The National Day of Volunteering takes place this year on 30th September 2011. South Dublin County Volunteer Centre are once again facilitating projects in the South Dublin County area.
We're encouraging community groups/not for profits in South Dublin County to contact us with possible projects that could involve volunteers (both employee volunteers or individuals) for a single day.
You can be involved in 2 ways!
You might decide to go ahead and organise your own celebration/event on the day. If you do, let us know what your group is doing on the day and we'll add it to a national and local calendar of events.
You might want a team of volunteers to help your project in some way. If you are looking to source a group of corporate/business volunteers to help you carry out your project, let us know also and we'll try and arrange a suitable match between you and a local business. Normally the corporate company will have a budget line attached so this could be your opportunity to get that long needed paint job/gardening project/cleanup etc... done. You can apply on line by clicking on this link
Be creative - and you could really benefit from a group of volunteers who are willing and able to make a difference in a day!
Below are details of some of the projects that happened in 2009 which could give you an idea of what your group could ask for/benefit from!
The Firhouse Activity Centre
The Firhouse Activity Centre provides arange of physical, social, educational, occupational and recreational activities for adults whose disabilities prevent them from participating in other  training or work programmes.
Volunteers from Salesforce painted the Day Centre whilst Volunteers from Aviva took the clients from the day centre on a day trip!
Intercultural Centre Clondalkin
Volunteers from Abbott did a complete painting and decorating makeover of the intercultural centre in Clondalkin.
Tallaght Community School
Over 100 transition year students did a huge clean up in the local area - 100's of bags of rubbish and dumped materials were collected.
Trustus
Volunteers from Salesforce spent a very enjoyable day out with the clients of Trustus.
The Web Project
Volunteers from Sage had a very enjoyable day "doing up" the Garden at the Web project in Whitechurch. They also donated Garden furniture to the project.
Interested in participating - need some more assistance in helping you decide on projects. We have developed some really helpful resources for Voluntary organisations to help them 'get on the road'. Below are a list of guides/frequently asked questions/application forms to help you get ideas for your project and put those ideas on paper.
FAQ
We've developed a set of Frequently Asked Questions that will give you a bigger insight into the National Day of Volunteering. It can be downloaded below
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have a question that is not listed on the FAQ list please, feel free to send us an email at tricia@volunteersouthdublin.ie
Project Theme Guides: Get Inspired
The Project Theme Guides are great when searching for a bit of inspiration! All of the events listed in these guides have been done in previous years and had a lot of success! Each project guide are capable of being downloaded in PDF format. These guides are broken down into event categories such as:
Arts and Crafts
Befriending Opportunities
Community Activities
Environmental Issues
Fundraising
Random Acts of Volunteering
Skill Sharing
Creating an event one step at a time
Creating an event often evokes the response "what’s next?" We’ve created three easy-to-read guides for indivdual volunteers, volunteer involving organisations and businesses. Each guide is specifically tailored to break down planning an event into a few easy steps. These guides can be downloaded in PDF format.
Click on the term that best applies to you:
Individual Volunteer
Volunteer Involving Organisation
Business/Corporate
Spreading the word
This general event flyer can be printed out with your event’s information on it and distributed in your community!
The flyer can be downloaded in PDF format here.
Please contact us at info@volunteersouthdublin.ie or phone our offices to talk to one of our staff and get more information.
Tallaght office - 01 462 8558 |
