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A Safe and Welcoming Church Art Competition 2025
Introduction
A Safe and Welcoming Church; Safeguarding Children Policy and Standards for the Catholic Church in Ireland, 2024 designed by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) and informed by and embedded in Gospel values and in the rights of children, presents the most up-to-date, best practice opportunity for all members of the Catholic Church in Ireland to ensure that all ministry with children is safe.
The NBSCCCI is asking what the revision of the child safeguarding policy has really meant for children and young people, how has it impacted their feelings of safety within the Church.
Through this art competition we are calling on categories of children from any age up to 18 years to have an artistic say in what a safe and welcoming Church means to them.
About the competition
The Competition will invite art including written submissions, paintings, sculptures or photography from age categories of children and young people up to the age of 18 years.
Category 1: 8 years and younger
Category 2: 9 years to 12 years
Category 3: 13 years to 15 years
Category 4: 16 years to 18 years
Dates: The competition opens on the 1st of September 2025 and closes on the 30th of September 2025. Any entries received after this time can not be considered and will be returned with apologies.
Original art work must be submitted (no photocopies or scanned images can be accepted.
Original art work must be delivered by hand or by post to NBSCCCI, New House, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co Kildare .
Judging and Prizes
Judging: The judging panel will consist of representatives of the IEC, AMRI, NBSCCCI and Safeguarding Leaders within the Church in Ireland. The Judging panel will meet on a date after the 30th of September to consider the entries against the scope of the competition.
Displaying entries: All entries will be displayed in New House, St Patrick's College, Maynooth between the 5th of October and the 1st of November.
A SAFE AND WELCOMING CHURCH ART COMPETITION
2025
Prize's
Category 1: 1st Prize €100 voucher for Toy store, 2nd Prize: €50 voucher for Toy store, 3rd Prize €25 voucher for Toy store.
Category 2: 1st Prize €100 voucher for Art Store, 2nd Prize: €50 voucher for Art store, 3rd Prize €25 art store voucher
Category 3: 1st €150 voucher for Art store, 2nd Prize: €75 voucher for Art store, 3rd Prize €50 art store voucher.
Category 4: 1st €200 voucher for Photography/Art Store, 2nd Prize:
€150 voucher for Photography/ Art store, 3rd Prize €100 for Photography/Art Store.
Rules to the Competition
- All entrants must be 18 years or under on the closing date of the competition (30th of September)
- Original art work must be submitted (no photocopies or scanned images can be accepted.
- Original art work must be delivered by hand or by post to NBSCCCI, New House, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co Kildare.
- Flat form entries only for art work, framed art work can not be accepted as the NBSCCCI can not be responsible for damage .
- All entries must be submitted with a name, address and age of entrant included.
- All entries will be considered the property of NBSCCCI and can not be returned to the entrant unless the entrant makes arrangements to collect same in person or by prepaid post following the close of the competition (after the 30th of November 2025)
- If your entry reaches the final stage you may be asked to attend a prize giving event on Saturday 1st of November 2025
- The decision of the judging panel in the allocation of awards is final and no correspondence will be entered into with regards to this
- The NBSCCCI will only use the data we collect from participants for the purpose of this competition and celebrate the competition through the newsletters of Diocese or Religious Orders.
- Only entries received between the 1st of September and the 30th of September 2025 will be eligible to be included in this Competition.
Prize Giving
The art pieces will be displayed in New House, St Patrick's College Maynooth from the 5th of October 2025 to the 1st of November 2025. Art can be viewed by arrangement with the office team in the NBSCCCI by emailing admin@safeguarding.ie
The display of art will culminate in a prize giving held in Maynooth College on the 1st ofNovember 2025. The prize giving will include a display of winning art in each category. All of the art competition entries will be available to view in New House through the day also.
The prize giving will be facilitated by the NBSCCCI in Renehan Hall in St Patrick's College and will include light refreshments.
Every entry to the competition will receive a NBSCCCI certificate to thank them and mark their effort in taking part in the competition.
Any further details can be obtained by emailing admin@safeguarding.ie