Is your organisation seeing an increase in the number of volunteers offering to help during the COVID-19 crisis? Louth Volunteer Centre has seen a 145% increase in volunteer registrations in the first quarter of 2020, with most volunteers keen to get involved in supporting the COVID-19 efforts. This may be for a variety of reasons; as we know, a lot of people have found themselves suddenly out of work and there is an increased awareness of the need for volunteers through the government's Community Call.

But what is the key to keeping at least some of these new volunteers beyond COVID-19? Volunteer Ireland will discuss the fundamentals of creating a positive volunteering culture and engaging volunteers in a meaningful way in a free webinar on Tuesday May 5th.

The webinar will take place online from 11am-12pm and registration is free. Registration is available via this link.

The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) has compiled the following list of words about coronavirus (also called COVID-19) with plain English explanations which might prove useful to many. We hear a lot of these words everyday on the news, radio, TV and online.

https://www.nala.ie/covid-19-words-explained/?mc_cid=fd1f97c31f&mc_eid=1a2a6bcc3e

Our Drogheda and Dundalk offices are closed at present due to restrictions caused by the Corona Virus but we are still working behind closed doors and welcome your calls and emails:

041-9809008 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you want to be put on a list of volunteers who will be contacted about priority tasks go to www.i-vol.ie/sign-up/ and tick the box at the bottom saying are available for COVID-19 support. We can all pull through this together!