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South Dublin Tidy towns 01 February 2012, 12.15
South Dublin Tidy towns
A South Dublin County Tidy Towns public meeting is taking place in Tallaght Stadium on Thursday 16th February at 7.30pm. Speakers will include a Tidy Towns competition adjudicator, Public Realm Designer, speaker from Lucan Tidy
Volunteer Centre Newsletter - January 12
Volunteer Centre Newsletter   Monday 9th January 2012 New Community Hub Announced. Are you a small community group in South
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Celebrate Volunteering! 17 November 2011, 14.40
Celebrate Volunteering!
Celebrate Volunteering on  5th December International Volunteer Day As you know, 2011 celebrated the European Year of Volunteering and we had many events in South Dublin
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New quality mark for volunteering! 07 November 2011, 15.25
New quality mark for volunteering!
Volunteer Ireland is delighted to announce that they recently secured funding from the EU as part of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 to develop a framework for a national quality standard for involving volunteers. This
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New quality mark for volunteering! PDF Print E-mail

1214_-_VCI_Logo_-_IrelandVolunteer Ireland is delighted to announce that they recently secured funding from the EU as part of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 to develop a framework for a national quality standard for involving volunteers. This is in recognition of the key role best practice standards play in improving the quality of experience for volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations.

In collaboration with Business in the Community Ireland, Focus Ireland, the National Standards Authority of Ireland and a working group consisting of Volunteer Centres and volunteer involving organisations, Volunteer Ireland have commissioned Volunteer Now, the centre of expertise and excellence for volunteering in the North of Ireland, to develop this framework.

In order to ensure that the new framework is representative of the needs and views of the community and voluntary sector in Ireland, Volunteer Now has commenced research (via questionnaires and focus groups) to gather the views of both volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations on what should be included in the standards. If you are a volunteer or an organisation that involves volunteers in your work and would like to share your views please click on one of the links below to fill out the questionnaire.

To receive a copy of the questionnaire by post please contact June at   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (01) 636 9446. Details of our focus groups in South or North Leinster, Cork or the Midlands are outlined below.

To attend a focus group please contact Christine at   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Focus group participants will be reimbursed for their travel expenses.

If you are a volunteer
click http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Volunteer_Ireland_Volunteer_Survey to fill out our questionnaire

If you are a volunteer-involving organisation
click http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Volunteer_Ireland_Organisation_Survey to fill out our questionnaire

The national quality standard for involving volunteers will be developed by spring 2012 and will first be piloted by Focus Ireland. Volunteer Ireland envisions the final version of the quality standard will be available to all volunteer-involving organisations across the country in late 2012.

Focus Group details:

 South Leinster

Date: Thursday 24th November
Location: South Dublin County Volunteer Centre, Block 2, Unit F, Exchange Hall, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Organisation Focus Group Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Volunteer Focus Group Time:  7:00pm - 8:30pm
North Leinster
Date: Friday 25th November
Location: Room 1, Floor 2, Blanchardstown Library, Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Dublin 15
Organisation Focus Group Times: 10am - 11:30am and 12pm - 1:30pm
Volunteer Focus Group Time: 2:15pm - 3:45pm

Munster
Date: Friday 25th November
Location: Civic Trust House, 50 Pope's Quay, Cork
Volunteer Focus Group Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Organisation Focus Group Time: 2pm - 3:30pm
Midlands
Date: Friday 2nd December
Location: Athlone Community Taskforce offices, Ball Alley Lane, Parnell Square, Athlone
Volunteer Focus Group Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Organisation Focus Group Time: 2pm - 3:30pm
 
National Day of Volunteering 2011 PDF Print E-mail

National Day of Volunteering - Update!

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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!


2010 - Some projects

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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 othertraining 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.

Helpful Materials!

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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 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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.

For More Information

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Volunteer Ireland has arrived! PDF Print E-mail

Volunteer Ireland has arrived!

VIlogosmallerVolunteer Centres Ireland and Volunteering Ireland have now merged to create Volunteer Ireland, a single national volunteering organisation for Ireland. The services and supports for volunteering previously offered by two organisations will now be delivered by one: from the Ireland InVOLved Awards to the National Day of Volunteering.

The creation of Volunteer Ireland is great news for volunteering in Ireland. Combining the skills, strengths and talents of VCI and VI into a single national volunteering organisation will mean we can build on the considerable achievements of our two organisations to date and increase the services and supports for volunteering in Ireland. As a bigger, better and unified organisation for volunteering, Volunteer Ireland will be far better placed to respond to the needs of volunteering. 2011 is European Year of Volunteering and Volunteer Ireland will be a fantastic legacy of it.

