Tasks:

Assisting clients with learning disabilities in a variety of areas within the training centre including catering/restaurant skills and computer literacy.

Skills/ Qualities Needed:

Patience.
A flair for cooking.
Ability to work with people with learning disabilities.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: Volunteer required to work 2 hours between 10 am to 3 pm on any weekday. Hours worked can be determined by volunteers.

Number of Volunteers Needed: 5

Location of Volunteering: Sandy Road, Galway

Extra Information: Training in catering whilst volunteering will be available. The volunteer can complete Fetac modules with clients if they wish to. Hot meals are available every day during working hours.
This opportunity may suit anyone wishing to gain experience in care work/ social support work or anyone with an interest in cooking or computers.

(CO/ED/HE/PR)

Tasks:

Helping children with homework and reading from 2nd class to 6th.
Helping children with reading during school day

Skills/Qualities Needed:

Good literacy skills

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: Afterschool takes place from2.45 - 3.45 Monday- Thursday. Commitment for the school year is required.

(ED/YO)

Tasks: To drive the mini bus for group outings.

Skills/ Qualities Needed: Must have full D1 driving license

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: 3 month commitment required. times variable depending on outings.

Number of Volunteers Needed: 1

Location of Volunteering: Galway

 

Tasks: To work with young people alongside the project worker. Supervision of and communication with young people. Participation in activities as required.

Skills/ Qualities Needed: An interest in working with young people. (12-18)

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: 3 month commitment required, 1-2 hours per week. Young people meet from Monday to Thursday evening.

Number of Volunteers Needed: 4

Location of Volunteering: Athenry

Extra Information:
We are also interested in hearing from people who may be available to volunteer on an occasional basis.

Tasks: Meeting with a woman once a week in the evenings. Going to bowling, cinema, coffee, etc.

Skills/ Qualities Needed: Knowledge of Irish sign language would be useful.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: One year commitment required. Approx 3 hours on Tuesday evenings.

Number of Volunteers Needed: 1

Location of Volunteering: Galway city

Extra Information:
Our vision is of an inclusive society where deaf and hard of hearing people are fully integrated, with equality of opportunity and participation. It is our role to make this vision a reality by promoting the equal rights of deaf and hard of hearing people and enhancing their life opportunities

The individual wears two hearing aids and is a sign language user. However, she would be able to hear speech in a quiet one to one situation.

Tasks: Providing support via message board, one-to-one chat and texting to children and young people from www.childline.ie

Skills/ Qualities Needed:  Basic computer skills and fluent English. Potential volunteers should be open, warm, non-judgemental with a positive attitude towards young people. Persons of all backgrounds and ages are welcome.

Training and Support Provided: yes

Time Required: Attendance at training course and 1 year service with Childline - 4 hours per week. Volunteers wanted for 2-6 and 6-10 shifts

Number of Volunteers Needed: 30

Location of Volunteering: Galway City 

Extra Information: All volunteers will undergo training and screening processes.

Contact office directly for application form and location map.

(YO/CO) 

Tasks:
To help out at weekly meetings.
Helping out in the kitchen.
Taking part in activities with children, keeping area clean and tidy, helping to set up play room etc. We would love to get people who can provide entertainment and/or assist with outings and different events we organise.

Skills/ Qualities Needed: Friendly and outgoing nature. Welcoming to foreigners and new people to Galway.
Ability to work well with children. Opportunity to bring and develop any skills relevant to working with children.
Patience and kindness.

Support Provided: yes

Time Required: 2 hours from approx 3 pm - 5 pm on Wednesdays.

Number of Volunteers Needed: 2

Location of Volunteering: Methodist Church, Victoria Place, Galway.

Extra Information: The Friendship Club aims to offer friendship to newcomers from all over the world who have recently come to Galway. We are a non- demoninational organisation.
Volunteers will have the opportunity to meet and socialise with new people from all over the world who are new to Galway.
Minimum age requirement of 16. Character references will be requested.

(BE/YO/PR) 

Tasks:
The Volunteer will meet with the young person each week for 1-2 hours. A staff member will work closely with the volunteer to match a Big Brother with Little Brothers and Big Sisters with Little Sisters based on shared hobbies/interests/personality traits. Together the volunteer and young person decide what they’d like to do.

Skills/Qualities Needed:
We look for volunteers who can act as positive role models for young people, sharing with them their own skills and life experience. It’s great fun, you’ll do things you haven’t done in years! It is an opportunity to develop a friendship with a young person, share common interests and try new things.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: 1-2 hours per week for a minimum of 1 year.

Number of Volunteers Needed: As many as possible

Location of Volunteering:
Site based mentoring in the GAF Youth Café, public place where volunteer and young person wish to meet.

