Clients

• Writing a volunteer training manual for an information and communications technology training course for older people.

[Age Action Ireland website]

• Producing a good practice handbook for the management committees and boards of voluntary networks in the independent broadcasting sector (subcontracted by Carmichael Cente for Voluntary Groups).

[Broadcasting Commission of Ireland website]

• Evaluating the Care Alliance Exchange newsletter.

[Care Alliance Ireland website]

• Assisting with conference organisation and facilitation.
• Writing information leaflets on setting up new organisations, boards, running meetings, fundraising and staffing.
• Rewriting a handbook for management committee/board members of small and medium community and voluntary organisations.
• Producing an operations manual for the centre.
• Undertaking a feasibility study into developing a quality mark for small and medium community and voluntary organisations in Ireland.
• Developing internal policies for the centre.
• Various subcontracts.

[Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups website]

• Evaluating a code of good practice for organisations that send volunteers overseas.
• Running an organisational development day with Sheila Cahill.

[Comhlámh website]

• Editing a governance manual.

[Disability Federation of Ireland website]

• Editing a Social Welfare Bill submission on behalf of Free Legal Advice Centres and Northside Community Law Centre (subcontracted by Ciara Murray).

[Free Legal Advice Centres website]

• Facilitating a discussion on the future of the organisation and writing a report.

[Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association website]

• Rewriting branch guidelines.

[Muscular Dystrophy Ireland website]

• Delivering volunteer training.

[National Gallery of Ireland website]

• Developing a five year volunteer development strategy.
• Writing the strategic and operational plans for volunteer development.

[Oxfam Ireland website]

• Developing guidelines for member support.

[Society of St Vincent de Paul website]

• Writing the Solid Foundations series of best practice guides for community and voluntary organisations.
• Evaluating the 2008/9 Stronger Leaders programme.
• Researching leadership networks.

[The Wheel website]

• Preparing the manuscript for a biodiversity textbook commissioned by the Systematics Association.
• Preparing the manuscript for a textbook on climate change commissioned by the Systematics Association.

[Trinity College Dublin Department of Botany website]

• Writing and rewriting 23 fact sheets.
• Undertaking a membership needs analysis.
• Writing the country report for Ireland for a comparative European study on volunteering.
• Associate Trainer.

[Volunteering Ireland website]

• Facilitating volunteer seminar.

[Alone website]

• Undertaking policy development and providing governance support.

• Assisting with matters relating to being a company limited by guarantee.
• Drawing up codes of conduct for board members and other volunteers.

[Court Support Services website]

• Editing and proofreading a discussion document about rent supplement, subcontracted by Ciara Murray.

[Crosscare website]

• Writing an action plan for the setting up of a community law centre in Dublin 8.

• Developing strategic plan.

• Delivering a presentation on effective volunteer involvement.

[Fingal Volunteer Centre website]

• Delivering a Volunteering Ireland workshop on the effective recruitment of volunteers.

[GAA Leinster Council website]

• Evaluating the effectiveness of the volunteer programme and drawing up an action plan.
• Developing a volunteer manual.

[Henrietta Adult and Community Education website]

• Undertaking an 18 month project to increase participation of homeless people in the services that they use (working together with Ciara Murray).

[Homeless Agency website]

• Delivering Volunteering Ireland training on the effective management of volunteers.

[MS Society of Ireland website]

• Editing a Social Welfare Bill submission on behalf of Northside Community Law Centre and Free Legal Advice Centres (subcontracted by Ciara Murray).

[Northside Community Law Centre website]

• Delivering Volunteering Ireland training on the effective management of volunteers.

[Offaly Community Forum website]

• Delivering a course on developing a volunteer policy (subcontracted by Volunteering Ireland).

[South Tipperary Volunteer Centre website]

• Evaluating the Volunteer Support Service.

[Volunteer Limerick website]