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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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Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards PDF Print E-mail
Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards - Pramerica Spirit of Community Award recognises post primary, secondary-level students from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for community service activities.
Spirit of Community
Do you have students in your school who deserve to be recognised for their volunteer work? Then encourage them to apply for the Pramerica Spirit of Community Award! This programme recognises post primary, secondary-level students from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for community service activities, and is co-sponsored by the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, (NAPD) and the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland, (GTCNI). 
The Spirit of Community Awards programme was created by Prudential Inc. in the U.S. in 1995, and has recognised more than 80,000 young volunteers over the past 14 years.
The programme has elicited praise from educators, parents, elected officials and news media for communicating to young people the importance of volunteer service in their communities.
Among the many prominent personalities who have participated in the programme are Jimmy Carter, Barbara Bush, Magic Johnson, John Glenn, Whoopi Goldberg, Bertie Ahern and John Hume.
The programme has also been introduced in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Application forms for the 2009 Spirit of Community Awards will be circulated to schools in early September.
For more information, contact NAPD at www.napd.ie or GTCNI at www.gtcni.org.uk.
 
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