We know that many community and voluntary organisations are not operating at the moment, so we have temporarily de-activated most volunteer roles on our website. Most organisation are not in a position to deal with new volunteers at the moment. You can let us know if you would like your volunteer role to stay on the website. Otherwise we will reactivate it when the covid-19 crisis has passed.
For organsiations that are still running, some of you may need new volunteers over the coming weeks. This might be due to increased demand for some of your services or existing volunteers becoming unavailable due to illness, isolation or cocooning.
We are still here to help you find new volunteers if you need them or to help in any other way we can. So far 122 people have registered an interest in helping with the covid-19 crisis. If you need volunteers we are happy to help you develop a simple role description that we can email to these people as well as including it on our website and social media.
If you use our Garda vetting service already, we can prioritise vetting applications for volunteers or staff needed due to covid-19.
Grace and I are both working from home. You can contact me at this email address or 087 0656793. You can contact Grace at grace@volunteermonaghan.ie
Monagan County Council now has a helpline for anyone stuggling due to the current situation. The number is 1800 804 158. We have posted details about it on our social media accounts and would appreciate likes and shares to spread the word.
Volunteer Ireland has developed some factsheets and guides for organising volunteers during an emergency. You can find them at https://www.volunteer.ie/about-us/covid-19/covid-19-resources/
They also have some videos at https://www.volunteer.ie/about-us/covid-19/organising-volunteers-videos/ And even some free webinars starting from tomorrow https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/volunteer-ireland-2694909232
Please contact us if there is anything we can do to help your organisation during this difficult time.
Best wishes,
Sinéad Keenan
Coordinator
Monaghan Volunteer Centre
Monaghan Integrated Development
5 North Road,
Monaghan
087 0656793
Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm (lunch 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm)
