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So you want to be a Health Promotion Officer
Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health. Health promotion recognises that everything that affects a person’s everyday living has an impact on their health and well-being; this in turn affects people’s quality of life. There
A day in the life of a Community Engagement Manager
" The skills I learned from physics have been invaluable and allow me to make a real positive impact in our society...it’s hard to ask anything more from a degree!" I work as a Community Engagement Manager with the Inspire Ireland Foundation , which uses technology to help young
A day in the life of a Development Aid Researcher
"activities as diverse as chasing baboons away from water holes so that I can take water quality samples, to advising the Minister of Health of the Mexican State of Yucatan on how to use SODIS to provide clean water in a post-hurricane disaster situation". A typical day? I don
Volunteers Tell of their Experiences Overseas
“Come and see, then go home and tell what you have seen”- Jenny Derbyshire, volunteer with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. In recent years I have spent two periods of three months working as a volunteer with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel
Q and A with Thomas Street Volunteer Ambassador
"I’m a pretty outgoing and social person and have always loved chatting with people. Volunteering in the Liberties area has led me to meeting many different nationalities and lots of different characters with their own story to tell.", Paula Connolly - Thomas Street Volunteer Ambassador What inspired you
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Fire Fighter & First Responder
Nicole is 19 years old and volunteers with the Blessington Community First Responders and works as a Retained Fire Fighter with Wicklow Fire Service as well as being successful in her application for Deputy Manager position in her local ALDI store. After completing her leaving certificate Nicole progressed to a