‘Volunteering is the best thing to happen to me for a long time, I love it’ – how helping out in the community has become a way of life for many
Aoife Leahy, left, is a volunteer with Thrive in Balbriggan
Community, sporting and charitable organisations rely on a huge number of volunteers giving their time week in, week out to keep them going.
Census figures from 2022, released by the Central Statistics Office last month, show more than 700,000 people are regularly engaged in volunteering.