The focus of Volunteer Ireland will be to create an enabling environment for volunteering, to develop an ethos of volunteerism across all sectors of society and to be an independent and legitimate voice for volunteering. Working with our local Volunteer Centres, volunteer-involving organisations and volunteers, Volunteer Ireland will be a powerful advocate for volunteering in Ireland.

As of from last week, all staff and volunteers in Volunteer Centres Ireland and Volunteering Ireland transferred to Volunteer Ireland and we are all looking forward to working together to create a single, great volunteering organisation for Ireland. For the moment, of course, it’s ‘business as usual’. However, we look forward to developing our new organisation over the coming months and to sharing our progress with you.

 

 
New business impact Map Launched PDF Print E-mail

Business Impact Map

Today Business in the Community Ireland is delighted to launch the "Business Impact Map", a web based interactive map of Ireland, powered by Microsoft Bing Maps technologies, which showcases the impact 30 member companies of Business in the Community Ireland have on society. The map is the first of it's kind in Ireland and will depict thousands of Business & Community Connections right across the country representing multi-million euro support to the sector annually. To access the map click on the image below or visithttp://maps.bitc.ie/BusinessImpactMap.aspx

Impact Map

Key statistics on the map show:
  • Over 3,000 community and voluntary organisations supported by 30 businesses
  • €14 million support in cash donations
  • 3 million euro raised through fundraising by employees
  • Over €2.5 million in value for in-kind donations
  • 94,000 Volunteer hours were given by employees to community & voluntary organisations

To read the full press release click here

 
Check out our new toolkit for involving volunteers PDF Print E-mail

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The good news is we have created an online toolkit with a host of information and useful tips to help you create new strategic volunteer roles and to manage and involve your volunteers effectively. And your local volunteer centre is here to help you every step of the way.

Best practice for managing volunteers

Whether you involve 1 or 1,000 volunteers, you need to manage your volunteers effectively. Our 20 Best Practice Guides will advise you on every aspect of managing volunteers and you can find out more about our National Volunteer Management Training Programme.

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Grow your organisation’s expertise and capacity

Thousands of mid to senior level business people want to volunteer their skills and make a real impact! But remember it's up to YOU to create relevant and appealing roles to match this demand. To help you get creative and strategic and to tap into a huge and talented skill pool, read on and watch videos of volunteers bringing myriad business skills to non-profit organisations all over Ireland.

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Case Studies

What better way to learn but by example! Read case studies of organisations, large and small, who involve volunteers of all kinds, both strategically and extensively, including Special Olympics Ireland, Age Action, Irish Wheelchair Association and more.

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So, think of a new strategic volunteer role and post it online today! Checkout www.volunteer.ie/involving-volunteers/

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New measures to protect volunteers and ‘Good Samaritans” PDF Print E-mail

Minister Carey welcomes new measures to protect volunteers and ‘Good Samaritans”

New_Logo_1Pat Carey T.D., Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs welcomed measures introduced in the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 by the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern T.D.

These new provisions will provide protection from liability for persons described as ‘good samaritans’, who act in good faith, without expectation of payment or reward and in a way that does not constitute gross negligence, to provide assistance, advice or care during an accident or emergency.  Protection is also being provided from liability for persons involved in voluntary work for charitable or other purposes for the benefit of society, including sports, recreation and rescue.

Speaking on 31.8.10, Minister Carey said:

“I welcome these new provisions which will help protect volunteers and good Samaritans from incurring liability while engaged in charitable works or assisting others in good faith. It is essential that those who give of their time to help others in a selfless and voluntary manner do not fear legal repercussions. 

In the current climate, it is vital that we encourage active citizenship and volunteering and protect those that partake in such activities.  In addition to these provisions, I recently commenced further sections of the Charities Act 2009, which will help to safeguard the position of those charity trustees who fulfil their duties with integrity, but who still may be liable for court proceedings”.

Minister Carey concluded: “Promoting volunteering and active citizenship is a policy area which needs to be addressed and strengthened.  I believe these provisions will support this aim and will contribute to the Government’s objective of a society which is inclusive, energised and which continues to place a focus on high levels of community engagement.”

The content of this press release does not purport to be a legal interpretation of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010.

Editor’s NoteThe Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 provides for amendments to provisions across the range of civil and regulatory law.

 
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