cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message young social innovators founded ireland 2002 headquarters dublin ireland website www.youngsocialinnovators.ie young social innovators ysi is ireland s largest social awareness and active citizenship and education programme for 15 to 18 year old teens . its main goal is to get young people 15 18yrs involved in action which helps improve the lives of others in their community . ysi involves thousands of young people in ireland each year in hundreds of projects and social enterprises which are youth led team based and action focused . each year each ysi team is invited to present their project at the ysi speak out regional fora . a national showcase of young social innovators takes place in may each year where thousands of young social innovators come together and showcase their projects . set up by rachel collier and stansilaus kennedy in 2001 contents 1 how ysi works 2 main initiatives 3 winners to date how ysi works edit young people come up with and develop ideas to change the world for good . they work in a team decide what they want to do and how they can respond in new ways to problems of importance to them . ysi has a well tested social innovation education framework which is in brief care co operate change and communicate an effective way to work on any social innovation . ysi believes that the more you practice social innovation the better you are at it once you make a difference by doing a ysi project you can put your skills to action and take on many other social issues . young social innovators is based on human rights . main initiatives edit the ysi framework can be used on youthled projects concerned with any social issue projects on topics such as the following have been done public health personal well being bullying mental health etc. road safety anti social behaviour suicide prevention animal cruelty fur farming one world health and well being our community mental health winners to date edit 2002 saint leos college carlow teenage motherhood in our community 2003 east glendalough school wicklow town next train 2020 2004 loreto secondary school balbriggan co. dublin mosney a home from home changing attitudes to asylum seekers and refugees in ireland 2005 moyne community school moyne co. longford don t drink til you drop think and stop 2006 st. vincent s cbs glasnevin dublin 9 can roses grow from concrete 2007 john the baptist community school limerick dead is easy belt up and be safe 2008 c laiste mhuire ennis co. clare stomp out bullying 2009 c laiste bhr de carnew co.wicklow the butterfly effect 2010 scoil mhuire gan smal blarney co cork the mill street cafe project retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title young social innovators & oldid 670773509 categories education in the republic of irelandhidden categories articles lacking sources from february 2010all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 july 2015 at 03 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view