Who to volunteer with?

Who to volunteer with?

Who to volunteer with?

Who can I volunteer with? Meet ALIVE Volunteering Partners!

Non-profits, charities and community groups are the backbone of ALIVE. Not sure what organisation you would like to volunteer with? Have a watch of some short introduction videos and get an idea of some of the opportunities available to you.

Volunteering Fair:

The Volunteering Fair is held twice a year to showcase volunteering opportunities:

 

In this Section, you will find categories of volunteering:

  • Health & Well-Being
  • Youth Volunteering
  • Environmental / Animal Welfare Volunteering
  • Social Justice
  • Arts & Culture
  • International Volunteering
  • University of Galway Volunteering 

ALIVE Community Partners:

ALIVE has a whole host of partners working across a range of sectors, including community development, environment, youth, and international. Meet them here!

 

Health & Well-Being

  • Ability West

  • ACT for Meningtitis
  • AIDS West (Sexual Health West)
  • All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Aphasia Ireland Ltd
  • Aware
  • Blue Teapot
  • Brothers of Charity Services
  • Cancer Care West
  • ChildVision
  • Claddagh Watch Patrol
  • Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac & Stroke Foundation

  • Cystic Fibrosis Ireland 
  • Down Syndrome Ireland 
  • Family Carers Ireland
  • Galway Safe App

  • Galway Rape Crisis Centre

  • Domestic Violence Response (DVR)

  • Enable Ireland 

  • Helplink support services
  • HopeSpace
  • Hygeine Bank Galway
  • Hygeine Hub Galway
  • Irish Cancer Society
  • Irish Vascultis Organisation (I.V.O.)
  • Irish Wheelchair Association
  • Lifeboats- RNLI
  • Make-A-Wish Ireland
  • Meningitis Research Foundation
  • National Breast Cancer Research Institute
  • NCBI Retail (The National Council for the Blind)
  • Oesophageal Cancer Fund    
  • Pieta House
  • Positive Health 4 All
  • SHINE
  • Special Olympics- Connaught
  • Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland
  • The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
  • Tuam Headford Special Olympics Club
  • Galway Autism Partnership

 

Youth Volunteering

  • ARD Resource Centre
  • An Siol
  • Baboró
  • Ballybane Homework Club 
  • Barretstown 
  • Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS)- Foróige
  • Bohermore Communtiy Centre 
  • Brigit's Garden, 
  • CARI (Children at Risk in Ireland)
  • Children in Hospittal 
  • Community Games
  • Corrib Kids Coding
  • ECO-UNESCO
  • Foróige
  • Galway City Harriers
  • Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI)
  • Junior Chamber International Galway (JCI Galway)

  • Kumon Ireland
  • National Federation of Arch Clubs, National
  • No. 4 Youth Service, Galway
  • Ógras
  • Our Lady's College Secondary School
  • Presentation Primary School Homework Club 
  • Rahoon Youth Project
  • START Competition, Galway
  • TITANS Basketball Club 
  • Westside Youth Project, YWIG
  • National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI)
  • Youth Work Ireland 

 

Environmental /Animal Welfare Volunteering

  • Terryland Forest Park
  • Clean Coasts
  • Glassary Sustainability Project
  • The Galway Cycling Campaign 

  • Merlin Woods
  • Terryland Forest Park
  • SAUTI-Youth Galway
  • The Cat and Dog Protection Association of Ireland (CDPA)
  • Green Sod Ireland 

 

Social Justice

  • Amnesty International Ireland
  • A.S.S.C - Accompaniment Support Services for Children 
  • Crime Victims Helpline
  • Croí na Gaillimhe Resource Centre
  • Eire Dialogue
  • FoodCloud, Galway
  • Galway Simon Community

  • Galway Traveller Movement
  • GARN- Galway Anti Rcaism Network 
  • Oxfam, Galway
  • ISPCC Childline
  • SCOOP Foundation
  • St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP)
  • Tiglin
  • Young SVP - St.Vincent de Paul
  • COPE Galway

  • Nasc

 

Arts & Culture

  • Corrib Kids Coding
  • Gallimh le Gaeilge
  • Galway Film Fleadh
  • Galway Hooker Sailing Club
  • Galway International Arts Festival

  • Galway Theatre Festival
  • Luminose Music, Galway
  • Music for Galway

  • Fighting Words
  • Street Feast 
  • The Galway Music Residency
  • TULCA Festival of Visual Arts

  • Wave Maker Programme- Galway 2020

 

International Volunteering

  • Brighter Communities
  • Comhlámh
  • Concern Worldwide 
  • Development Perspectives 
  • EIL Explore 
  • European Solidarity Corp
  • Global Citizen Award
  • Habitat for Humanity 
  • Nurture Africa
  • Oxfam Ireland 
  • Saolta
  • SERVE
  • SOLEY- Haiti
  • STAND
  • Suas
  • The HOPE Foundation
  • Trócaire
  • Vides Ireland 
  • Voluntary Services International (VSI)
  • World Vision
  • Zikomo

 

University of Galway Volunteering

  • Active Consent 
  • Arts in Action
  • ATS-Mentoring Programme
  • CÉIM Peer Learning 
  • Cell EXPLORERS
  • Clubs
  • DigiChamps- Digital Champions
  • Erasmus Global Buddies
  • Erasmus Student Network Ireland 
  • FLIRT FM Radio Station

  • LIFT Ireland 
  • MakerSpace

  • OVPEDI University of Galway
  • Postgraduate Mentoring Programme
  • ReelLIFEScience
  • Seas Suas
  • SIN- Student Newspaper
  • Societies
  • Student Tax Clinic
  • Seas Suas
  • Students’ Union
  • Uni4U – Access Programme
  • Universities of Sanctuary

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