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Volunteer Stories

Volunteers share their experiences of volunteering in Mayo and how they feel it has benefited them, their organisations and their communities.

Derek and Jenny, Ballina

Derek and Jenny Graham

Derek and Jenny are a married couple from Ballina who have lived and volunteered in refugee camps around the world. Here is their story in their own words. Our story, [...]

Leo Troy

Leo, from Ballina sees volunteering his time as an essential part of belonging to his local community. Leo has volunteered with Ballina Salmon Festival, the Irish Guide Dogs and over [...]

Ruairí Gallagher

At just Ruairí 17 years of age, Ruairí has a great sense of community and an interest in volunteering, so much so that he gives up a few hours every [...]

Nicki McLoughlin

Nicki has been volunteering for over 20 years as the Volunteer Coordinator with Friends of Ballina District Hospital. The service was originally set up to provide visitation to those who [...]

Mary McGreal

Mary has been actively volunteering in many projects within the Westport area for over 40 years. She started volunteering in the Westport Family & Community Resource Centre when it was [...]

Joe Fenton

Joe retired from Coillte Teoranta in May 2017, and has since given his time to volunteering with a number of organisations in the Castlebar area. At a retirement course before [...]

Michael McGloin

Michael has been voluntering with the Mayo North Promotions Office, a tourism destination development and marketing office for nearly two years. Michael was initially attracted to the role as he had [...]