Volunteers Needed

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Published on Saturday, 27 August 2011 20:41

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The aim of the Leisure Buddies programme within St Hilda's Services in Athlone is to form friendships between volunteers and people with an intellectual disability who need support to socialise in the community

In addition - to the one-to-one prgramme - St Hilda's need volunteers that have a practical skill to offer a group of clients: arts & crafts, drama, fitness, walking tours in Athlone, music, DJs, Storytelling, or anything else YOU may have as a skill that could enhance the lives of the clients of St Hilda's Services. If you can give your skill and time call Bernadette on 0860433985 or Natasha on 0868221721.

Are you looking to do something meaningful with your time? Are you bored? Would you like a new social outlet?

Athlone Community Radio is a not for profit community radio station which serves Athlone and its surrounding areas. It has been granted its full broadcasting licence by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Community Radio is owned and run by the community for the community and is dependent on volunteers. When you sign up to volunteer with ACR we provide training to enable you to work within the station. It's a great opportunity to free your creativity, HAVE A LAUGH and do something completely different with your life. Athlone Community Radio’s activities and programming are based on community ownership, access and participation and reflect the special interests and needs of our community.

What can Athlone Community Radio do for you as a volunteer?

• Gives you a voice
• Add new experiences to your CV
• You can volunteer while you are not in paid employment without having a negative impact on benefits you may be receiving
• Allows you to actively participate in the world of media
• Can give you a sense of pride and accomplishment
• Gives you a way to communicate with your community
• You can become a researcher, presenter, editor, producer, marketer or fundraiser, event planner, take photographs for us, and help with administration. You can become all of these without any professional qualification
• If you have an idea for a program we can provide you with the tools to put it together
• Learn new marketable skill sets
• You get to use your skills enthusiasm and experience in a positive way
• You will always be thanked for your contribution as each volunteer is valued
• Have a new social outlet
• Athlone Community Radio enables people to enhance their capacity to play a role in shaping the society of which they are a part. It achieves this by recruiting volunteers and training them in the area of radio in which they show an interest and helps these volunteers discover their potential. Participation and involvement is open to all members of the community.
• You can have your voice heard!

Athlone Community Radio is an equal opportunities community project.

We have 4 sub committees in which we are looking for people to sit on:

• Marketing Funding Development and Fundraising Planning
• Management & Finance
• Broadcasting & Programming
• Community Awareness and Engagement

Athlone Community Radio is part funded by Pobal under the CSP programme

Do you love sport?

If you have an interest in sport and want to be part of a team then this is your chance to get involved in a challenging an rewarding environment by joining our sports department here in Athlone Community Radio.

The station is looking for highly motivated and creative volunteers for our two sports shows:

• "The Fixtures List" which previews all of the major sporting action over the weekend
• "The Final Whistle" which rounds up results and reactions from all teams and sports from around Athlone

There are a variety of areas with which you can get involved in such as:

SHOW HOSTING (Presenting or co-hosting the show)

FIELD REPORTING (getting the thoughts from players and managers for both pre and post programmes as well as reporting from sports organisations around the town)

EDITING(Cleaning up and polishing off interviews for the show)

TECHNICAL (Helping to operate and co-ordinate the shows)

RESEARCH (compiling the latest stats such as fixtures, results, injury news etc...)

All training will be provided FREE by the station and all volunteers are free to spend as much are as little time at the station as they wish once you are committed.

For more details and information you can get in contact with the station by TEL: (09064-90722) or you can e-mail the station on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.