About Tydavnet Faith & Light
Tydavnet Faith and Light is a voluntary organisation that meets once a month with a break during the summer months. Our aims are to ensure that people with any intellectual disability or any other need are included within our society.
Our meetings are called fiestas, and at these we have time for some party pieces, celebrate birthdays or any other occasion or achievement, a mass/prayer service and time for tea and something to eat. The main goal is to provide a social outing for our special people!
Outside our fiestas, we have outings throughout the year - Lough Derg, Knock and a weekend away in Roscommon are annual events. We also have National Days and Fun days hosted in different communities in different places.
What's Involved
Setting up the hall - putting up banners, setting the tables for tea afterwards before the fiesta. Speaking to our members, guiding those through an activity, helping special people mime out the gospel, helping to serve out the tea!
Fiestas take place from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm one Sunday per month.
What's required for this position
Patience, being able to listen, learning different methods of communication, being able to have fun and explore friendships with people of different ages and abilities!
- Arts/ Music/ Drama
- Hospitality/ Befriending
- Personable Skills
- Trades/ Operative/ Manual
- Youth/ Childcare
Level of English required for this role:
Intermediate English
Times and commitment required for this role
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Minimum time commitment: 1 year
Hours required: 4hrs Monthly
Other Details
Location of volunteering opportunity:
Tydavnet Community Centre, Tydavnet, Co. Monaghan
Other location details:
Monaghan; Tydavnet
Screening details for this role:
- Garda Vetting
- References
- Identification Check (photo ID etc…)
Volunteers will be provided with the following supports:
- Support/ advice/ recognition
- Supervision
- Initial induction and training
Volunteers with the following challenges will be supported in this role
- Physical Disability
- Learning Disability
- Mental Health Difficulties
Age restrictions:
Over 16
Is this opportunity suitable for groups/teams of volunteers?
Yes
Benefits you will receive as a volunteer
Building self confidence and self esteem, learning new methods of communication, taking on new challenges - lead the helpers, take on new roles within the mass
Getting there
Car, Local Link transport
