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Enda McBride is one of our very own volunteers here at Louth Volunteer Centre. Enda began his volunteer journey 12 years ago when he was just 15. He first volunteered with his local Tidy Towns group as part of his Gaisce award.
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Ann McVeigh began her volunteering journey back in 1994 and has been an unstoppable force ever since. When we spoke to Ann about what motivates her to get so involved and volunteer as much as she does, she told me ‘I feel really lucky and blessed in the life that I’ve had so my motivation is to try and give something back.’ Ann also said she likes to get involved with things that are important to her. ‘Things that resonate with me and touched my life I like to get involved with and give back.’
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Katy has witnessed first-hand the important role volunteers play in supporting organisation particularly the small local organisations. ‘These type of things run on volunteers, that’s how they manage.’ Her proudest moment while volunteering was creating Wellféis which recently raised much needed funds for local organisation SOSAD. Katy came up with the idea for the event and saw it through to completion
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Follyvi’s motivation to volunteer was to connect with his community. “I feel so alone as an asylum seeker.” Follyvi found volunteering a fantastic way to meet people and practice speaking English. “When I started volunteering is when I got to meet people and not feel alone.”
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David began his volunteer journey in 2018. David started volunteering to help him in his recovery from addiction. “I was in early recovery, I wanted to see how the community worked and connect with people. I didn’t want to leave recovery and go back to old ways.” In 2018 David called into Louth Volunteer Centre in the hope of finding a way to connect with his community through volunteering. “I was worried they wouldn’t be able to help me due to my previous criminal record. I didn’t know there would be stuff I would be able to volunteer with and stuff that I would be good at. I was expecting another red flag and that I wouldn’t be able to do it, but I was able to do it.”
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