Volunteer Education Programme for Schools

Sinéad visited schools across County Carlow, speaking to students to let them know about the benefits and importance of volunteering for themselves and for their community.

Sinéad spoke with almost 600 students, mostly those doing Transition Year and the Leaving Cert Applied programme, utilising group activities to show what’s involved in volunteering and highlighting that many of the extracurricular activities like coaching and helping their neighbour are also a form of volunteering.

There are two options available for schools, both of which focus on volunteering and explore the themes around volunteering and its benefits-

The first option is a four week interactive programme which looks at volunteering as a concept and explores what volunteering means for individuals, community and community groups.

The second is a presentation to all the TY classes on volunteering and its benefits and includes group activities.

Any County Carlow Schools that are interested in a visit from Sinéad can email her at sinead@volunteercarlow.ie and she’ll be happy to discuss the options.