This newsletter contains information on:

• November focus on: Social Media & PR Volunteer Opportunities
• Other New Volunteering Opportunities
• Fingal Volunteer of the Year Awards 2025 by Fingal Volunteer Centre
• Christmas/ New Year Card Initiative
• Online Information session on EU funded opportunities for Young People
• Learning Through Volunteering Survey
• Volunteer Centre Pop-up at a library near you

November focus on: Social Media & PR Volunteer Opportunities

Charities and community groups use social media to reach wide audiences, share their mission, highlight successes, and engage supporters in real time. Public Relations builds on this by strengthening credibility and fostering trust with donors, partners, and the community.

Volunteering in social media or PR offers hands-on experience while supporting meaningful causes. Roles are various and new roles are posted regularly. Roles can include creating content, designing graphics, managing social media accounts, being a board members with PR responsibilities…

Together, these roles enhance an organisation’s communications and give volunteers practical experience to grow their skills and careers.

Check out the following volunteering roles in this field:

• Volunteer Graphic Designer- Donabate with Donabate Portrane Community Council (Donabate)
• Graphic Designer/Artist – Skerries with Skerries Community Garden (Skerries)
• Communications Team Member Remote & Dublin 15 with The Variety Show Group (Remote & Dublin 15)
• Social Media Volunteer Coordinator with Ireland Reaching Out (Remote)
• Experienced Social Media Manager with Aunua Global (Remote)
• Media and Communications Officer with Care Champions (Remote)
• Social Media Team Manager with Aphasia Ireland (Remote)

Other New Volunteering Opportunities

Here are some new opportunities that have been posted this month on I-VOL:

• Care and Repair Volunteer – Dublin 15 Blanchardstown, Castleknock and Hartstown with Age Action (Dublin 15)
• Governance & Compliance Volunteer with OCD Ireland (Remote)
• Volunteer Fundraising Manager with OCD Ireland (Remote)
• Volunteer Museum Curator Donabate with Donabate Historical Society (Donabate)
• Volunteer Fundraising Manager with Streetlink Homeless Support CLG (Remote)
• Event Management Lead Remote & Dublin 15 with The Variety Show Group (Remote & Dublin 15)
• Carols for Focus Ireland Volunteer Co-ordinator – Dublin with Focus Ireland: Challenging homelessness. Changing lives. (Dublin-wide)
• Volunteer Citizen Scientist with Met Éireann (Remote)
• Tutors (Leaving Cert Level) in Irish, Science, History, Spanish – Dublin 8 with Solas Project (Dublin 8)
• Research participants aged 60+ – help us learn about Parkinson’s disease with University College Dublin (Dublin 4) (Age 60+ only)
• Retail Volunteer in Vincent’s – Skerries, Co. Dublin with Society of St.Vincent de Paul (SVP) (Skerries)
• Community Garden Volunteer- Skerries with Skerries Community Garden (Skerries)
• Workshop Facilitator with Alternatives to Violence Project Ireland (AVP Ireland) (Nationwide)

Fingal Volunteer of the Year Award 2025 by Fingal Volunteer Centre

This year, we launched the Fingal Volunteer of the Year Award to recognise outstanding volunteers who go above and beyond in their roles and make a meaningful difference to the causes they care about. We invited all registered volunteer organisations in the Fingal area to nominate these exceptional individuals. The response was incredible, and selecting the shortlist required careful thought and consideration.

The names of the shortlisted nominees will be announced tomorrow Friday 28th November at 4pm on our Facebook page. Link below.

Christmas/ New Year Card Initiative 

Our “Christmas and New Year Cards” initiative for isolated people kicked-off strong with already many cards received from individuals and groups in Fingal and beyond. Volunteers are crafting wonderful handmade cards that will be given to organisations in Fingal working mostly with people living alone.

Help us reach even more people this festive season—one card, one message, and one act of kindness at a time.

The cards can be dropped to us during our Library Pop-Ups (we will again visit every library in Fingal in December) or sent by mail.
The schedule of our visits to your local library is available on our website.
More information about this initiative is available on our website, link below :

Online Information session on EU funded opportunities for Young People (under 30 yo)

Are you under 30 and have an idea of something that would improve your local area? Your project may be eligible for funding from the EU.
Léargas is hosting an informal session designed to provide young people with an overview of the opportunities available in Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps, in particular for Youth Exchanges, Youth Participation Projects and Solidarity Projects.

• Event Date: Tuesday 9th of December – 10am
• Location: Online
• Registration Deadline: 09/12/2025

Here the link to register for free via Eventbrite.

Learning Through Volunteering Survey

Volunteer Ireland is working on a EU project focused on service learning and recognition of prior learning through volunteering in Ireland.
As part of this project, Volunteer Ireland is conducting a brief survey to understand how volunteers like you perceive the skills they have gained through their volunteering experiences and how they can express these skills.

The survey includes just six short questions and is written in plain English. We encourage you to take a moment to complete it and support the project before December 1, 2025.
Here the link to the survey:

Volunteer Centre Pop-up at a library near you 

Library Pop-Ups has been a regular feature at the libraries across Fingal for a year now. The Library Pop-Up is a platform to meet with Fingal Volunteer Centre representatives at your local library, ask questions about Volunteering and get support in your volunteering journey.

You can now also drop your Christmas or New Year cards at any library during our next Library Pop-Up event. While you are there, feel free to chat with us about volunteering opportunities — we would love to meet you!

Check out our website for the schedule of Pop-Ups happening this month and find one near you.