Volunteer Opportunities
Making Connections
Making Connections funded by the Dormant Accounts fund is a befriending project between older and young people in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown area which supports independent living for the third generation. This project operates from Glenard. Student and young adult volunteers visit an older neighbour for an hour a week and have a chat or go for a walk, as friends do, relieving the elderly person of some of their lonliness and isolation. Bringing these generations togethet breaks down barriers and fosters mutual appreciation and friendship. Please contact Making Connections directly if you would like to volunteer.
“Too often we underestimate the power of a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around”
Leo Buscaglia
Computer Club for Older People
- Building Digital Bridges Between Generations
The purpose of the club is to enable older people to learn how to use computers, the Internet and E-mail. The main instructors are young people who undertake this work as volunteers. If you would like to participate, please contact Glenard.
This project - Building Digital Bridges Between Generations - is funded by a grant from the Department of the Taoiseach.
This project - Building Digital Bridges Between Generations - is funded by a grant from the Department of the Taoiseach.
