Challenge Bank

Do you have a Challenge in your area that you think could be solved through Design Thinking? Take the next step in your Challenger journey by adding it to the bank!

Courses will be based on the Challenges that people like you, across the region, feel need fresh and innovative thinking. To do this, we’re asking everyone to submit the Challenges that they’d like to tackle collaboratively.

Like and comment on other people's Challenges to show support and increase its chance of being included in a Course. You can filter Challenges by county or category.

Roll over a Challenge for more details. Click to go to the Challenge and like it or leave a comment.

Click to go to the Challenge and like it or leave a comment.

Creation of pocket forests in the border areas area

Creation of pocket forests in the border areas ...

Work with https://www.pocketforests.ie/ to RECONNECT PEOPLE WITH NATURE in border communities. They reconnect people with nature through education workshops to rejuvenate soil and grow native trees, shrubs and woodland flowers to bring a forest ecosystem to your community. WHAT IS A POCKET FORESTS. forests in small spaces. special method of growing small biodiverse forests.

Health Care Forests

Health Care Forests

Inspire and support healthcare sites in transforming their green space for health, wellbeing and biodiversity. Ideas include beautiful gardens for rest and recovery; woodland, orchards and meadows that lock up carbon and create habitats for wildlife; and growing space for fruit and veg. https://nhsforest.org/ lots of evidence about the benefits linking nature and well being. Also lots of examples of projects in action to learn from. Can link into social prescription projects.

Setting up a cross border biodiversity campagin group

Setting up a cross border biodiversity campagin...

Species and habitats don't know borders. Bringing together groups and people interested in Biodiversity to become one voice for the need for more joined up thinking from funders to provide funding for cross border Biodiversity projects. Creating an cross border Biodiversity action plan using the all ireland pollinators plan to build on.

Electrical bike and vehicle hire in dundalk and surrounding local villages

Electrical bike and vehicle hire in dundalk and...

https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/voi-electric-bike-and-scooter-trial https://www.ufodrive.com/en/ https://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting/getting-to-the-lake-district/electric-car-hire-and-charging-points-in-the-lake-district. With more people working from home, using park and ride, could we reduce cars per household down to one car by offering rental of electrical bikes/ cars. Used as an marketing for tourism as well.

Ensuring sewage treatment for Dunfanaghy appropriate to present and to future needs.

Ensuring sewage treatment for Dunfanaghy approp...

As above.

Creating Smart Communities in County Cavan

Creating Smart Communities in County Cavan

Centralised around the 13 remote working hubs in County Cavan, we would like to bring together forward-thinking ideas of how we might create smart communities to live and work in. Areas of development could overlap across digital, environmental, economical and social aspects of how our local communities can thrive.

Clarkes bridge Redevelopment

Clarkes bridge Redevelopment

A very busy junction used by up to 5000 cars a day, That is in need of redevelopment for both Safety & commercial purposes.

Securing a safe Footpath/cycle track between Dunfanaghy and Portnablagh - or better still - to Ards

Securing a safe Footpath/cycle track between Du...

As above - plans exist

A community space for activities

A community space for activities

Challenge raised at the Idea Generation Workshop for Ballybay- A community space for activities

Greenway from Ballybay to Castleblayney

Greenway from Ballybay to Castleblayney

Challenge raised at Idea Generation Workshop for Ballybay - Greenway from Ballybay to Castleblayney - perhaps a Recreational Corridor?

Repurposing old buildings in the town

Repurposing old buildings in the town

Challenge raised at Idea Generation Workshop for Ballybay - Repurposing old buildings in the town

Lack of youth activities in Ballybay

Lack of youth activities in Ballybay

Challenge raised at the Idea Generation Workshop for Ballybay- Lack of youth activities in Ballybay

EV Charge Point

EV Charge Point

EV charge point for Sligo Folk Park

Tropical mini zoo – butterflies, reptile, snakes, spiders, meercats

Tropical mini zoo – butterflies, reptile, snake...

Idea from Monaghan Farmer's Market - Tropical mini zoo – butterflies, reptile, snakes, spiders, meercats

Designated disability changing toilets to suits kids and adults

Designated disability changing toilets to suits...

Idea from Monaghan Farmer's Market - Designated disability changing toilets to suit kids and adults

Dog friendly play and activity area

Dog friendly play and activity area

Idea from Monaghan Farmer's Market - Dog friendly play and activity area A “feline/canine” design strategy for Monaghan?

Biking in Monaghan

Biking in Monaghan

Ideas from Monaghan Farmer's Market; -Rossmore Terrain / Mountain Biking / Dirt path tracks (rather than the trail paths being created at present) -Bike rental like Dublin

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding

Ideas from Monaghan Farmer's Market - Breast feeding pods with cosy seats and changing area Can we Design Think Breastfeeding? Our attitudes to it?

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