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🦇 Uilliam Bás Dorcha 🦇 @uilliammac.bsky.social · 15d

Reserves for every blood type are critically low, with only B+ being close to the bare minimum.

You can literally save a person's life by donating as soon as you can.

giveblood.ie 🩸

#Ireland #Áras25

A graph showing each blood type and the amount left, the bars on the graph are styled as test tubes, each with a small amount of red liquid in them.

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · 15d

Cool new volunteer opportunity! 🌦️🌞🌡️

Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 16d

Great to see this new citizen science data rescue project by Met Eireann up and running: www.zooniverse.org/projects/met... especially proud of our ICARUS graduates Rhonda and Ciara for taking this on. Local followers do go along and digitise a few values please.

Irish Weather Rescue | Zooniverse - People-powered research

Calling all weather and climate enthusiasts! Help us recreate the past climate of Ireland.

www.zooniverse.org

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · 15d

‼️ Nominations for the 2025 Volunteer Ireland Awards close for good on Friday!
🏆This is your last chance to honour the helpers in your community with a nomination celebrating their volunteering!
➡️volunteer.ie/nominate

Only 3 days left
submit your nominations for the volunteer ireland awards today!

Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · 17d

📢Special! 2-for-1 tickets for Measuring the Impact of Volunteering course!

Our Volunteer Impact Assessment Toolkit provides info and tools so organisations of all sizes can measure the impact of volunteering.

📅 Tues 4 Nov, 10am-1pm
📍Zoom
https://volunteerimpact25.eventbrite.ie

Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · 20d

⏱️Procrastinators rejoice!!
We're extending the deadline for nominations for the Volunteer Ireland Awards for an extra week!

💜Nominate a volunteer at volunteer.ie/nominate before midnight next Friday 17th October.

#VIA2025

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · 22d

Join our free training on gender equality in leadership! Learn to identify barriers, boost inclusion & create leadership teams that reflect the communities you serve.

📅 Tues 11 Nov, 10am-1pm
📍Community Space, LinkedIn Ireland, Dublin 2

https://gender-equality-CTW.eventbrite.ie
#TrusteesWeekIRE

Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · 23d

Nomination = Inspiration.
When you nominate a volunteer, you’re sharing their story and inspiring others to step up too. Let’s build a culture of gratitude!

Nominations close this Friday! Submit a nomination today at volunteer.ie/nominate

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · 28d

🎉 Charity Trustees’ Week is back!
Running from 10–14 November, it’s a chance to say Thanks to the thousands of volunteers who steer Ireland’s charities.

📅 Check out the full calendar of events: https://www.charitiesregulator.ie/en/information-for-charities/charity-trustees-week
#TrusteesWeekIre

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · 28d

🌟Nominations close in 10 days!

🏆Every volunteer nominated receives a heartfelt thank you card from Volunteer Ireland because every act of giving deserves recognition. Who will you nominate?

Submit your hero at volunteer.ie/nominate today!

#speirghorm

Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · Sep 29

What a glowing piece about an amazing organisation powered by amazing volunteers!

It's an honour to celebrate 20 years of Victim Support At Court (V-Sac).

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/09/26/support-service-for-victims-in-court-is-invaluable-says-former-state-pathologist/

Support service for victims in court is ‘invaluable’, says former State pathologist

Demand for voluntary service rising as it marks 20 years of supporting victims of crime and their families

www.irishtimes.com

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vwtireland.bsky.social @vwtireland.bsky.social · Sep 23

Brilliant session with our amazing Kerry volunteers! Together we crafted ~30 roosting pots and boards for lesser horseshoe bats.

Terracotta pots + wool wood boards coated in lime mortar = perfect textured nooks for bats to cling to (modern materials are too smooth!)

More info: tinyurl.com/yk82edb7

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · Sep 5

75% of people in Ireland trust charities and community groups.
78% value the work of voluntary organisations.
67% agree that charities and community groups deliver high quality services.

Read more about new research from @weactireland.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/y4u66wm3 #speirgorm

tinyurl.com

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · Sep 1

🔔Our new guide and eLearning course empowers volunteer leaders to embrace flexibility in their programmes.

Get confident about flexibility with in-depth case studies or our interactive module:
www.volunteer.ie/resource_lib...

introducing our guide and elearning course on flexibility in volunteering

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Culture Night Dublin @culturenightdub.bsky.social · Aug 19

"It's a real celebration of the colourfulness of Dublin." ✨

Culture Night Dublin ambassador Farah Elle and dancer Favour Odusola discuss what makes it so special, as the city bursts into life with free events spanning dance, music, theatre, museums and other cultural spaces.

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · Aug 19

🏆The Volunteer Ireland Awards are now open!🏆

✨Every nominee will receive a thank you card in the post to show our appreciation of their efforts!

📚Thanks to these @molimuseum.bsky.social volunteers for helping us launch the Awards!

💜Submit a nomination now at volunteer.ie/nominate

three smiling volunteers pose with a statue and the text 'nominate an award worthy volunteer for a volunteer ireland award'

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Irish Environmental Network @irishenvnet.bsky.social · Jul 28

World Nature Conservation Day is celebrated annually on July 28th. It's a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of protecting natural resources and ecosystems.

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sounds like something from the Hope and Courage Collective? Don't know specifically, but would give their website a check bc their resources are great.

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Barnardos Ireland @barnardos-ireland.bsky.social · Jul 22

There are now OVER 1,200 open access items available from Barnardos Knowledge Bank!💻

This includes Books, Booklets, Reports, Tip Sheets, Research Papers, Evaluations and more!📚

🔗Discover more: knowledge.barnardos.ie

A close up of a black keyboard, where a blue key has the text "knowledge sharing" on it.

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · Jul 22

As part of the REAL Erasmus+ project, we recently joined partners for a productive meeting in beautiful Split, Croatia. REAL is all about building stronger, more resilient local communities across Europe.

Big thanks to our hosts and partners for the collaboration and warm welcome!

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South Dublin Volunteer Centre @volunteerdublin.ie · Jun 13

Some staff from our centre were delighted to be part of the National Volunteer Network Conference on Wednesday in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

#NationalVolunteerNetworkConference #TullamoreEvent #SDVC

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · May 26

#spéirgorm

Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · May 26

🥳What an exciting National Volunteering Week it has been!

Thank you to all the extraordinary volunteers who give their time for the countless causes that build our communities. You are the ones strengthening relationships and keeping Ireland a place full of love and care!

#NVWIreland

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Volunteer Ireland @volunteerireland.bsky.social · May 24

😁It's National Volunteering Week! Learn more about how volunteers like Laura and Richard are building community together:

www.volunteer.ie/laura-and-ri...

National Volunteering Week is generously sponsored by the Irish League of Credit Unions and Healthy Ireland.
#NVWIreland #speirgorm

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vwtireland.bsky.social @vwtireland.bsky.social · May 23

It’s National Volunteering Week!

A huge thank you to our amazing volunteers who monitor 25% of Ireland’s known Lesser Horseshoe Bat population across our 12 reserves!

#NVWIreland @volunteerireland.bsky.social

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Roscommon Volunteer Centre @volunteerroscommon.bsky.social · May 21

🌞🌞Massive thanks to David Pierce our volunteer engagement officer for creating some fab pizza in the garden on Saturday. This social was organised to celebrate National Volunteering Week #NVWIreland #Community #Volunteers #Roscommon 🎉🎉

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