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Newsletter November 2019

THE LATEST NEWS FROM FINGAL VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Newsletter November 2019

Here is our monthly newsletter filled with News, updates and a list of recent volunteer opportunities. Please scroll down to see their role descriptions and remember there are many more on I-VOL if the listed ones are not your cup of tea.

 

Latest news from Fingal Volunteer Centre:

 

  • Outreach programme: If you’re interested in meeting personally one member of our team please come over to our Open Drop-in Sessions or arrange for an appointment (see below);
  • The Fingal Volunteer Centre has a new website, check the link below;
  • Quarterly Volunteer Raffle: there’ll be a raffle every 3 months open to all active volunteers. You can enter the raffle logging your actual volunteer hours online or letting us know you volunteered (see below). Ah the price? a 25€ Dunnes Voucher! The next deadline: the 31st of December 2019.
  • Volunteer Opportunities: the latest volunteer opportunities available on I-VOL. Please remember to check their location and time frame before applying.

OUTREACH PROGRAMME

 

You can come and meet a member of our team to discuss your volunteering options in one of the Fingal Libraries.

 

Open Drop-in Sessions:

Balbriggan:          Tues 19th Nov, 3.30pm-5pm
Blanchardstown:  Weds 20th Nov, 3.30pm-5pm
Donabate:          Mon 18th Nov, 6pm-7.30pm
Swords:               Thurs 21st Nov, 3.30pm-5pm

For Appointments please telephone 01 8991921 or email chiara@volunteerfingal.ie

Appointments must be made or cancelled at least 24 hours in advance.

The Fingal Volunteer Centre has a brand new website with more articles, news and pictures for you. Here is the direct link or click on the Swirl above to check it out: https://volunteerfingal.ie/

QUARTERLY VOLUNTEER RAFFLE

 

 

At the end of every quarter (31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December) there’ll be a raffle here in Fingal Volunteer Centre. To get your raffle ticket (or better to get your name in the raffle box…) you simply need to record your effective volunteer hours in 2019.

 

 

There are various ways to record your hours:

 

  •  reply to this email and let me know who you volunteered with and in which role;
  •  reply to our emails when we ask you if you got started in volunteering or not;
  •  log into your own Volunteer Profile and record your hours there (See on the right);
  • give us a call and share your volunteering experience with us;

 

If your name is selected you’ll be then contacted by myself or a colleague of mine to confirm your address (we post the voucher directly to your place).

 

Trying to be fair towards everybody, each given volunteer can win the raffle only once per year.

 

Sharing your volunteer hours allow us to keep up to date records and data on volunteering in our wide, friendly and altruistic region.

 

Next Deadline is 31st December 2019.

VOLUNTEER PROFILE

 

Have you been volunteering?

In 2018 Fingal Volunteers contributed with almost 20.000 volunteer hours!!

 

That’s a lot and it’s all because of you and your proactiveness in volunteering. Well done to all 2018 volunteers!!

 

To support you as best as we can It’d pivotal for us to know if you got placed with the organizations you applied to on I-VOL or what.

 

Having said so, if you register your volunteer hours you’ll automatically enter the Quarterly Volunteer Raffle (See on the left)

 

Wait no more…and record your hours:

 

Volunteer profile

ADMINISTRATIVE/OFFICE WORK

DIY Administrator with Serve The City Dublin (From home)

Communication Officer with Children4WorldChildren (Dublin 15)

ANIMAL FOSTERING 

Cat Adoption Day Volunteer with Drogheda Animal Rescue (Drogheda and Balbriggan)

ARTS

Sewing Class Assistant with Ozanam House Community Resource Centre (Dublin 1)

BEFRIENDING/ MENTORING
Social Activities Volunteer with  Caring & Sharing Association (Countywide)

Mentor to European Solidarity Corps students with Solas Project (from home)

COMMITTEE/ BOARD WORK/ MANAGEMENT

Share your Skills to support your local Community with The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (Nationwide)

COMPUTERS, TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET

Online Person Thursday with Fledgling Arts Collective Central (from home)

CONSERVATION/ GARDENING

Tree Plantation Coordinator with  The Afforestation Project (Dublin county)

COUNSELLING/ LISTENING

Counsellor with ARC Cancer Support Centres (Dublin city)

DRIVING/ ACCOMPANYING

Volunteer Driver – Meals on Wheels with  Northside Home Care Services (Dublin 5, 7 and 15)

EVENTS AND STEWARDING

Tree planter (16th November) with Swords Woodland Association (Swords)

Event steward/ess on 23rd November with African Community Radio Ireland (Blanchardstown) 

Event Co-ordinator with i-Smile International (Dublin 15)

FIRST AID 

First Aider with St. John Ambulance Ireland (Dublin county

FUND RAISING

Flagday Volunteer with Drogheda Christmas Festival on 28th November (Drogheda)

MARKETING/PR/MEDIA/JOURNALISM

Help Us Raise Awareness with Irish Haemochromatosis Association (Dublin 7)

PRACTICAL/ DIY/ FARMING

Canal Clean-Up Volunteer with Royal Canal Clean-Up Group – Fingal (Castleknock)

Balbriggan Tidy Towns Volunteer (Balbriggan)

Swords Tidy Towns Volunteer (Swords)

Handcare with St Francis Hospice Dublin (Dublin 15)

RESEARCH/ POLICY WORK

TCD Study: Emotional Coping in Memory Loss with School of Psychology, Trinity College (over the phone)

SHOPS/RETAIL

Volunteer Sales assistant with NCBI Retail (Skerries)

Shop Assistant with Enable Ireland Retail and Fundraising (Dublin city various locations)

Shop assistant with Friends of Autism/ADHD Ltd (Balbriggan and Skerries) 

Vincent’s Charity Shop Volunteer with Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Balbriggan)

SHORT TERM/ SEASONAL/ ONCE OFF

Beach Cleaning Events and other activities with Clean Coasts (Dublin county)

SPECIALIST/ TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Sound Engineer with African Community Radio Ireland (Dublin 15)

SPORTS/ OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES/ COACHING

Soccer Coach Assistant with Sports Club 15 (Ongar)

Basketball coach /Co-ordinator with Sports Club 15 (Ongar)

SUPPORT AND KEY WORKING

Home-Start Volunteer with Home-Start (Dublin 15)

Emergency Outreach Volunteer with Feed Our Homeless (Dublin 1, 2 and 17)

TEACHING/ TUTORING/ SUPPORTING LEARNING

Conversation Tutors (Tyrrelstown) with Failte Isteach (Dublin 15)

Volunteer English Tutor with Daughters of Charity Community Services (Dublin 1)

UNDER 18 

Youth Advisory Panel Member with Jigsaw (Dublin 15)

‘Getting Started’ Computer Tutor with Age Action (Countywide)

Charity Shop Volunteer Sales Assistant with Irish Cancer Society (Swords)

First Aid Volunteer with Irish Red Cross – Dublin 15 (Fingal)

Volunteer Sales assistant with NCBI Retail (Skerries

YOUTH WORK

Volunteer Writing Mentor with Fighting Words (Dublin 3)

Youth Club Leader Foróige (Fingal wide)

Activity Assistant with Remember Us (Balbriggan)

 

Our VISION is for a vibrant Irish society where every person feels connected to their community through active participation in voluntary activities.

Our MISSION is to promote the value of volunteering and and increase the range and quality of volunteering in Ireland.

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