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BY DECLAN VARLEY

If you are interested in helping your community through volunteering, you can attend the SVP Open Evening at the Menlo Park Hotel on Jan 16, 2024, at 7.30pm.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is active in every community in Galway city and county and is available, on a strictly confidential basis, to anyone feeling they need help for any reason, according to Seamus McManus, SVP Galway Area President.

Since 2009, Croí na Gaillimhe, a resource centre of St Vincent de Paul based in Mill Street, Galway, has been working to reduce social isolation by welcoming people on the margins into the “heart of Galway”.

The Junior Achievement Our World programme, supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and industry partner, Fidelity Investments, will reach more than 7,500 5th class students in Ireland by 2024. 480 trained science-industry volunteers are facilitating the programme, encouraging students to explore the career and education opportunities open to them in the STEM related subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).

Fifth year students in St Joseph’s Community College Charlestown are hosting a tea day fundraiser for Motor Neuron Disease (MND) on Monday, March 27th from 11am to 1pm at St. Joseph's Community College Hall as part of their St. Vincent de Paul Youth for Justice Project.

Galway’s PorterShed has supported the creation of 835 high-value sustainable jobs and hosted 1,200 events in only five years, a report to be unveiled this morning (Thursday) will declare.

Tesco colleagues and customers nationwide delivered the most successful Annual Food Appeal in its 10-year history in recent days. The annual Food Appeal in-store and online saw customers donate €230,000 worth of food and essential household items to support local community organisations, in partnership with FoodCloud. To further support those in need this Christmas, Tesco has topped up the Appeal with a 20% bulk donation of food, meaning over €275,000 worth of food and household necessities will be donated to communities nationwide.

Now entering its busiest two months of the year, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) is receiving an average of 800 requests for help every day.