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. 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!
Firhouse Day 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 DHL carried out this Give it a Swirl Project which involves accompanying 14 to 16 adults with physical and sensory disabilities on an outing to The Irish Museum of Modern Art and afterwards to carvery lunch at Bewleys, Newlands Cross.
Lucan South Community Development Group (Bush Community Resource Centre) 
Lucan South Community Development Group provide a range of community supports including Mother and Toddler groups, homework clubs, activity groups and is a facility for community meetings and groups.
Volunteers from GlaxoSmithKline carried out thisl Project which involved a tidy up of their outside grounds (hedge cutting, clearing overgrown areas, weeding).
Liffey Sound, Lucan
Based at Ballyowen Castle Community Centre in Lucan, Liffey Sound is a community radio / not-for-profit organisation.
Volunteers from Salesforce.com helped with this Project. It involved a team of volunteers making, cutting, and delivering the news on the day (25 September 2009). This involvde researching and gathering news items; then writing, reading and recording the news bulletin and operating the production desk. 
Home Start - Art project
Volunteers from Wyeth facilitated this Project which was called “What Home Start Means to us” To prepare for the project, staff at Home-Start asked families to describe what Home-Start meant to them.
On the day itself, volunteers then helped translate these ideas into pictures and painted outline of pictures onto four large canvas to form a mural.
Parents, children and volunteers painted the mural on the assigned day.
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.
Please contact us at
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or phone our offices to talk to one of our staff and get more information.
Tallaght office - 01 462 8558
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