It takes a Village…an interview with Anna Kierans from Irish Red Cross on Community Sponsorship
This week Ruth chats to Anna Kierans from Irish Red Cross about their Community Sponsorship programme in Galway. Since 2018 the Irish Red Cross have been involved in supporting and enabling individual...
9 Jun 202322min
I'm Never Alone - a conversation with Denise Healy, an Alone Befriending volunteer
This week Ruth chats to Denise Healy about her Befriending support role in Alone. Denise shares her personal insights into why she got involved with the charity and what she gets out of it including t...
7 Nov 202213min
No Time for Waste - a conversation on the mission and work of a National Social Enterprise FoodCloud tackling food waste in Ireland
This week Ruth chats to Brian Curtin, Volunteer Manager with FoodCloud. FoodCloud is a social enterprise with a mission to tackle food waste by redistributing surplus food from manufacturers and retai...
3 Aug 202221min
From Puppy Power to People Power! A conversation with Susan Hewitt a volunteer fosterer from MADRA
In this week’s episode we chat to Susan Hewitt, a volunteer fosterer with local Galway dog adoption and rescue charity MADRA. Susan chats to us about her work and her delight at being nominated for a ...
21 Des 202117min
Access for All - What is it and how do we get it? A conversation with Lorraine Lally and Marian Moloney
In this episode we hear from Lorraine Lally and Marian Moloney, two members of Access for All Galway, a network of individuals who have lived experience of disabilities and local disability organisati...
2 Des 202132min
The secret formula for success!- an interview with Darren Bayliss National Co-ordinator of Coder Dojo
This week Ruth chats to Darren Bayliss, National Co-ordinator of Coder Dojo. Darren’s shares his own journey in starting out as a volunteer ten years ago as well as what he considers to be the secret...
1 Jun 202123min
Making Space for The Wild - a conversation with Kay Synott
In this episode we speak to Kay Synott, an organic horticulturalist, gardener and educator from Moycullen about what is happening to our natural world where we live, and what we all can do about it. ...
18 Mai 202131min
