Pollinator Project 2025 Winners:
Gold Bee 2025 - St Patrick's Primary School, Lombard Street, Galway
Gold Bee 2025 Runner up - Mounthawk Montessori School, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Best Meadow 2025 - Castlelyons NS, Castlelyons, Co. Cork
See you all next year for Pollinator Project 2026.
Gold Bee 2025 - St Patrick's Primary School, Lombard Street, Galway
Gold Bee 2025 Runner up - Mounthawk Montessori School, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Best Meadow 2025 - Castlelyons NS, Castlelyons, Co. Cork
See you all next year for Pollinator Project 2026.
The Pollinator Project is Ireland's largest & longest running school pollinator education programme.
Now in its 14th 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 in their schools, homes & communities.
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For 2025, we're again delighted to partner with SIRO, Ireland’s 100% fibre broadband network, connecting communities across Ireland.
Thanks to their support the Pollinator Project will be able to provide kits to reach almost 9,000 students across Ireland and train them as pollinator ambassadors for their schools, ultimately inspiring up to 75,000 young people. You can register below for a chance to win a free kit. Don't worry if you miss them, you can still get involved by taking the pollinator pledge and downloading your digital pollinator pack including invitation to online training as well as entering our exciting competition. Open to pre, primary, secondary and homeschools across ROI & NI. |
Christopher O'Sullivan, Minister for Nature, Heritage & Biodiversity launching the Pollinator Project 2025 in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.
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Every school in Ireland can take the Pollinator Pledge. To download your free certificate, sign, worksheets & online classroom training invitation please complete the pledge below. For 2025 we're asking you to pledge some of your school grounds to a no-mow meadow. Big or small, collectively we can make a difference. The pledge portal will remain open until June 30th 2025.
This part of the Pollinator Project is now closed. |
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Up to 9,000 young people across Ireland will benefit from our pollinator kits in 2025. Closing date 12 noon 13th April 2025. We will likely have more registrations than resources so kits will be randomly assigned to schools. Kits are open to pre, primary, secondary and homeschools across ROI & NI.
This part of the Pollinator Project is now closed. If you have been randomly selected your kits will be posted out after the school Easter holidays and you will be notified by email. Steps 1 and 3 of the Pollinator Project are still open.
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Who will will the Gold Bee 2025!? We're looking for outstanding pollinator work at schools across Ireland. Simply share your work with us on social media (Facebook, Instagram, X), tag & follow both Biodiversity in Schools and SIRO while using the hashtag: #BeeChampions. Alternatively, post to your school website & notify us by email. Closing date 12pm 30th May 2025. Best to avoid time-limited social media posts such as "stories" as we may miss them.
One lucky school will win the coveted Gold Bee trophy and a biodiversity hamper worth €1,000. We'd love to see ambitious "no-mow" meadows. Please explore other ways to help pollinators here. T&Cs below. This part of the Pollinator Project is now closed.
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Background
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Ireland is home to around 100 species of bee (solitary, bumble, honey). Our wild bees are at risk (bumble, solitary), not honeybees. Worryingly more than half of our wild bees have undergone large declines in their numbers since the 80s. Research shows that 30% of Irish species are now threatened with extinction, with some already having become extinct. The cause for concern is because of the ecological value of bees. They are often referred to as pollinators; a group of insects who perform the process of transferring pollen from one flower to another, ultimately completing the lifecycle of the flower and giving rise to the food we eat. The importance of such insects to our food system is astonishing; 71 of the top 100 world food crops (90% of world food supply) are dependent on pollination, a service worth €153 billion per year. Thankfully, Irish scientists are working hard to help our bees and have developed the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.
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Other ways to get involved...
Why SIRO?
SIRO is proud to support the Pollinator Project with Biodiversity in Schools. As a leading Irish broadband network operator, we are committed to enhancing sustainability and community well-being across Ireland. By providing a 100% fibre-to-the-premise broadband network, SIRO enables communities to protect their environment and its biodiversity.
SIRO’s fibre broadband contributes to reducing harmful carbon emissions by supporting remote work, eliminating the necessity for long commutes, and fostering a more sustainable lifestyle. For businesses, fibre broadband facilitates smart tech solutions, enhancing energy efficiency and productivity and decreasing their environmental impact. Read more about Sustainability at SIRO here.
SIRO’s fibre broadband contributes to reducing harmful carbon emissions by supporting remote work, eliminating the necessity for long commutes, and fostering a more sustainable lifestyle. For businesses, fibre broadband facilitates smart tech solutions, enhancing energy efficiency and productivity and decreasing their environmental impact. Read more about Sustainability at SIRO here.
Terms and Conditions
The terms and conditions for the Pollinator Project competitions can be found here.
