Limerick Volunteer Centre - Active Opportunities for January 2013 report run 24th January Contact us on 087-7387481 or email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] Organisation Name Once Off Place of Volunteering Main Category Volunteer Opportunity Tasks Art Culture & Media Support Volunteers needed to work with professional people in after-school delivery of art workshops to young people aged 10-18 years, some of whom will have behaviour / learning difficulties. Volunteers will help facilitate and assist the young people to partake in the Limerick Corridor Art Arts culture and Art Workshop Support workshops as well as conducting research on workshop LEDP, Roxboro Project media Volunteer themes. Volunteers can also participate in the workshops themselves and demonstrate their skills. They will need to be on site 15mins before start of workshop and also help with cleanup. All materials will be supplied by project and volunteer will receive training. Times: Monday and Wednesday 5 - 7 pm. Designing and facilitating arts/crafts/painting lessons to Brothers of Charity Arts culture and people with intellectual disabilities. Volunteer could be Yes Limerick City Arts/Crafts teacher Services, Limerick media volunteering in a group and on a one-to-one basis with service users. To engage service users with an intellectual disability in Daughters of Charity basic drama group work sessions. Volunteers will be Lisnagry, Co Arts culture and Basic Drama Support Services for Persons with No working with 3 or more service users during these sessions. Limerick media Volunteer Intellectual Disability Place of volunteering St Vincents centre, Lisnagry, Co Limerick For more information goto www.volunteerlimerick.ie, then the "View our Opportunities" button and select the required Main Category from the Category dropdown list. Page 1 of 46 Limerick Volunteer Centre - Active Opportunities for January 2013 report run 24th January Contact us on 087-7387481 or email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] Organisation Name Once Off Place of Volunteering Main Category Volunteer Opportunity Tasks To partake in informal music or singing sessions with Daughters of Charity Cappamore, Co Arts culture and Musical Support Volunteer either a group or on a one-to-one basis with service users Services for Persons with No Limerick media - Cappamore with intellectual disabilities. Place of volunteering Intellectual Disability Cappamore, Co Limerick Volunteer needed to supervise rehearsals of CBS pipe Arts culture and CBS Pipe Band No Limerick City Pipe Band Supervisor band on Thursday evenings from 3 - 4.30 in CBS Sexton media Street Place of volunteering is CBS Sexton Street Volunteer to work closely wit CEO to develop a PR Marketing Strategy for the Sli Eile Housing Association. Sli Eile Housing Arts culture and Volunteer needed to help explore new ways of raising No Charleville, Co Cork PR / Marketing Volunteer Association media awareness and promoting the work of the organisation to new audiences. Place of volunteering Dromina. Charleville. Co Cork Charleville Castle, Tullamore or from Shakefest Online and home if the Arts culture and Shakefest Strategic Marketing Online promotion candidate has a media Assistant computer and internet. To engage in singing workshops with service users who Daughters of Charity Across Limerick Arts culture and Singing Workshop have an intellectual disability. Workshops can be on a one- Services for Persons with No County media Volunteer to-one and group work basis and groups will contain no Intellectual Disability more then 6 people. For more information goto www.volunteerlimerick.ie, then the "View our Opportunities" button and select the required Main Category from the Category dropdown list. Page 2 of 46 Limerick Volunteer Centre - Active Opportunities for January 2013 report run 24th January Contact us on 087-7387481 or email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] Organisation Name Once Off Place of Volunteering Main Category Volunteer Opportunity Tasks Learning Hub Limerick Music Programme provides young people with a general introduction to music over a 6-8 month period. On the completion of the introductory period, participants then graduate to the second phase of the programme: learning a musical instrument. We need volunteers for this crucial phase in the programme, to help Kileely House, New Arts culture and introduce children and young people to an instrument and Learning Hub Limerick Road, Thomondgate Volunteer Music Tutor media get them to a level where they can pursue further tuition in Limerick a more formal environment. We need volunteers to teach piano, guitar, violin and drums ? but we are open to teachers of other instruments as well. Volunteers must bring their own energy, enthusiasm and commitment. This is an invaluable opportunity to gain direct experience in one-to-one and group teaching. Befriending Befriending service users/ taking them on trips to the pub/café/ cinema/ matches etc. Going for walks. Visiting Brothers of Charity No Limerick City Befriending Befriender service users in their homes. We have a befriending Services, Limerick scheme in place already with a specific training programme to cover it. Daughters of Charity Befriend service users, go on social outings during the Annacotty, Co Befriender / Support Services for Persons with No Befriending evening time such as going out for coffee, cinema, walks Limerick Person - Annacotty Intellectual Disability Place of volunteering Annacotty For more information goto www.volunteerlimerick.ie, then the "View our Opportunities" button and select the required Main Category from the Category dropdown list. Page 3 of 46 Limerick Volunteer Centre - Active Opportunities for January 2013 report run 24th January Contact us on 087-7387481 or email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] Organisation Name Once Off Place of Volunteering Main Category Volunteer Opportunity Tasks Befriend service users, go on social outings during the Daughters of Charity Castletroy, Co Befriender / Support evening time such as going out for coffee, cinema, walks Services for Persons with No Befriending Limerick Person - Castletroy Place of volunteering : Community residential services - Intellectual Disability Castletroy Befriend service users, go on social outings during the Daughters of Charity Rhebogue, Co Befriender / Support evening time such as going out for coffee, cinema, walks Services for Persons with No Befriending Limerick Person - Rhebogue Place of volunteering : Community residential services - Intellectual Disability Rhebogue To provide a befriending service to people who have recently settled into a new home and community after a Befriender for Resettled Across Limerick period of homelessness. The aim of the service is to reduce Focus Ireland No Befriending Person after a period of County social isolation of service users by assisting them to have Homelessness social contact, explore interests and integrate into appropriate activities. To provide a befriending service to people who have recently settled into a new home and community after a period of homelessness. Volunteer will be matched with a Across Limerick Befriender with Sign Focus Ireland No Befriending service user who is profoundly deaf. The aim of the service County Language Skills is to reduce social isolation of service users by assisting them to have social contact, explore interests and integrate into appropriate activities. Tasks associated with this opportunity include: 1. Assisting with the running of our daytime social club for retired Newcastle West, Co citizens. 2. Assisting with the provision of refreshments to Desmond Complex No Befriending Day Care Centre Assistant Limerick club members. 3. Joing in club activities like playing cards, music and dance. Place of volunteering is the Desmond Complex Newcastle West For more information goto www.volunteerlimerick.ie, then the "View our Opportunities" button and select the required Main Category from the Category dropdown list. Page 4 of 46 Limerick Volunteer Centre - Active Opportunities for January 2013 report run 24th January Contact us on 087-7387481 or email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] Organisation Name Once Off Place of Volunteering Main Category Volunteer Opportunity Tasks Tasks associated with this opportunity include: 1. Going for walks around the Hospital grounds with residents. 2. Escorting residents to the local library 3. Providing a social St Ita's Community Newcastle West, Co No Befriending Patient Befriender outlet for residents. (eg. going for coffee) 4. Assisting with Hospital Limerick exteranl social events which are organised for residents. 5. Chatting and Reading to bedbound residents. Place of volunteering is St Ita?s Community Hospital. - Befriend through home visits at least once a week for 4 hours with a commitment of at least 3 months. - Needs based activities like accompanying shopping or to a Red Ribbon Project Buddy medical appointment, depending on client identified need - Red Ribbon Project No Limerick City Befriending - To support a specific Help to organise empowering life changes step by step - individual living with HIV Liaise with Red Ribbon Project around progressions and future duties - Attend supervision once a month Place of volunteering : At clients home address