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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.

Mayo Volunteer Centre now has the following volunteering opportunities — befriending, summer camp helpers, basic literacy teachers, youth supervisors, various fundraising opportunities, plus various once-off volunteering opportunities.

The Irish Heart Foundation is looking for volunteers to assist with Happy Heart Weekend, which takes place from May 13 to 15.

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. 

International development charity Voluntary Service Overseas Ireland is calling on Carlow business professionals to consider volunteering overseas if they are feeling a little insecure in the current economic climate.

International development charity Voluntary Service Overseas Ireland is calling on Carlow business professionals to consider volunteering overseas if they are feeling a little insecure in the current economic climate.