PVA Partner Organisations and Acknowledgements

Our President's Volunteer Award (PVA) recipients supported the following external partner organisations and in return, UL students gained new insights and transferrable work-related skills. Many of our PVA recipients participated in local, regional, national, and global volunteer initiatives.

External Partner Organisations

ACCORD
ACT for Meningitis
ADAPT Domestic Abuse Services
ADCENTER
ADHD Ireland
African Friends Service Community (AFSCO)
Age & Opportunity
Age Action
AHEAD
AIESEC
ÁIRC Midlands
All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care
ALONE
Alzheimer Society Of Ireland
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
Amnesty International Ireland
An Focal
An Siol
An Taisce
Aphasia Ireland
ARD Family Resource Centre
Arts Office Limerick City and Council
ASD Ireland
Aspire - The Asperger Syndrome Association of Ireland
Aspire Productions
Associated Charities Trust CLG
Association of Medical Students Ireland (AMSI) - UL
Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland
Aware
Barnardos
Barretstown
Basketball Ireland
BizWorld Ireland
Books At One
Boru3Peaks
breast cancer research
BUMBLEance
Cancer Care West
Cancer Research
CARA Centre
CARI
CASA (Caring and Sharing Association)
Catholic Guides of Ireland
Central Buildings Community Project
ChangeX
ChildVision
Chisel and oak
Christ Church United Methodist and Presbyterian
Christine Buckley Centre for Education and Support
Citywise Education
Clare Crusaders Children's Clinic
Clare Volunteer Centre
Clare's Wish Foundation
Clean Coasts
Cliona's Foundation
Community Crisis Response Team
Concern Worldwide
Conradh na Gaeilge
Cope Foundation
Corpus Christi Community Companions
Crime Victims Helpline
Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac & Stroke Foundation
Crosscare
CSG Sports Club CLG/ Claremont Stadium
CSMT
CuriOcean
Cycle Against Suicide
Cycling Ireland
Cystic Fibrosis Ireland
Daughters of Charity Disability Service
Depaul
Dochas ( Autism Mid-West)
Dominics Community Centre
DORAS
Down Syndrome Ireland
EIL Intercultural Learning
EIL Volunteer Abroad
Eire Dialogue
EmployAbility Limerick
Enable Ireland
Enactus UK & Ireland
Enactus UL
Epilepsy Ireland
EVA International
Family Carers Ireland
FASD Ireland
FDYS - Your local voluntary Youth Service in County Wexford
Fighting Blindness
Fighting Words
First Fortnight
FirstLight
Focus Events
Focus Ireland
FoodCloud
Foroige
Free Dinner Project
Free Dinner Trust
Friends From Ireland
Friends Of The Elderly
Garryowen Community Development Project
Gateway to Education Homework Club
Gateway To Education Limerick
Ghana Xchange Volunteer Organization
GiveBack.ie
Global Action Plan
Global Citizen Award
Global Voluntary Development association
Glór
GOAL
GOSHH - Gender Orientation Sexual Health HIV
Greater Chernobyl Cause
GROW Community Mental Health
GSPCA
Habitat for Humanity Ireland
Haven Hub CLG
HeadstARTS
Headway Limerick
Health Equity Program
HEEALS
Helium Arts
Helping Hands
HHT IRELAND
Hillview Community Resource Centre
HOPE FOUNDATION
Hope in Motion
HOPE SPRINGS HAVEN
human right
I.NY
IADT
iCAN Irish Children's Arthritis Network
Incawasi
Inspire Foundation Malta
Integrative Therapies Centre for Autism Ireland
International Humanity Foundation
International schools partnership Uganda
Irish Architecture Foundation
Irish Cancer Society
Irish Community Rapid Response
Irish Foster Care Association
Irish Girl Guides
Irish Global Health Network
Irish Guide Dogs for the blind
Irish Heart Foundation
Irish Kidney Association
Irish League of Credit Unions
Irish Red Cross
Irish Second Level Students' Union
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Irish Squash & Education Association
Irish Tourist Assistance Service
Irish Vascultis Organisation (I.V.O.)
Irish Water Safety - Limerick City Area Committee
Irish Wheelchair Association
ISPCC
JumpAgrade
Junior Achievement Ireland
KARE Social Services
Keep Kate Walking
Killarney Looking Good Committee/Killarney Tidy Towns Committee
Kinia
Kooba
Le Cheile Mentoring and Youth Justice Support Service
Leap
Learning Hub Limerick
Limerick Animal Welfare
Limerick City Community Development Project
Limerick City Special Olympics
Limerick Early Music Festival
Limerick Fringe Festival
Limerick LGBT Pride
Limerick Life Long Learning Festival - Showcase 1st April 2017
Limerick Literary Festival
Limerick Mental Health Assocation
Limerick Printmakers
Limerick Show Society
Limerick Sports Partnership
Limerick Summerfest
Limerick Youth Service
Limerick's Cruinniú na nÓg Creative Ireland initiative
Linked Hearts Volunteers
Living Out Loud Youth Group
Living Woodlands Ecosystem Restoration

