What is Lens A Hand About? Glad you aksed!!

Volunteers come in all shapes and sizes. No matter what walk of life we come from, we meet these volunteers on a daily basis and i think we sometimes forget what a great thing they are doing by giving up their time to do good in the community. You may think that #LensAHand is not for you - but I'll bet it is! Each and every one of us have been impacted by a volunteer.

Think about it for a minute...

• Do your kids play for a soccer, gaelic or hurling team? The coaches are volunteers!
• Have you attended a coffee morning, table quiz, charity car boot sale or charity dance event? They are organised by volunteers!
• Have you ran in, or watched a local 5 or 10k race? They are organised by and stewarded by volunteers!
• Have you ever ran an event in work to raise awareness for a charity? Then you or your colleagues have volunteered!
• Do you enjoy the clean streets, tidy lawns and colourful flowers in your estate and along our roads? Tidy towns groups and residents committees are volunteers!
• Have you attended the St Patricks Day parade? Organised by a committee of volunteers and stewarded by volunteers!
• Have you gone to any of the local agricultural shows or vintage shows? Volunteers!

I think you see where I'm going with this. The Lens a Hand photo competition is not just open to volunteers, but everyone who has been impacted by volunteers in some way. The photo can be of you, or other volunteers in action.

We want to put the spotlight on the variety of work that is done by volunteers across County Louth and we need you to show us your pictures. And besides, there are some great prizes on offer which have been generously donated by local businesses

Here are some examples from last year’s contest of the kinds of entries we are looking for: 

For Infomation on how to entry and to also see the list of prizes for the contest click here

For terms and conditions click here

We are really looking forward to seeing your pictures and thanks to the people who have already entered!

Forget Selfies, Get Selfless! #LensAHand