Newsletter September 2021

Hi,

we hope you’re keeping well.

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:

• Fingal Virtual Volunteer Expo: your chance to discover more about 4 exciting volunteering projects. Would you like to book your free ticket? (see below);
• Community Volunteers: our brand new project to support the local community (see below);
• Volunteer Ireland Awards: a few days more to nominate a volunteer or volunteer manager for this year Awards. Do you have any body in mind? (see below);
• Virtual Outreach Programme: Volunteer Coffee Morning this Friday. Will you you join us?
• Volunteer Testimonials: a great way to share your volunteer stories (see below);

• Volunteer Opportunities: the latest volunteer opportunities available on I-VOL. Please remember to check their location and time frame before applying (see below);
• Fingal Letter Campaign: a concrete support to tackle social isolation of elderly people in nursing homes (see below);
• Volunteer hours: let us discover if you’ve been volunteering or not, you can log in on your profile and register your hours on I-VOL (link below);
• Facebook likes: we’re very active on FB or at least we try to be…check our page and like us if you feel it!

Fingal Volunteer Centre

FINGAL VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER EXPO

Save the date for this year Fingal Virtual Volunteer Expo: Thursday 7th October 2021!

The Fingal Virtual Volunteer Expo is a great opportunity to listen to 4 different organisations presenting their volunteer projects and discover how to get involved.

It’s an online event you can easily attend from the comfort of your home.

The organisations presenting on the night are:

• Le Cheile
• Praxis care;
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters;
• Community Volunteers, our brand new project (see below)

Book your free ticket here!

Event details:

• Event: Fingal Virtual Volunteer Expo
• Date: Thursday 7th October 2021
• Time: 6pm- 7pm
• Venue: online on Zoom
• BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE!

Looking forward to seeing you all on Thurs the 7th October!

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS

Fingal Volunteer Centre is proud to be actively taking part in the new project of Community Volunteers.

Community Volunteers is a program to support events and urgent needs in our local community and we’re looking for more people to join us.

Would you like to sign up?

The project will give people the opportunity to get involved in local events and festivals while also supporting more urgent needs that arise unexpectedly, like the community response to COVID-19.

As a volunteer you’ll receive an in depth training on volunteering at event and in emergency response and you’ll become part of a selected panel of Community Volunteers.

WE’D LOVE TO INVOLVE YOU, SO WHY NOT SIGN UP? To sign up plese click here: Community Volunteers

VOLUNTEER IRELAND AWARDS 2021

Nominations are still open until the 10th October!

Would you like to nominate a volunteer or a volunteer manager?

Every autumn people from all over Ireland nominate their neighbours, family, friends, colleagues and community supporters for the chance to win a Volunteer Ireland Award.

This year, nominations are open until October 10th 2021. To nominate an individual volunteer, groups of volunteers and/or a volunteer manager, please do so here:

Volunteer Ireland Awards- Nominate a volunteer or a Volunteer manager

VIRTUAL OUTREACH PROGRAMME:

Would you like to virtually meet up with other volunteers? It might be a good chance to exchange your volunteering experiences and discover different roles.

If so, the Volunteer Coffee Morning might be for you!

It’s thisFriday at 11am on Zoom:

Volunteer Coffee Morning- Book your free ticket

COVID-19 Related Volunteer Opportunities

1) COVID-19: ***LETTER REQUEST *** to Howth Hill Lodge Nursing Home with Fingal Volunteer Centre (From home)

2) COVID-19: ***LETTER REQUEST *** to Carechoice Finglas Nursing Home with Fingal Volunteer Centre (From home)

3) COVID-19: ***LETTER REQUEST *** to Brymore House, Howth with Fingal Volunteer Centre (From home)

4) COVID-19: ***LETTER REQUEST *** to Clearbrook Nursing Home, Finglas with Fingal Volunteer Centre (From home)

5) COVID-19: ***LETTER REQUEST *** to St. Patrick’s Care Centre Baldoyle with Fingal Volunteer Centre (From home)

6) COVID-19: ***LETTER REQUEST *** to Fingal House Nursing Home -Swords with Fingal Volunteer Centre (From home)

Local Clean up Days

1) Local Park and Beach Clean with Baldoyle Tidy Towns: Monthly (Baldoyle)

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

3) Balbriggan Tidy Towns Volunteer with Balbriggan Tidy Towns: Weekly (Balbriggan)

4) Swords Tidy Towns Volunteer with Swords Tidy Towns: Weekly (Swords)

General Long term Volunteer Opportunities

1) General Assistants- Badminton Irish Senior National Championships with Badminton Ireland (Dublin 15)

2) Mentors For Big Brother/Big Sister Programme with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ireland (Foroige) (Fingal wide)

3) Marine Coordinator – Workshops with Flossie and The Beach Cleaners (Fingal county)

4) Youth Advisory Panel Member with Jigsaw (North Fingal)

(OPEN TO UNDER 18!)

5) Activities Facilitator with Praxis Care (Dublin 15)

6) Volunteer Visual Merchandiser- Blanchardstown (Dublin 15)

7) Retail Assistants with Enable Ireland Retail (Finglas, Dublin 11)

8) Volunteer Visual Merchandiser- Skerries with NCBI Retail (county Fingal) (Skerries)

9) What does Climate Justice Mean to You? – VSI’s Online Photography Exhibition (Online)

10) European Solidarity Corps Mentor with Solas Project (Dublin city centre)

11) Cycling Without Age Pilot with Fingal County Council Sports Office (County Fingal)