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Posted: Sat 5th Jun 2021
Welsh Ambulance Service celebrates over 800 volunteers who give up their time to support the service
The Welsh Ambulance Service is celebrating the work of its volunteers as part of national Volunteers’ Week.
Volunteers’ Week (01-07 June) is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering.
More than 800 volunteers give up their time to support the ambulance service in Wales, including 600 Community First Responders and 200 Volunteer Car Drivers.
Jason Killens, Chief Executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: “As an ambulance service, we depend hugely on the contribution of our volunteers, come rain or shine.
THE Welsh Ambulance Service is celebrating the work of its volunteers as part of national Volunteers’ Week. Volunteers’ Week (June 1 to 7) is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering. More than 800 volunteers give up their time to support the ambulance service in Wales, including 600 Community First Responders and 200 Volunteer Car Drivers. Jason Killens, Chief Executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: “As an ambulance service, we depend hugely on the contribution of our volunteers, come rain or shine. “The commitment from volunteers through the Covid-19 pandemic in particular has been incredible, and we are enormously grateful to those who have stepped up to help us during these difficult times.
Two Kildare good causes hoping for a Lotto luck next weekend
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On Saturday, May 29, Kildare organisations the Irish Peatland Conservation Council and Naas Community First Responders will compete in two different categories in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards.
These awards honour the inspiring work and achievements of thousands of projects, clubs and individuals from all over Ireland who with the help of National Lottery Good Causes funding have had an extraordinary impact on their local communities. Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes all over the country.
Two Kildare groups in the running for National Lottery funding
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On Saturday 29th May, Irish Peatland Conservation Council and Naas Community First Responders will compete in two different categories in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards.
The National Lottery Good Causes Awards honour the inspiring work and achievements of thousands of projects, clubs and individuals from all over Ireland who with the help of National Lottery Good Causes funding have had an extraordinary impact on their local communities. Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes all over the country.
Irish Peatland Conservation Council are finalists in the Heritage category of the Awards. The purpose of the IPCC, a charity based at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre, is to protect a representative sample of peatland habitat for people to enjoy today and into the future. Their project ‘Enhancing Breeding Habitat for the Endangered Marsh Fritill