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“Ireland’s greatest indigenous renewable energy source, worth €3 billion per year, is neither wind, wave, solar, nor biomass — it is volunteering”.

Westmeath County Council has been announced as a winner in the annual e-Government Awards, held in Dublin recently. The council was one of five short-listed candidates in the Local Government category and took the award for their suite of online services which includes a newly-redeveloped website, rural transport initiative and online services for elected members.

To commemorate the European Year of the Volunteer 2011, the Westport Family and Community Resource Centre has organised a full day event in The Castlecourt Hotel, Westport, on Friday March 11.

European Year of Volunteering 2011 was officially launched last week. Over 300 individual volunteers and non profit organisations from all over Ireland came together for the colourful ceremony, sponsored by Intel to celebrate the commitment of up to one million active volunteers in Ireland at RHK, Dublin.

Ballinasloe company Premier Proteins Limited has been issued with a notice by the Environmental Protection Agency stating its intention to revoke the company’s IPPC licence.

New funding for Mayo Volunteer Centre is set to extend the agency’s services on a countywide basis, opening up opportunities both for volunteers and employers requiring volunteers throughout Mayo. The launch of the extended service will take place later this month and mark the opening of a second office for the agency in Castlebar, to add to its existing office in Ballina.

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. 

The responsibilities of company directors and community safety are two of the themes which will be addressed at a forthcoming breakfast briefing organised by the Midlands Gateway Chamber.

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.