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People across Connacht are asked to get involved in Ireland’s first National Volunteering Week which takes place from May 14 to 20.

The Irish Cancer Society is looking for volunteers for its Community Health Education Volunteer Programme (CHEP) to the West of Ireland in 2012.

There has been much written and said about the presence of the Occupy Galway camp in Eyre Square — and this week as they celebrated their 150th day on site, the debate has been ever more vociferous. With the dismantling of the Dublin camp and the voluntary evacuation of the Cork site, there is much pressure on the Galway site to do likewise, to say ‘we’ve done our bit, we’ve made a stance, but now we feel it is time to go’.

Volunteering is about making time for others and contributing to your community. Yet it also has personal benefits - it can introduce you to new ways to thinking, broaden your horizons and experience, and equip you with skills to make you attractive to potential employers.

Looking for a New Year’s resolution that will be make a real difference? Then you might consider volunteering with the Big Brother Big Sister Programme (BBBS) and change a young person’s life.

On Friday December 9, an event of enormous magnitude will be taking place in The Prince Bar. What kind of event you may ask? It is the event where love and laughter will fuse together in harmony to create the enigma that will be called super speed dating. Due to the enormity and scale of this event The Prince have drafted in the lovable rogues that are The Hardy Bucks to host the night’s matchmaking experience.

Some 80 charities and community organisations will showcase the wide range of volunteer opportunities at the 10th annual NUI Galway Volunteering Fair next Tuesday.

People across Westmeath are being encouraged to get involved in the National Day of Volunteering which takes place on Friday September 30.

People across Mayo were rallied to get involved in the National Day of Volunteering which takes place on Friday September 30. Last year more than 8,000 volunteers participated in hundreds of charity and community projects across Mayo and the country – and an even bigger number is anticipated this year. Research carried out by Volunteer Ireland in advance of the National Day of Volunteering has found that being affected by the economic downturn makes people more likely to volunteer. The flagship event of this year’s NDV is a national ‘Knit-a-thon’ which will see hundreds of knitters across the country attempt to break the world record for the most number of people knitting simultaneously. In Mayo, Knit-a-thons will take place in Tacu Family Resource Centre, Ballinrobe, and Le Chéile Family Resource Centre, Castlebar. For information call Marie Munnelly, manager, Mayo Volunteer Centre, 087 755 5899 or Shauna Jackson, outreach/placement officer, Mayo Volunteer Centre, 087 679 6937.

Active Citizenship Week is currently taking place in the city, spearheaded by Junior Chamber Ireland Galway.