Mafanikio Community Based Organization, Kenya
Make-A-Wish Ireland
Making Connections Befriending Programme
Mark Pollock Trust
Medilexicon
Meningitis Research Foundation
Mental Health Engagement Mid West
Mental health matters 2
Mental Health Reform
MentalDIY
Mid West Simon Community
Milford Care Centre
Milford Hospice
Milford National School
Movember
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Limerick Branch
Munster Medics
National Federation of Arch Clubs
National University of Ireland
NCBI - National Council for the Blind Ireland
Neurodiversity Sandymount
New Life Centre
Nintendo Temple
NiteLine
Northstar Family Support Project
NOVAS
NUI Galway
Oesophageal Cancer Fund
Ógras
One for Ireland- Irish Youth Foundation
One in Four
Open House Cork
Operation Smile UK
Order of Malta
Organisation for Child Fellowship
OWLS - The Children's Nature Charitty
Oxfam
Ozanam House Resource Centre
Patternsfamily
Peculiar Child Care Support
Peer Drugs
Pennywell Day care centre
PERNET CLG
Peter McVerry Trust
Phibsboro Village Tidy Towns
Pieta House
Places of Sanctuary Ireland
Plan International
Polio Survivors Ireland
Positive Health 4 All
Positive Mental health
Project Fun Direction
Rainbow Club Cork for Children with Autism
Rape Crisis Midwest
Reclaiming Self CLG
Recovery Haven - Cancer Support House
Redial Partnership
ReelLIFE SCIENCE
Release Prison Partnership
Relief and Development Support Organization
Reserve Defence Force
RISE Service, RehabCare
Ronald McDonald House Charity
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Ruhama
SaaStock
Safe Haven Ireland
Saint Joseph's Shankill
Saint Kevins College
Saint Mary's Cathedral
Samaritans
Scoil Iosagain
SCOOP Foundation
Scouting Ireland
Seal Rescue Ireland
Seas Suas
SeatTech Enable Ireland
SERVE
Serve in Solidarity
Serve the City Ireland
Sexual Health West
Share A Dream Foundation
Siel Bleu Ireland
Smartvote.ie
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland
Society for Music Education in Ireland
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Solas Project
Solèy Haiti
SOSAD Ireland
South Dublin County Partnership
Southill After Schools Club
Southill Area Centre
Southill Hub
SparkED
Special Heroes Ireland
Special Olympics
Sphenoid Ireland
Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland
Spinal Injuries Ireland
Sports Across Ireland
SpunOut.ie
St Bridget’s Brownie and Guide Units
St Mary's Cathedral Choir
St Marys CDP
St Michaels N.S Barrington St
St Munchins Community Centre
St Vincent's Special School
St. Gabriel's Foundation
St. Gabriel's School & Centre
St. Patrick's Festival 2022
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Vincent's School
St. Vincent's Special School
STAND
STEPS School Completion Programme
Suas Education Development
Swim Ireland
Taakulo Ireland CLG
Tallaght Arch Club
Tallaght Community Concil
Team Hope
Text About It
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
The Brothers of Charity Services
The Cat and Dog Protection Association of Ireland
The Chocolate Brownies
The Cork Association for Autism
The Elephant Collective
The Greater Chernobyl Cause
The Haven Hub Volunteers
The HOPE Foundation
The Hunt Museum
The Hunt Society, Limerick
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
The Limerick Fringe Festival
The Mendicity Institution
The Mid West Stroke Support Group
The National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI)
The Oesophageal Cancer Fund
The ONE Campaign
The Park Nursing Home Castletroy
The PIP Foundation
The Ronald McDonald House Charity
The Saoirse Foundation
The SCOOP Foundation
The Sport Dietitian
The Umbrella Foundation
The Undergraduate Awards
The Urban Co-op
Threshold
Threshold Training Network
Thrombosis Ireland in association with Smurfit MSc Project Management PT course
Transparency International Ireland
Trocaire
Trust Us Senior Care
Tuam Headford Special Olympics Club
UNESCO Chair, Institute of Technology Tralee
UNICEF Ireland
Viatores Christi (VC)
VIDES Ireland
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival
Vision Ireland
VMM International
Voluntary Service International
Volunteer foundation Nepal
Volunteer Ireland
Volunteers Sanctuary International Development VSID
WALK
Water Safety Ireland - Limerick City
West End Youth Centre
Westside Youth Project - Youth Work Ireland, Galway
Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland
Wisdom Learning Centre
YMCA
Young SVP
Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland.
Youth Work Ireland
Zeminar

