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Volunteer Ireland Awards
Deadline Extended!
We are delighted to announce that we have extended the deadline for nominations to this year's Volunteer Ireland Awards to Friday 9th October! So many of you were busy preparing for and celebrating National Volunteering Week with us that we wanted to make sure you still had time to nominate a volunteer (or volunteers!) for a prestigious national award.
Making a nomination is quick, easy and free, but best of all every single nominee will receive a special 'thank you' card from us to let them know that they we appreciate them and everything they do.
This year, as we will not be able to have an in person awards event, each awardee will have their own unique celebration in their home or place of volunteering, where they will receive a special delivery from Volunteer Ireland, and be cheered on by their family and friends.
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Category Spotlights
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COVID-19
Know someone who went the extra mile during COVID-19 to help their neighbours, community or a local charity?
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Sport & Recreation
Know a volunteer that helps their local club, recreation centre or organises outdoor pursuits?
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Campaigning & Activism
Know someone who campaigns, raises awareness or funding for a cause they care about?
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Arts, Culture & Festivals
Know someone who helps make our local events, cultural festivals and arts activities possible?
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Winner Spotlight
Azeez Yusuff, Sport Against Racism Ireland
Azeez Yusuff was the deserving winner of the 2019 Sport & Recreation Award for his volunteering with SARI. He has emerged from the Asylum Process to become a Sports Coach and a Youth Leader on three programmes of the NGO Charity, Sport Against Racism Ireland. As a ‘Refugee in Waiting’ in the asylum process, with no English on his arrival in the Irish Republic, he struggled against racism and Islamophobia and was supported nurtured through the coaching and youth ranks of SARI to become Head Sports Coach of the organisation.
The young Nigerian born footballer has made a major impact on the unaccompanied minors on Soccernites, working with young boys many of whom have been trafficked into the country from conflict zones. As coach of the Hijabs and Hat Tricks programme, he has acted as a tutor and mentor for three of the young Muslim girls who have now become coaches and youth leaders themselves.
He is totally dedicated to using the medium of sport to tackle all forms of discrimination and for the cultural integration and social inclusion of young alienated and marginalised people.
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