Meet The Wheel in Clare - Networking and Supports for Nonprofits: 29 November 2017

This two-hour interactive forum is an opportunity to learn about The Wheel's Regional Support Programme [4], meet our Regional Champion for Galway and Clare, Donncha Foley, and to hear about how community, voluntary and charitable organisations can get the most from the services offered by The Wheel.

Participants can also look forward to networking, and renewing acquaintances, with other community and voluntary organisations.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the session, participants will be:

• Familiar with The Wheel regional support programme and the role of the Regional Champion for Galway and Clare
• Aware of the supports provided by The Wheel and the benefits of membership.
• Able to identify key issues affecting the community and voluntary sector.

Participants will also have the opportunity to share - with each other and The Wheel - the issues they face and the supports needed to do their work better.

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Facilitators:

Johnny Sheehan recently joined The Wheel as Membership and Regional Coordinator. The main focus of his work is to drive the development, presence and participation in The Wheel’s programmes regionally, support the work of the National Rural Network and to support member engagement in The Wheel.
 

Johnny has more than 20 years’ experience working in the development, youth work and environmental sectors. He worked with Dóchas as Project Coordinator for the European Year for Development 2015 and with the National Youth Council of Ireland as Development Education Programme Coordinator from 2004 to 2012.

 

He was chairperson of Comhlámh from 2013-2016. He has a background in Environmental Science and worked as a volunteer in Central America during the 1990s.

 

Donncha Foley is The Wheel Regional Champion for Galway and Clare.

 

Donncha will support you to learn more about The Wheel and how membership can benefit your organisation and advance the work you do.

 

To contact Donncha, who is based in Galway with Volunteer Galway, please phone (091) 581727 or email donncha@volunteergalway.ie [5]

 

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Feedback from previous attendees of The Wheel's Regional Forum events:

"I felt that the information was presented in a very understandable manner and the opportunity to workshop was very helpful. It felt as if the Wheel was on 'our side' as a charity. I really enjoyed meeting representatives of organisations of all sizes" A. Colreavy, Galway Autism Partnership

"Excellent platform for information exchange, knowledge update & capacity building" I. Muheeb, Brothers of Charity Galway & GRETB

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