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The Human Library is a worldwide movement for social change; it is a unique and innovative project that ‘publishes’ people as open books. Volunteer Galway aims to develop a group of volunteers for the Human Library Project to act as ‘books’ that others can ‘borrow’ to ‘read’. While this may seem a little odd, the aim of this endeavour is to create safe dialogue in the community to challenge stereotypes and discrimination through personal conversation.

Galwegians involved in the volunteering sector are encouraged to ‘think small’ for National Volunteering Week, which runs from Monday May 17 to Sunday 23.

Volunteer Galway this week launched their Wellness Initiative during National Mental Health Week. The initiative emanated from a report published earlier this year by Volunteer Ireland titled ‘The impact of volunteering on the health and well-being of the volunteer’.