National Volunteer Week – Building Community Together
20 May, 2025Ballina Credit Union, along with credit unions across Ireland, are delighted to partner with Volunteer Ireland to celebrate National Volunteering Week. The week is dedicated to showcasing the enormous contribution of volunteers and their impact on our communities.
This year’s theme is Building Community Together, with a specific focus on the social opportunities that volunteering offers such as meeting new people, making friends and connecting with your community.
As member-owned financial cooperatives and with a philosophy of ‘people helping people, volunteerism is at the very heart of the work of credit unions.
There are a multitude of reasons why people volunteer with their local credit union. For some, they will feel that they have specific skills that the credit union would benefit from or they would like to give something back to my community. Others will volunteer to gain experience and training opportunities or to meet new people and to expand their social and professional network.
To learn more about volunteering opportunities with Ballina Credit Union, please click here or contact David Dwane david.dwane@ballinacu.ie
Over the next fives days to celebrate volunteer week, we will be highlighting volunteers’ experiences and the roles of committees within Ballina Credit Union.
About National Volunteering Week
National Volunteering Week is the annual week where we celebrate all things volunteering. A local and national communications campaign supported by a programme of events will take place from 19th – 25th May 2025. This year’s theme is Building Community Together.
About Volunteer Ireland
Volunteer Ireland is the national volunteer development organisation and a support body for all local Volunteer Centres in Ireland. Our vision is an Ireland where volunteering thrives. Volunteer Ireland works to increase awareness of, access to and quality in volunteering in Ireland. For further information, visit: http://www.volunteer.ie/
About Volunteer Centres
The 29 Volunteer Centres are the local leaders in community engagement, supporting and promoting volunteering. They provide a placement service between individuals and groups who want to undertake voluntary activity and organisations that are seeking to involve volunteers, along with a range of other services. A full list of Volunteer Centres is available https://www.volunteer.ie/your-local-volunteer-centre/ .