Difference Maker Undergraduate of the Year Award

Chartered Accountants Ireland wants to celebrate the ‘Difference Makers’, students who are driving positive change and making an impact in their local community, wider society, as part of a sports club or committee.

The winner will receive a ‘Career Kick Starter Package’ including:

• 1-2-1 mentoring with a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland who is working in a sector that is related to you/your difference making work
• €/£1,000 cash towards your degree (college fees, accommodation, travel)

We are looking for students who are passionate about making a difference and are already actively making a tangible impact in an area they are passionate about – that could be sustainability, mental health, education, community engagement, gender equality etc.

Check out the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guide – you could already be contributing to any of these 17 great causes without even realising.

To enter you need to:

• Students making a difference, whether in their local community or college, through involvement with a social movement, charity or sports clubs / organization, etc.
• Be an undergraduate student in any discipline.
• Final and penultimate year students.
• Will accept students within and outside the EU.

‍ How do I win?

Complete the application form, answer three questions set out by Chartered Accountants and complete the online tests by the 3rd of February.