Acknowledgements

Aramark
Ballons by Orla
Dr Sports Aid Ltd
Guest Speaker, Dr Padraic Rocliffe
Irish Sign Language Interpreting Service
Lawless Flowers
National Volunteer Working Group
Oliver Philips
Q3 Group
Troy Marketing
University Concert Hall, Limerick
Volunteer Ireland

University of Limerick

Academic Registry(AR)
Buildings and Estates
Ceremonies Committee
Ceremony hosts, Student Life President, Ronan Cahill and PostGrad Student President Lucy Edith Kiiza.
Co-operative Education and Careers Division
Deans Offices, AHSS, EHS, KBS, SciEng
ITD
Marketing and Communications Division
President’s Office
Student Affairs Division
SVO Student Ambassadors
UL Alumni
UL EDI
UL Global
UL Healthy Campus
UL Postgraduate Student Union
UL Student Community Engagement Officer
UL Student Life
VPAA and SE Office

logos of President's Volunteer Awards partner organisations

Academic Year 2023/2024

President's Volunteer Award on-campus volunteer initiatives

This year’s PVA recipients succeeded in enhancing the academic and social experiences of their peers by giving back through the following on-campus volunteer initiatives. Thanks to all our friends and colleagues across campus that worked with us to sustain, create, and engage our student volunteers in these worthwhile volunteer initiatives and opportunities.

Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS):

• Language Learning Hub, Student Leadership Programme

• Student Ambassador Programme, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2024

Centre for Teaching and Learning:

• The Regional Writing Centre – Readers and Judges

Enactus UL:

• Anytime of the Month, Restart

Faculty of Education and Health Science (EHS)/ School of Medicine (SoM):

• Association of Medical Students Ireland (AMSI), Emergency Medicine Student Society UL Chapter, ‘Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières’ (FoMSF), General Practice Interest Group, Peer Anatomy Tutor, PeerMedics Lecturer, UL GEM Psychiatry Interest Group, UL GP Group, UL Cardiology, UL Committee 2023/24, UL Health Equity Program, UL Paediatric Society, Students for Technology and Engineering in Medical Science (STEMs), Colorectal Surgery Group, Colorectal Surgery, Extreme Medicine, Radiology, Orthopaedic, Radiology, Phlebotomy in MRHT, Doctorial Auditor.

Kemmy Business School

• KBS Student Ambassador

Postgraduate Students’ Union:

• Class Representatives, PSU Council, PSU Executive, Diwali, Postgrad Month, Men’s mental health, Council Teams, PSU events, ERB, Shannon Region Postgraduate Conference, International Women’s Day. (Smaller scale volunteering goes under the heading of PSU events)

Student Affairs Division:

• Access Campus, Access Office, Arts Office, Chaplaincy, Student Volunteering Office - President’s Volunteer Award programme & SVO Ambassadors, First Year Support Office - A Breath of UL & Be MindfUL, Mature Student Office.

Student Engagement and Success Unit & Faculty of Science & Engineering:

• UL Student Leadership Initiative, The Synthesis and Solid-State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC)

UL Global:

• Buddy Programme, Campus Connect, UL International Ambassadors

UL Student Life:

• The Commuter Hub, Clubs & Societies, Charity Week, Executive Council, Student Council, Welfare team, Communities Team, Class Representatives.