Student Hub
Welcome! We're so excited that you are taking part in The B!G Idea. Sometimes it's not easy to know where to look so here are some helpful websites to help you with your B!G Ideas. We want this to be somewhere you can come to help you find solutions or spark your curiosity at any time. Your mentors have been busy recently providing lots of great feedback and resources and we wanted to share some of them here with you!
Getting Started - General Resources
SpunOut.ie is Ireland's youth information website created by young people, for young people.
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NYCI is the representative body for voluntary youth organisations in Ireland. We use our collective expertise to act on issues that impact on young people.We build solidarity in the youth sector.
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17 Goals to Transform our World - Highlighting Ireland's progress towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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Your 2023 Project Briefs
This is your chance to get creative, find innovative solutions to some really big problems that everyone is facing in the world. This is how you can get involved and make your voices heard. You chose your five project briefs of Climate Change, Inequality, Poverty, Refugees and Displaced People and Mental Health. Check out your 2023 project briefs here.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Your five project briefs of Climate Change, Inequality, Poverty, Refugees and Displaced People and Mental Health are each linked to one of the United Nations SDGs. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to transform our world. They are a global call to action to end poverty and inequality, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy health, justice and prosperity. They are a set of guiding principles that governments, industry and society follow in all countries across the world and are a way to make sure we are collectively working towards the same things. This is your chance to play your part.Climate Change Challenge
WEBSITE - Youth Climate Action is a joint project between YOUNGOs, CliMates and the International Institute for Sustainable Development to provide young people the support to influence international climate negotiations and national climate action plans.
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WEBSITE - Get Inspired. Take Action. Be a part of the green revolution. For Earth Day 2023, we need to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably). Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. A partnership for the planet.
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WEBSITE - Friends of the Earth Ireland is a community at the heart of the growing movement here for a just world with zero pollution. We are part of the world’s largest grassroots environmental network, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021.
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Mental Health Challenge
WEBSITE - At Jigsaw we have a wide range of information and resources in the area of youth mental health.
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WEBSITE - ReachOut.com helps under 25s with everyday questions through the tough times.
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WEBSITE - Turn2Me is a high-quality, safe, anonymous, and confidential space for you to gain support for your mental health online.
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Diversity & Inclusion Challenge
WEBSITE - INAR (the Irish Network Against Racism) is a national network of anti-racism civil society organisations which aims to work collectively to highlight and address the issue of racism in Ireland.
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WEBSITE - Enable Ireland provides services to children and adults with disabilities and their families from over 40 locations in 15 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood, our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage.
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WEBSITE - BeLonG To Youth Services is the national organisation supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI+) young people in Ireland.
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Hidden Poverty Challenge
WEBSITE - Challenging homelessness. Changing lives. Focus Ireland believes that everyone has a right to a place they can call home.
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WEBSITE - The Society of St. Vincent de Paul seeks to eliminate the causes of poverty.
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WEBSITE - Peter McVerry Trust is a national housing and homeless charity committed to reducing homelessness and the harm caused by substance misuse and social disadvantage.
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Displaced People Challenge
WEBSITE - Nasc is the Irish word for “link”. We link migrants and refugees to their rights.
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WEBSITE - INAR (the Irish Network Against Racism) is a national network of anti-racism civil society organisations which aims to work collectively to highlight and address the issue of racism in Ireland.
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ARTICLE - Asylum seekers, refugees, migrants – understanding the Irish immigration system
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