This is Community!
This is a podcast from Galway Volunteer Centre / Volunteer Galway. Interviews with people in Galway who are all about having an impact in the their community by changing the world around them one piece at a time.
Episodes
This week Ruth chats to Anna Kierans from Irish Red Cross about their Community Sponsorship programme in Galway. Since 2018 the Irish Red Cross have been involved in supporting and enabling individuals in a community to come together to provide holistic integration for a family coming to Ireland from a war torn country including Syria and Afghanistan. They are currently recruiting for this role in Galway and Anna tells us all about...
This week Ruth chats to Denise Healy about her Befriending support role in Alone. Denise shares her personal insights into why she got involved with the charity and what she gets out of it including the ongoing support from the organisation.
For more information on this role and on this charity you can check out
https://alone.ie
Befriending Support Volunteer Role
https://bit.ly/AloneRole
Volunteering in ...
This week Ruth chats to Brian Curtin, Volunteer Manager with FoodCloud. FoodCloud is a social enterprise with a mission to tackle food waste by redistributing surplus food from manufacturers and retailers to local charities in the community. It currently operates three main hubs located in Dublin, Cork and Galway and works with a network of over 600 Irish charities.
FoodCloud Website https://food.cloud
Current Volunteer Role https:...
In this week’s episode we chat to Susan Hewitt, a volunteer fosterer with local Galway dog adoption and rescue charity MADRA. Susan chats to us about her work and her delight at being nominated for a Volunteer Ireland award this year.
For more information on MADRA
www.madra.ie
091 577 813
@madradogrescue
Volunteering in Galway
Check out all our latest volunteering roles at http://www.volunteergalway.ie...
In this episode we hear from Lorraine Lally and Marian Moloney, two members of Access for All Galway, a network of individuals who have lived experience of disabilities and local disability organisations focusing on improving access and rights for people with disabilities. We also hear about an upcoming campaign International Day for People with Disabilities on December 3rd.
FB @AccessforAllGalway
Ph 091 773 466
Email fiona...
In this week's episode Ruth chats to to Jakub Kostanski and Joseph Burke, two members of Youth Work Ireland Galway’s Youth Advisory Committee. We hear their current views on community and their insights and personal experiences on the impact of youth work, as well as what it's like being a young person right now.
Links
www.youthworkgalway.ie
Youth Advisory Committee@YouthAdvisoryCommitteeGalway
This week Ruth chats to Darren Bayliss, National Co-ordinator of Coder Dojo. Darren’s shares his own journey in starting out as a volunteer ten years ago as well as what he considers to be the secret formula to success not just for young people attending clubs but for volunteers too!
Link to Coder Dojo Volunteer Role - https://bit.ly/3hhpMPC
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In this episode we speak to Kay Synott, an organic horticulturalist, gardener and educator from Moycullen about what is happening to our natural world where we live, and what we all can do about it.
One of the ways you can make changes is by looking at your garden, balcony, estate or even your business and see what you can do to help our non-human neighbours like bees, birds, butterflies.
We all have probably noticed the natural...
In this week’s episode Ruth chats to Rachel Maher and Danni Burke from Galway Community Café, a new out of hours mental health service in Galway city. Rachel and Danni are both peer connectors with the service and talk about how and why the service was created, what it means to them to be involved in it and their vision for the future with this model in our community.
Facebook - @galwaycommunitycafe
This week Donncha speaks to Barry Dillon, Programme Manager with Venture Out Wilderness Project. Venture Out is a charity that provides outdoor activity based mental health and well-being, and personal development focused intervention to people and communities most in need, at little or no cost to the participants involved. Barry and Donncha chat about the benefits of engaging with the outdoors particularly at the moment.
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This week Ruth chats to Paul, Aggie, and Victoria from the Vincent’s team about the work of the charity, the role that charity shops play in our community and the impact and upsurge of donations over lockdown as they open their doors this Christmas!
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/svpwestside and https://www.facebook.com/SVPIreland
Website: www.svp.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SVP_Ireland
Links to their current roles
Breathing in New Life- the quality of your breath can determine the quality of your life- This week Ruth chats to local yoga teacher Sinéad Mc Kiernan about her own personal journey towards wellness after experiencing chronic anxiety and how today her current yoga practice has grown into a thriving business with a very supportive community.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LoveYogaLoveLiving/
Instagram: https:/...
This week Ruth chats to local Salthill-based fitness instructor Eoin O'Donnellan on the mental health benefits of staying active and carving out some 'You Time' in the week. With a variety of group activities from choir singing to working out on the beach in Salthill, Eoin speaks about his passion for helping others stay active and engaged in their community.
For more information on classes check out
This week Ruth chats to Laura and Evelyn, two NUIG students who are organising and taking part in a month long challenge of getting into the sea every single day for November to raise money for a local mental health charity.
Now it’s in third year, they speak about what is behind the campaign, what sea swimming does for their own mental health and why they are so passionate about this cause.
In this episode we had the absolute pleasure of speaking to Brendan ‘Speedie’ Smith about an amazing new initiative he is kick-starting to make Galway a National Park City. I speak to him a little bit about his previous community activity which spans probably every social issue you can think of, but also I find out about what this whole National Park City initiative is about.
To get involved in the initiative you can e...
On this show Donncha speaks to Sue Redmond, who is, amongst many other things, an experienced teacher in meditation and mindfulness practice. We take a look at the benefits of meditation, some of the myths around in, and Sue gives some practical advice on how to go about getting started.
Next week from the 21st of September we are celebrating National Volunteering Week. If ever there was a year to celebrate volunteering, its 2020....
Yes we can! - a message from Galway International Arts Festival Volunteer manager Carly Zimmerman who speaks to Ruth this week about the newly launched GIAF Autumn programme and how the festival has adapted and continued to move forward in these challenging times
For more information on GIAF check out
website: www.giaf.ie
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GalwayInternationalArtsFest/
twitter: @GalwayIntArts
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This week Ruth chats to Fionn Kiely who is a volunteer mentor with Big Brother Big Sister here in Galway. Fionn chats about his experience of being a Big Brother for almost five years and why he would recommend the programme to anyone thinking of this type of volunteer work.
For more information on GAP check out
website: https://www.foroige.ie/our-work/big-brother-big-sister
volunteer role details - https://www.i-vol.i...
This week Ruth chats to Aisling Colreavy, coordinator with GAP. Aisling tells us about the extent of GAP’s work for families in Galway, the importance of listening when it comes to inclusion and how their plans for summer activities are currently taking shape.
Links:
Virtual Ladies Day Fundraiser -https://www.idonate.ie/virtualladiesday
For more information on GAP check out
website: www.galwayautimpartnership
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This week Ruth chats with Islammiyah Saudique from Amdalah Africa Foundation - AMDAF, on their work with African women in the local community, their mission and how they have adapted during the Covid 19 crisis.
Links
https://www.facebook.com/amdafpage/
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