👋 Hello and Happy National Volunteering Week! 🦺

In honour of National Volunteering Week, this week you'll be receiving exclusive editions of our newsletter, packed with uplifting stories of inspiring volunteers.

 
 
Happy National Volunteering Week!

🌟 15-21 May 2023

🤗 National Volunteering Week is a weeklong celebration of volunteering, taking place from 15-21 May 2023. This year's theme is 'Connecting Communities' and we hope you'll join us in celebrating the power of volunteering to enrich our communities, bridge social divides, and create opportunities for meaningful connections. 💜💙💗

You can get involved by:

📢 Sharing your volunteering story (use hashtags #NVWIreland and #ConnectingCommunities on social media)
🙋 Encouraging others to volunteer
🙌 Thanking volunteers!

LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING WEEK

 
 
 
New video for National Volunteering Week highlights resilience and generosity of displaced communities in Ireland

🥰 Meet Vumani, Mohamed, Alina, Ilona, and Mildred

📺 To mark National Volunteering Week, we've produced a video featuring volunteers from Ukraine, Somalia, and Zimbabwe, making a difference in their new communities around Ireland.


The video highlights the contributions of displaced individuals in Ireland and celebrates the impact they make in our communities. It features interviews with volunteers who share their experiences of resettlement, and the positive impact volunteering has had on their integration.

WATCH THE VIDEO

 
 
 
'Together for Better' volunteering project

🫶 Connecting communities in Dublin City

👀 Keep an eye on our social media this week! Throughout National Volunteering Week, we'll be sharing stories of volunteers around Ireland from diverse backgrounds. Among them, volunteers from the Together for Better project.


Organised by Dublin City Volunteer Centre and the Jesuit Refugee Services, Together for Better invites newly arrived international protection applicants to volunteer alongside people from Dublin City's Community Volunteers programme.


Volunteers connect and learn from each other while undertaking volunteering projects and activities. Bringing volunteers together from different communities is a fantastic way to promote understanding and integration across cultural lines.


👉 Look out for volunteer stories on our Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter this week.

 
 
 
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And lastly,

Does your organisation engage volunteers, or do you work as a Volunteer Manager? Then don't miss our upcoming training sessions!

Involving volunteers from new communities

 
Thu 18 May


FREE
Learn to develop a vibrant volunteer programme that champions diversity & inclusion.

Exploring the volunteering landscape across Europe

 
Fri 19 May


Join us for a virtual coffee break with Lejla Šehić Relić of the Centre for European Volunteering.

Developing a positive volunteer culture

 
Thu 29 June

Learn how your organisation's culture might impact someone's volunteering experience, and take steps to change it.

VIEW OUR FULL TRAINING CALENDAR

 
 
www.volunteer.ie