2025 – A Bumper Year for Corporate Volunteering in Carlow
2025 – A Bumper Year for Corporate Volunteering in Carlow
2025 was a bumper year for companies and education groups giving back to the community in Carlow. Unum volunteers took part in a massive ten projects, involving 250 staff. Carlow Tidy Towns, An Gairdín Beo, the Delta Centre and the Irish Wheelchair Association worked closely with the Unum volunteers as they gave their time and dedication for the benefit of their community. They also put together 150 comfort kits for the service users of Women’s Aid Carlow.
Síle Eile were also very active with Carlow Tidy Towns this year, as they participated in several projects. Well done also to Equinox Education Services and Youthreach Carlow for contacting us to volunteer and getting involved this year. Their contributions were much appreciated.
Outside of local organisations, we were also contacted by LinkedIn and Stewarts Care in Dublin looking for ways in which they could contribute. Volunteers from Stewarts Care also made the trip to Carlow Day Care Centre to personally present their handmade cards and hampers to the service.
This type of Corporate Volunteering is incredibly valuable to community and voluntary groups, particularly in getting larger-scale projects completed that require lots of time and manpower. If your community group would like to benefit from a corporate volunteering project, please contact natasha@volunteercarlow.ie or sinead@volunteercarlow.ie.
Unum Volunteers and Tidy Towns at St. Mary's Cemetery
Unum Volunteers and Tidy Towns at St. Mary's Cemetery
Volunteers from Unum Carlow partnered with Carlow Tidy Towns to carry out a clean up in St. Mary's Cemetery in Carlow Town. Thank you to all involved in improving an important location in the town.
Unum Volunteers "Feel 10Feet Tall"
It was a busy couple of months in the world of Corporate Volunteering for Unum employees. In October and November, several members of Unum's staff undertook volunteering projects in the county of Carlow. Carlow Volunteer Centre were delighted to be to connect them with local organisations. The Unum volunteers undertook projects in Carlow Educate Together National School, in Bethany House and in St. John's Caring Centre in Hacketstown. Staff here were delighted to see the volunteers arrive and were very appreciative that Unum generously supplied all paints and materials.
Feedback from both the organisations and the volunteers themselves was extremely positive. Lynn Ellingworth, who volunteered in St. John's Caring Centre, enthused how brilliant the experience was, and how doing something to help the community made them all feel "10feet tall".