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
Empowerment workshops on growth mindset and resilience to unlock potential. These sessions equip students with the mental tools they need to overcome challenges and thrive.
B!G Mentors provide expert advice to supercharge student prototypes. Students refine their ideas based on professional feedback, bringing their concepts closer to reality.
B!G Thinking converges into communicating groundbreaking solutions. Teams focus on effectively presenting their innovations through compelling storytelling and visual communication.
Student projects are unveiled to Mentors and showcased to the world. This is the moment for students to shine as they share their transformative solutions with a broader audience.
The B!G Showcase celebrates pioneering solutions to local and global challenges. It’s a chance to recognise and celebrate the creativity, dedication, and impact of all participants.
Give back by sharing your expertise and supporting student teams. This is an easy, meaningful, hands-on way to help young people across Ireland access a multi-award winning programme, build new skills and boost their mindset.
Proven impact direct to your inbox. Each mentor receives a bespoke, data-driven impact report detailing how you have helped students from all backgrounds develop solutions to the world's biggest challenges.
Build meaningful connections with like-minded peers and be a part of a network of cross-sector professionals with exclusive events and networking opportunities.
The Department of Education’s mission to facilitate children and young people, through learning, to achieve their full potential and contribute to Ireland’s social, economic and cultural development.
At Mastercard we work to connect and power an inclusive digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere and help everyone realise their greatest potential. That’s why we’re supporting The B!G Idea, as they do so with the next generation.
Understanding challenges faced by others is a big part of our business and a cornerstone of The B!G Idea. We are delighted to support an amazing programme giving students an insight in to creating with the end-user in mind.
Creativity is the currency of our future generations. The B!G Idea is an incredible initiative to help encourage innovative thinking in today’s youth.
As one of Ireland’s leading healthcare companies, we are passionate about ‘Inventing for Life’ in all that we do. We are very proud to support The B!G Idea and the next generation of creative inventors and innovators who will shape Ireland’s future.
Unum Ireland is proud to partner again. We are committed to engaging with programs that create a societal impact where we live and work. The B!G Idea is important to us as it helps young people to learn that creativity and innovation is for everyone and can be applied in so many ways.
It’s time to Rethink Ireland. It’s time to back big ideas and sustainable solutions. It’s time to create the inclusive Ireland we all want to be part of. Our vision is an Ireland which is more just, equal and sustainable because of social innovation.
Sarah, Lead Designer, Microsoft
Ciara, Student, Borris Vocational School
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