VSO Ireland

News & Events

Latest news

• VSO Information Events in Dublin
  
  Are you a qualified and experienced professional? Would you like to volunteer overseas? If so, we'd like you to come to one of our upcoming information events. We have an information event coming up in Dublin on 22 November.
  
  The event will include:
  • Presentations from returned volunteers
  • The opportunity to talk informally with VSO staff and returned volunteers
  • The chance to hear more about the kinds of volunteer jobs available for you.
  Attendance at info events is by registration only. You can check your eligibility and book your place at this event by calling 01-8147070 or by emailing info@vso.ie. Places are limited. We look forward to meeting you!
  
  
• VSO at the Adventure Travel & Gap Year Show 2008
  VSO will have an information stand at this once off event taking place on the 27 and 28 September in the RDS, Dublin 4. For more information on this event visit www.adventuretravelshow.ie
  
  
• VSO at the Over 50s Show, Dublin, 2008
  VSO strongly encourages professional people of retirement age or older to volunteer their skills abroad. We will be giving out information at the Over 50s Show in the RDS in Dublin on 10, 11 and 12 October 2008. More information on this increasingly popular event
  
  
• VSO welcomes €1.6m funding from Irish Aid
  VSO welcomed €1.6m funding from Irish Aid in June 2006 for three HIV and AIDS related projects in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Mozambique. Read more about VSO Ireland's funding »
  
  
• VSO sent Irish TDs and Senators and an MLA on specialist short-term placements in Summer 2008
  Read Leo Varadkar's blog or Labour Senator Dominic Hannigan's blog.
  
  
• Comedy night for International Volunteer Day 2008
  VSO and Suas are running a comedy night in aid of both charities and in celebration of International Volunteer Day 2008. Contact the VSO Dublin office on 01-8147070 or email info@vso.ie to purchase your ticket.