Promoting Good Practice in
Community Organisations Across Fingal County
The Award Scheme is part of the Fingal Volunteer Centre and Fingal County Council’s activities to celebrate European Year of Volunteering 2011, and is intended to acknowledge groups who, through their commitment to voluntary and community activities, have played a significant role in enhancing the quality of life of their communities across Fingal. 

Organisations involving volunteers will have the opportunity to apply for the award by completing the eight indicators at either level 1,2 or 3, and the Fingal Volunteer Centre will provide support training and online resources for the Award Scheme. Stuart Garland, Manager of Fingal Volunteer Centre said “This award recognises the valuable contribution that volunteers and volunteer involving organisations make to their local communities across Fingal County. We are delighted to provide volunteer management supports to encourage volunteering amongst the 240,000 residents of Fingal and also to ensure that supports are in place for volunteers in the wide range of 650 organisations and 2,600 volunteers that have engaged with Fingal Volunteer Centre over the last number of years”. 

Sinead Wiley, Senior Community Officer Fingal County Council added “Fingal County Council Community Office is delighted to be involved in the design and development of the Fingal Managing Volunteer Awards. Local Voluntary Organisations are the bedrock of vibrant communities and provide invaluable social activities for people living in County Fingal. It is therefore important to acknowledge and support their efforts and the work of the Fingal Volunteer Centre”. For more information on the Fingal Managing Volunteer Award and to download an application pack please visit www.fingalcoco.ie or www.volunteerfingal.ie

Downloads and Resources (Adobe PDF files)
Information pack on Fingal Managing Volunteers Award 
Introduction letter to the Fingal Managing Volunteers Award
Registration of Interest Form

Self Assessment application forms will be sent out to you when we receive your signed and completed Registration of Interest Form. 

Toolkit 
The Links for the toolkit will be added over the next few weeks 

Fingal County Council is the local authority for the administrative county of Fingal. It is one of three local authorities that comprised the former Dublin County Council before its abolition and one of four councils in the Dublin Region. The county seat is in Swords with another major office in Blanchardstown. The county administration is headed by a County Manager, leading a team of functional heads and directors of services. Fingal County Council is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The Council has 24 elected members who are elected are by single transferable vote in elections held every 5 years. Fingal covers an area of 452.7 sq.km and has 88km of coastline stretching from Sutton in the south to Balbriggan in the north. Visit www.fingalcoco.ie 

European Year of Volunteering 2011 2011 been designated by the European Union as the European Year of Volunteering (EYV2011). The objectives of EYV2011 are to: Create an enabling environment for volunteering, Empower volunteer organisations, Recognise volunteering activities and raise awareness about value & importance of volunteering. Visit www.eyv2011.ie