Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
SpunOut.ie Blog
May, 2012
National Volunteering Week 2012
May 14th- May 20th 2012.
Today marks the beginning of Ireland's first National Volunteering Week, which will run from May 14th – May 20th.
To mark the week here at SpunOut, we've teamed up with Volunteer Ireland to keep you informed of all things volunteer related.
So, all this week we’ll be featuring articles on volunteering that will hopefully encourage you to think about getting involved in your community.
Or, even better, perhaps you’d like to volunteer your time with SpunOut.
National Volunteering Week is the one week of the year when everyone is encouraged to give volunteering a try. Even if it’s only for a minute, an hour, or a day – volunteering can make a big difference and be a lot of fun.
This year, Volunteer Ireland's flagship project is a National Inland Waterways Clean Up, and clean up events will be held across the country.
Our Inland Waterways are a precious natural resource, and with the help of Waterways Ireland and the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, this May will see a host of litter pick ups and canal clean up projects all over Ireland.
Below are just a few examples of what you can do to get involved with National Volunteering Week.
You can register to take part in a project that is already happening.
Register your own project
Participate in the flagship event - A National Inland Waterway Clean Up
Commit a ’Random Act of Volunteering'
So go ahead, grab some friends, family and colleagues and give Ireland a helping hand during National Volunteering Week!
BLOG: The Referendum Simply Put
#SpunOutasks.
'What is the fiscal what-d'ya-call-it?', 'What does it mean if I vote Yes or No?', 'Eh they’re all contradicting each other!'.
We admit we're confused. Very very confused...
We haven't a clue what this Fiscal Compact Treaty Referendum malarky is all about.
So we've decided to break it down to the basics to make it all a little easier on the oul' brain.
But we need YOUR help to do this. We want to bring your voices to the politicians who are campaigning for both yes and no votes.
We want the politicians to explain how this referendum will impact young people.
We need your questions!
If you’re confused, or even if you’re in the know, we want to put your questions to the decision makers.
Joan Burton (Labour), Simon Coveney (Fine Gael), Micheal Martin (Fianna Fáil), Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit), Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Féin) and Shane Ross (Independent) have all been invited to answer your questions.
Submitting your questions
From May 9th to the 11th you can get your questions over to SpunOut via Facebook, Twitter using the hashtag #SpunOutasks.
You can also email us on vote@spunout.ie
On May 24th, SpunOut will air the answers to your questions along with a guide to the referendum.
So get your question over to us pronto, so we can ask the politicians what this whole referendum thingy is all about.