Launch of Youth Volunteering Toolkit Research

25/09/2024

StudentVolunteer.ie is proud to have contributed to this important national research on youth volunteering!

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In-person Launch: Volunteering Research and Practice in Ireland 

16th October, 1 - 3pm 

Mary Ryan Seminar Room, O'Rahilly Building, University College Cork  

Hosted by: UCC Futures – Collective Social Futures and ISS21 

Overview

The Seminar will discuss the findings of two recently completed research projects on aspects of volunteering in Ireland. The research was commissioned and funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development as part of the National Volunteering Strategy 2021 – 2025, through the Irish Research Council’s New Foundations Scheme. Cork Volunteer Centre was the civil society partner for the research. Further details on both projects can be found on the ISS21 website at: Youth Volunteering: building capacity for the future | University College Cork (ucc.ie); and Volunteer Recognition: developing questions for the Irish Census

Schedule  

1pm                   Open and Welcome (Professor Fred Powell) 

1.10pm             Volunteer Strategy Impact (Dr Lorraine Tansey, StudentVolunteer.ie Programme Manager) 

1.30 pm            Measuring Formal and Informal Volunteering (Dr Shirley Martin) 

1.50pm             Promoting Youth Volunteering (Dr Eileen Hogan and Dr Margaret Scanlon) 

2.15pm             Perspectives from Practice (Adam Lacey, Manager, Cork Volunteer Centre and Denis O'Brien, Volunteer Development Manager, Foróige) 

2.50pm             Q&A and Close. 

Register for this event at: https://volunteeringresearch.eventbrite.ie

Research Reports 

Scanlon, M., Hogan, E., Martin, S. and Powell, F. (2024) Promoting Youth Volunteering in Ireland: Current Practice and Ways Forward. Report for the Department of Rural and Community Development. 

Martin, S., Desmond, E. and Scanlon, M. (2024) Volunteer Recognition: Developing Questions for the Irish Census on Formal and Informal Volunteering Report for the Department of Rural and Community Development.