Extra Information:
Big Brother Big Sister is a mentoring programme, which matches an adult volunteer from the community with a young person aged between 10 -18 years, who need a bit of extra support. Volunteers are asked to spend a couple of hours a week with their little brother/sister. The initial commitment is for one year.

Becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister is a wonderful way opportunity to change a young person’s life in a simple, yet powerful way.

(ME, YO)

 
Tasks: To work alongside other adult volunteer leaders in a Foróige Club setting once a week.
Enable young people to do things for themselves, build relationships with young people based on trust and respect, work in partnership with young people in the running of the club. Encourage young people to reach their full potential. Be a positive role model and Make sure that the club is a safe place for everybody. Share their knowledge and skills with the young people.

Skills/Qualities Needed: Leadership skills, commitment to young people, patience and understanding, be a good listener, ability to use ones own initiative, Honesty, be responsible and reliable.

Training and Support Provided: yes

Time Required: 1.5-2 hours per week, usually between September and May

Number of Volunteers Needed:  Approx 5 per club

Location of Volunteering:  County Galway & City

Extra Information: Foróige, the National Youth Development Organisation, is a voluntary organization that engages member of the community in youth development and education. Foróige believes that each person is unique and creative and can contribute to improving the world in which they live. It enables young people to involve themselves consciously and actively in their own development and in the development of society. Founded in 1952, Foróige was formerly known as Macra na Tuaithe. See www.foroige.ie for more info.

(YO)

Tasks: Listening on the phone, answering emails and engaging face to face with people in need of emotional support

Skills/Qualities Needed:  All training is provided for this role

Training and Support Provided: yes

Time Required: 3-4 hours per week commitment required for minimum of one year. Times of work can be determined by volunteer.

Number of Volunteers Needed: 25

Location of Volunteering: 14 Nuns Island, Galway

Extra Information:

Anyone interested in this role is asked to attend an upcoming information evening.

Our next information evenings will be held on September 7th @ 8pm in the Galway Bay Hotel and September 14th in the Oranmore Lodge @8pm. 

Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.

We offer our service by telephone, email, letter and face to face in most of our branches.
 

(PH, SO)

Skills/Qualities Needed: A love of animals. Ability to work with cruelty cases. Good level of fitness.

Training and Support Provided: yes

Time Required: Long and short term commitment needed. Hours can be decided by the volunteer, however a day is normally required when working in the sanctuary.

Number of Volunteers Needed: 20

Location of Volunteering: Heathlawn, Killimor, Loughrea, Co. Galway

Extra Information: The society provides a range of services which include running an emergency animal shelter, providing advice, information and assistance to the general public on all issues regarding animals, responding to all reported road traffic accidents involving animals, providing an animal rescue service, and running educational workshops for young people. The animal shelter cares for sick and injured and very young animals who are abandoned or whose owner is unknown, with the purpose of re-homing. The advice work involves giving the general public advice and information with regard to the proper care of animals, providing financial assistance, issuing discount vouchers towards veterinary costs and placing animals in kind, loving homes. The animal rescue service involves coming to the aid of all animals, domestic and wild, and fowl who are reported to us as being in distress. 1,200 schoolchildren took part in our education workshops last year.

(AN, PR)

Tasks:The role of the volunteer is to enhance social and leisure opportunities of our service users through friendship and community integration programmes.
Tasks will be related to identifying what the volunteer enjoys doing or skills/talents he/she may have so that they can be shared with service users.

Skills/Qualities Needed: Commitment and reliability

Training and Support Provided: yes

Time Required: 2 hours fortnightly or more if desired.
Minimum commitment of 6 months is required by volunteer.

Number of Volunteers Needed: unlimited

Location of Volunteering: Various centres throughout Galway city and county.Volunteers especially needed in the Tuam and Glennamaddy area as well as the Galway city.

Extra Information:
Ability West is a voluntary organization, which provides a range of high quality, community based services to children and adults with an intellectual disability throughout Galway City and County and strives to assist each individual to reach their full potential

The role of the volunteer is to enhance social and leisure opportunities of our service users through friendship and community integration prgorammes. Activities can include going for walks, bowling, social pint, arts & crafts, sports, or assisting in programmes which are ongoing at various services.
All potential volunteers must complete an application form which requires the name of two referees. A Garda Clearance form is also part of the screening process and is attached to the application. Our HR Department looks after obtaining both personal references and Garda Clearance.
Every effort is made to ensure the volunteer placement is enjoyable and beneficial to both volunteer and our service users. Volunteers are supported in their role and will become part of a network of volunteers who meet on a regular basis.

