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More than 3,500 people have registered with Galway Volunteer Centre seeking volunteer work since the service was set up in 2006.

The collapse of the Celtic Tiger and the focus on the disaster in Haiti has had an unexpected effect on the street children and orphans of Africa. An inability to access help and funding is crippling the efforts of orphanages and rehabilitation centres to help some of Africa’s most vulnerable children.

Does Galway have a bigger social conscience than any other city? Is that why more people care about more things to do with their communities and their environment than in towns and cities of comparable size? That certainly seems to be the case as is evidenced from the 400 people who turned out to attend this year’s annual Mayors Awards on Tuesday night.

Cosgallen Community Development Project’s Resource Centre has a free information service on social welfare entitlements, health benefits, education and grants, and many forms are available at the centre, e.g. motor tax, driver’s licence, etc. The Resource Centre also has a number of services available such as photocopying, laminating and others at a very low cost. Drop in for a chat or browse at your leisure from Monday to Thursdays from 10am to 4pm and on Fridays by appointment.

The Vibe Youth Cafe is an exciting, new, safe place for young people aged between 13 and 18 to meet in Ballina where they can have fun and relax after school. 

Volunteers are needed to help two community organisations in Gort and Ballinasloe tomorrow (Friday) as part of “Give It A Swirl Day” – Ireland’s national day of volunteering.

Gort Cancer Support service is seeking volunteers to staff its centre in the town. No prior experience is required because training will be provided.

Galway Volunteer Centre is expecting a major increase in the number of people registering with it to find volunteer work this year due to the increasing number of people becoming unemployed in the city and county.

Older people in the community who live alone or who are isolated can avail of a befriending telephone service, which is free of charge.

If you have ever wondered about volunteering overseas but are not sure how to go about it, then the Galway One World Centre has a course to answer your question.