DEPAUL IRELAND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME
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INFORMATION LEAFLET
DEPAUL IRELAND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME
PART TIME VOLUNTEERS Part time volunteers bring a valuable contribution to the many man and women who use our projects. They bring many skills and expertise to the projects but mostly they bring valuable additional one to one time. Again they are involved in many diverse areas within each service. Volunteers, provide a listening ear, a chat over the paper, a game of pool, or a game of cards, help clients feel valued, feel at home and develop self worth and confidence in themselves. Part time volunteers are also involved in assisting to prepare and serve meals, welcome clients into projects, assist with administration, gardening, music nights, resettlement work. The list is endless and we are indebted to all of our volunteers for the valuable contribution that they bring to our services. Depaul Ireland is a member organisation of Volunteering Ireland.
NEXT STEPS If you require more detailed information on volunteering or student placements contact the Volunteer Programme for an information pack and application form. Recruitment and selection rounds take place 4 times per annum.
Volunteer Programme / Sundial House, 140 James’s Street, Dublin 8 + 353 1 633 9226 / T + 353 1 607 4476 / F volunteer.coordinator@depaulireland.org / E www.depaulireland.org
DEPAUL IRELAND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME
DEPAUL IRELAND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME
DEPAUL IRELAND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME
PROJECT AIMS
THE NEED Depaul Ireland has a dedicated professional staff team to deal with the day to day operations of accommodation, training and outreach projects. Staff are responsible for maintaining a professional service and have a heavy workload managing everything from referrals/ resettlement/ training to health and safety. Depaul Ireland values a holistic approach to each individual that we work with and attempts to ensure that emotional as well as practical and physical needs of our client group are met. It is for this reason that Depaul Ireland volunteers play a key role within our projects. Volunteers add to the service that we can provide to our clients, through providing a listening ear, a chat over coffee or organising a trip to a local museum, volunteer enrich and add meaning to the life of our clients.
To ensure that our services meet the multifaceted needs of our clients. To provide new skills and perspectives to clients and volunteers alike To enable volunteers to develop and contribute to all areas of our work To increase contact with the host communities within which we work and which we serve Maintain an independent public presence within our community to help ensure our accountability to the wider community.
THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME Depaul Ireland currently hosts full time and part time volunteers and student placements across our projects in both Dublin and Belfast. We hope to over the next few years to increase the number of volunteers involved in our services. The volunteer programme provides opportunities for local and international volunteers to become involved in our services.
It also promotes volunteering to clients using our services, so that they may in turn experience the benefits of volunteering in Ireland and abroad.
FULL TIME VOLUNTEERS Depaul Ireland hosts a number of full time volunteers at any time through the European Voluntary Service (EVS). This is a programme which enables young people from Europe the opportunity to live abroad and volunteer in a not for profit based organisation. The contribution that these volunteers make is invaluable. They bring a new cultural dimension to each of our projects and are best placed to develop meaningful occupation activities with our client group. To date full time volunteers are involved in setting up workshops in each projects in areas as diverse as: Photography, music, art and crafts, relaxation, indoor gardening, cinema, cards nights, cultural evenings etc. EVS Volunteers also organise trips out of the project whether that be for a coffee around the corner or to the seaside for a picnic on a sunny day.