West Limerick Resources - "Committed to the Community"

Volunteer Support Service

West Limerick Resources Volunteer Support service aimed to enhance the level of volunteering to all sectors of the community and to encourage and promote the growth of this valuable asset.  The role of the Volunteer Support Service was to facilitate the introduction of potential volunteer to organisations seeking people and to provide training, information and support to organisations on volunteering matters.

As West Limerick Resource's work is rooted in the community, the company has been crucially aware of the needs of volunteers and volunteer-involving groups since its foundation in the mid-1990s.  In 2005, Noel Ahern TD, Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs announced ring-fenced funding to support volunteering, both for local area partnerships and for city and county development boards.  In early 2006, WLR was granted funding to develop a volunteer support service for the period 2006 - 2009.

Our Activities included:

• Promoting Volunteering
• Facilitating and supporting volunteer recruitment for community groups
• Linking people with volunteering opportunities
• Providing Training and support to community and voluntary organisations
• Providing information on Volunteering
• Running a Corporate Volunteering Initiative
• Operating a dedicated website devoted to volunteering in Limerick - http://www.volunteerlimerick.ie/

For further information contact:

Paul Moriarty - Volunteer Support Worker

Phone: 069 79079 (Paul)

Email: pmoriarty@wlr.ie

Website: http://www.volunteerlimerick.ie/