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South Dublin Active Citizenship Week 2011
We're pleased to announce once more the dates for South Dublin County Active Citizenship Week 2011. It will take place from 26 - 30th September 2011 and will culminate with the National Volunteer Day on 30th September.
Please keep an eye on our website for more details but we will be in touch soon with news of the events/celebrations that are taking place during the week plus much, much more!
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European year of Volunteering 2011
 Celebrations of the Euorpean Year of Volunteering continue in South Dublin County. To date we have had monthly articles in the Echo Newspaper on Volunteering, Volunteer management training being delivered in Tallaght and Clondalkin and the all new setting up of the South Dublin County Volunteer Corps which we hope will be a lasting legacy of this year to celebrate volunteering.
For more details of events happening in the county during the year - click on the readmore button. Alternatively - if you wish to you can visit the national EYV site at www.eyv2011.ie to see what 's happening across the country.
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Volunteer Corps up and Running!
The South Dublin County Volunteer Corps is up and running and proving to be a great success with the Volunteers and groups alike.
To date the Corps have participated in 4 projects in South Dublin County including helping at the St. Patricks day festival, participating in the fields of Dream Parade, helping out at the Bealtaine Festival and responding to a request to help at the Clondalkin Festival. There's another big outing planned for early in July in Terenure at a Vintage Car Rally for Sunshine Home.
More than 85 people have registered for the Corps with more coming on line daily.
Want to hear more about Corps - you can visit out website at http://www.volunteercorps.ie
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Focus on Tallaght Hospital
Did you know however that Tallaght Hospital runs a fantastic volunteer program. Volunteers are involved in many aspects of the Hospital's work including
• in pastoral care,
• in the day centre for the elderly,
• in the children's unit,
• operating a help desk
• in the volunteer coffee shop
• volunteer artists
• volunteer library service
Perhaps the shining light in all this is the volunteer coffee shop where the general public can interact with the hospital volunteers on a daily basis. Volunteers run a friendly, professional and yet inexpensive coffee shop which is open to patients and public alike from Monday to Saturday.
Proceeds from the volunteer coffee shop are directed back into projects in the hospital that add to the patient experience. String quartets and bands are often to be viewed entertaining patients and public alike in the hospital foyer - all funded by the volunteer coffee shop!
The image here is of volunteers in the hospital volunteer coffee shop wearing their new aprons to promote and celebrate the European Year of Volunteering 2011
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About us
South Dublin County Volunteer Centre offers a recruitment and placement service for volunteers in South Dublin County as well as providing support and training to notfor profits on all aspects of volunteer managment.
Other services include a Garda Vetting service, consultancy on volunteering issues and research and policy work around all areas of volunteering.
We are funded by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government.
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