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The Pollinator Project is Ireland's largest & longest running school pollinator education programme. For 2026, we're again delighted to partner with SIRO, Ireland’s 100% fibre broadband network, connecting communities across Ireland.
Now in its 15th year, the project works with schools across Ireland to train young people as pollinator ambassadors & assist in delivering bee-positive actions such as creating 'no-mow' meadows and ending the use of sprays on school grounds. To date we have trained almost 34,000 pollinator ambassadors. This year we have kits to reach an additional 5,000 students in pre, primary, secondary and homeschools.
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How to get involved
Pledge & Win
We have kits for 5,000 young people. Simply take the pledge below to show your commitment to pollinators. We will likely have more applications than resources so kits will be randomly assigned. Closing date is 12 noon Friday 10th April 2026. Even if you don't win you'll still receive our digital pollinator pack. Winners will be contacted by email and kits sent in April, after Easter holidays. Please only submit if you have the authority to represent the school, eg: teacher, principal, SNA, secretary, administrator, caretaker, BOM, PA, etc.
Minister for Education & Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, launching the Pollinator Project 2026 at St. Patrick's Primary School, Galway City.
Gold Bee
Who will will the Gold Bee 2026 trophy and a biodiversity hamper worth over €1,000?
We're looking for outstanding pollinator work at schools across Ireland. We will be accepting entries by email (collab@biodiversityinschools.com) and social media (Facebook, X, Instagram) with a maximum of 5 photographs accompanied by a 150 word description using #GoldBee2026. Closing date 12 noon May 6th 2026. Please tag both 'Biodiversity in Schools' and 'SIRO' and do not use time-limited posts. Read our T&Cs here for more guidance.
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Why are we doing this
Ireland is home to around 100 species of bee: solitary, bumble and honey. While our honey bees are not at risk, our wild ones (bumble, solitary) are in serious trouble.
One in three species are now threatened with extinction in Ireland.
The importance of such insects to our food system is astonishing with 90% of world food supply dependent on insect pollination. Without bees and their friends world food supply would collapse. So it’s kind of important to look after them!
For more information check out the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.