Due to the vulnerability of our service users, becoming a volunteer with Ability West can be slow compared to other organizations due to screening and training, however, most volunteers find that it has been worth the wait!

(BE, HE)

Tasks: General kitchen duties and helping to pack meals for delivery in our Community Catering meals service.

Skills/Qualities Needed: Ability to work as a team member.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: Monday- Fri mornings (2 hours) for 6 months

Number of Volunteers Needed:  5

Location of Volunteering: Ballybane Industrial Estate, Galway

Extra Information:
COPE provide emergency accommodation for homeless people and women and children experiencing domestic violence. COPE's services for older people provide a meals on wheels service, and a day centre- SONAS, where we have laundry facilities, drop-in centre, advocacy and pension collection.

(PR)

Tasks:

Skills/Qualities Needed:
Ability to get on well with young people
Good communication skills
Patience
Sense of humour

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Location of Volunteering: Salthill

Number of Volunteers Needed: 8

Extra Information: The club is being established by young people in Salthill as part of a Social Innovators project.

(YO)

Tasks:

Encourage and help older people to learn basic IT tasks (turn computer on/off; use the mouse; keyboard; search the internet; send and receive email) over a 6-8 week period in resource centres, libraries, day centres and other host facilities. The IT trainer may start off working with another volunteer trainer and a trainer's guide will be provided. Courses are normally run for 6-8 weeks in the morning or afternoon for 1 ½ -2 hours. Some facilities host in the evening time, with a tea break where possible. One-off / periodical training for mobile phone usage also requires trainers.

Skills/Qualities Needed:

Good, basic computer / mobile phone skills
Patience
Sense of humour

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Location of Volunteering:

Where possible, volunteers will be placed in a setting convenient to them. The programme is currently running in the Age Action office in Galway City Centre, sea road; Ballybane, Oranmore, Loughrea and Tuam Libraries.

Extra Information:

We are currently seeking volunteers for PORTUMNA, BALLINASLOE, LETTERMULLEN, CONNEMARA and OUGHTERARD. 

Age Action Ireland is the national independent organisation on ageing and older people. It acts as a network of organisations and individuals including older people and carers of older people. It is a development agency promoting better policies and services for older people in an ageing society.

(CO, ED, OL)

Tasks:

Skills/Qualities Needed:
Volunteers should be patient and friendly, flexible and committed. It is essential to have a genuine interest in working with children and young people and a belief in children’s rights.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Amount of Time Required: 4 hours per week for a minimum of one year

Extra Information:
The ISPCC works to support and empower children and young people through service provision.

Training will be over 8 weeks on either Saturdays or a weekday evening.  

Group information evening on the 22nd of July @ 7pm - 21 town park retail centre, tuam road, galway

(PH, YO)

Tasks:
Helping to run an Ógras club for childre aged 8-12 years old. Tasks include organising events and supervising children.

Skills/Qualities Needed:
Fluent in or at least comfortable with Irish.
Enjoy working with young people.
Have done or be willing to do Children First training.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: 2 hours every week for 6 months -1 year 

Extra Information:
Clann is a Family Resource Centre which aims to empower the local community to meet is common needs and goals, and bring about change, by treating everyone as equal while respecting differences and working in a creative and inclusive way through the principles of community development.

(YO)

Tasks:
Helping to run a Club 4 U youth club for young people 15-18 years old. Tasks include meeting with adults and young people to plan events, supervising events, and accompanying young people on trips etc.

Skills/Qualities Needed:
Enjoy working with young people and to be able to trust them to help run the club.
Have done or be willing to do Children First training.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: 2 hours every 2 weeks for 6 months to a year. 

Extra Information:
Clann is a Family Resource Centre which aims to empower the local community to meet is common needs and goals, and bring about change, by treating everyone as equal while respecting differences and working in a creative and inclusive way through the principles of community development.

(YO)

Tasks:
Helping to run and supervise a weekly youth club for young people aged 12-14 years.

Skills/Qualities Needed:
Enjoy working with young people.
Have done or be willing to do Children First Training.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Time Required: 2 hours per week for 6 months

Extra Information:
Clann is a Family Resource Centre which aims to empower the local community to meet is common needs and goals, and bring about change, by treating everyone as equal while respecting differences and working in a creative and inclusive way through the principles of community development.

(YO)

Skills/Qualities Needed:
Enjoy working with young people.
Have done or be willing to do Children First training.

Training and Support Provided: Yes

Extra Information:
Clann is a Family Resource Centre which aims to empower the local community to meet is common needs and goals, and bring about change, by treating everyone as equal while respecting differences and working in a creative and inclusive way through the principles of community development.

Time Required:Negotiable hours for 6 months

(YO)