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This November and December, the Oxfam Kilkenny shop is urging locals to choose their Christmas presents from its alternative gifts catalogue Unwrapped.

A fundraising night in aid of the blind will take place in Maire Lukes, Tourmakeady, on this evening (Friday) at 10pm.

Kilkenny County Council has a limited amount of time to draw down funding of up to €1 million before it reverts back to the Department of Environment, Heritage, and Local Government, according to the Quarterly Housing Report.

To celebrate national volunteering day, the ISPCC has expressed its overwhelming gratitude to all its extremely passionate and dedicated volunteers.

Minister of State for Labour Affairs and Public Sector Reform, Dara Calleary, from Ballina, who spent part of the summer recess volunteering in Mozambique, is encouraging people to become involved as volunteers with VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas), which is currently seeking new participants.

Minister of State Dara Calleary is one of four TDs and senators due to fly out to Africa and Asia to serve as volunteers with Voluntary Service Overseas.

Local heart charity Croi will benefit from a major “27 Nines” fundraising card drive which takes place at Oughterard Golf Club on Sunday January 31.

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.

Fundraisers throughout Carlow are being asked to sign up to a week- long Slovenia Adventure Challenge scheduled to take place next June 2009 for Ireland’s only centre for blind children.

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.