Volunteer

Description

Family Careers Ireland, a charity who are one of our partners at PPI Ignite Network @ UCD, are hosting their annual research conference on Wednesday 03 December 2025.

Request
We are seeking volunteers to help on the day. This includes assisting with registration, mic runner, time keeper, and tech assistance (ensuring the speakers slides are loaded etc).

About
Family Carers Ireland Research Conference "Partnership from Research to Practice 2025"
Wednesday, 3rd December 2025
Ashling Hotel, Dublin.
9am-2.30pm

The audience is a mix of researchers, policy makers and people from across Ireland who are family carers.

Expenses (public transport) to the venue can be claimed back. There will be refreshments and lunch included.

Is training provided?:Yes

Tasks that the volunteer(s) will be expected to undertake:

We are seeking volunteers to help on the day. This includes assisting with registration, mic runner, time keeper, and tech assistance (ensuring the speakers slides are loaded etc).
 

Benefits of Volunteering:

1. Academic & research exposure

• Insight into family carer research, health policy and PPI methodologies.

• First-hand learning from experts such as researchers from Carer Research and Knowledge Exchange Network and PPI leads involved in co-produced studies.

2. Understanding lived experience & co-creation

• Appreciating the role of public contributors in shaping research.

• Builds empathy and communication skills for working with people with lived experience.

3. Career development

• Strengthens CV with conference operations and stakeholder engagement experience.

4. Transferable professional skills

• Event coordination & logistics

• Time management

• Teamwork with multidisciplinary delegates

Details of time commitment needed for role:
9am-2.30pm 03 Dec 2025

Minimum time commitment per week:
Flexible/Varies

Sustainable Development Goal:

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN