The European Union have designated this year as The European Year of Volunteering (EYV2011). Each European country has its own coordinating body for the year and Volunteering Ireland is coordinating body for Ireland. There will be many events occurring throughout 2011 which will celebrate and promote volunteering in Irish society.

EYV 2011 will kick off with an opening ceremony on February 12th in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham between 2 and 4pm. President Mary McAleese will be present and has kindly agreed to be Patron for the Year. The Irish EYV 2011 web site (www.eyv2011.ie) has recently been launched, check it out for more information.  

For the latest on EYV 2011 events in Fingal check our EYV 2011 pages on this web site.  

The main EU EYV 2011 web site can be accessed at http://europa.eu/volunteering/