Who to volunteer with?

Who can I volunteer with? Meet ALIVE Volunteering Partners!

Non-profits, charities and community groups are the backbone of ALIVE. Not sure what organisation you would like to volunteer with? Have a watch of some short introduction videos and get an idea of some of the opportunities available to you.

Volunteering Fair:

The Volunteering Fair is held twice a year to showcase volunteering opportunities:

In this Section, you will find categories of volunteering:

• Health & Well-Being
• Youth Volunteering
• Environmental / Animal Welfare Volunteering
• Social Justice
• Arts & Culture
• International Volunteering
• University of Galway Volunteering 

ALIVE Community Partners:

ALIVE has a whole host of partners working across a range of sectors, including community development, environment, youth, and international. Meet them here!

Health & Well-Being

• Ability West

• ACT for Meningtitis
• AIDS West (Sexual Health West)
• All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care
• Aphasia Ireland Ltd
• Aware
• Blue Teapot
• Brothers of Charity Services
• Cancer Care West
• ChildVision
• Claddagh Watch Patrol
• Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac & Stroke Foundation

• Cystic Fibrosis Ireland 
• Down Syndrome Ireland 
• Family Carers Ireland
• Galway Safe App

• Galway Rape Crisis Centre

• Domestic Violence Response (DVR)

• Enable Ireland 

• Helplink support services
• HopeSpace
• Hygeine Bank Galway
• Hygeine Hub Galway
• Irish Cancer Society
• Irish Vascultis Organisation (I.V.O.)
• Irish Wheelchair Association
• Lifeboats- RNLI
• Make-A-Wish Ireland
• Meningitis Research Foundation
• National Breast Cancer Research Institute
• NCBI Retail (The National Council for the Blind)
• Oesophageal Cancer Fund    
• Pieta House
• Positive Health 4 All
• SHINE
• Special Olympics- Connaught
• Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland
• The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
• Tuam Headford Special Olympics Club
• Galway Autism Partnership

Youth Volunteering

• ARD Resource Centre
• An Siol
• Baboró
• Ballybane Homework Club 
• Barretstown 
• Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS)- Foróige
• Bohermore Communtiy Centre 
• Brigit's Garden, 
• CARI (Children at Risk in Ireland)
• Children in Hospittal 
• Community Games
• Corrib Kids Coding
• ECO-UNESCO
• Foróige
• Galway City Harriers
• Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI)
• Junior Chamber International Galway (JCI Galway)

• Kumon Ireland
• National Federation of Arch Clubs, National
• No. 4 Youth Service, Galway
• Ógras
• Our Lady's College Secondary School
• Presentation Primary School Homework Club 
• Rahoon Youth Project
• START Competition, Galway
• TITANS Basketball Club 
• Westside Youth Project, YWIG
• National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI)
• Youth Work Ireland 

Environmental /Animal Welfare Volunteering

• Terryland Forest Park
• Clean Coasts
• Glassary Sustainability Project
• The Galway Cycling Campaign 

• Merlin Woods
• Terryland Forest Park
• SAUTI-Youth Galway
• The Cat and Dog Protection Association of Ireland (CDPA)
• Green Sod Ireland 

Social Justice

• Amnesty International Ireland
• A.S.S.C - Accompaniment Support Services for Children 
• Crime Victims Helpline
• Croí na Gaillimhe Resource Centre
• Eire Dialogue
• FoodCloud, Galway
• Galway Simon Community

• Galway Traveller Movement
• GARN- Galway Anti Rcaism Network 
• Oxfam, Galway
• ISPCC Childline
• SCOOP Foundation
• St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP)
• Tiglin
• Young SVP - St.Vincent de Paul
• COPE Galway

• Nasc

Arts & Culture

• Corrib Kids Coding
• Gallimh le Gaeilge
• Galway Film Fleadh
• Galway Hooker Sailing Club
• Galway International Arts Festival

• Galway Theatre Festival
• Luminose Music, Galway
• Music for Galway

• Fighting Words
• Street Feast 
• The Galway Music Residency
• TULCA Festival of Visual Arts

• Wave Maker Programme- Galway 2020

International Volunteering

• Brighter Communities
• Comhlámh
• Concern Worldwide 
• Development Perspectives 
• EIL Explore 
• European Solidarity Corp
• Global Citizen Award
• Habitat for Humanity 
• Nurture Africa
• Oxfam Ireland 
• Saolta
• SERVE
• SOLEY- Haiti
• STAND
• Suas
• The HOPE Foundation
• Trócaire
• Vides Ireland 
• Voluntary Services International (VSI)
• World Vision
• Zikomo

University of Galway Volunteering

• Active Consent 
• Arts in Action
• ATS-Mentoring Programme
• CÉIM Peer Learning 
• Cell EXPLORERS
• Clubs
• DigiChamps- Digital Champions
• Erasmus Global Buddies
• Erasmus Student Network Ireland 
• FLIRT FM Radio Station

• LIFT Ireland 
• MakerSpace

• OVPEDI University of Galway
• Postgraduate Mentoring Programme
• ReelLIFEScience
• Seas Suas
• SIN- Student Newspaper
• Societies
• Student Tax Clinic
• Seas Suas
• Students’ Union
• Uni4U – Access Programme
• Universities of Sanctuary