The Blue Teapot Theatre Company share a recognition event in Galway..... The Blue Teapot Theatre company operates the BBBS Programme among its members to deepen frienships within the company, develop communication skills such as listening, share life experiences, build...

National Volunteering Week........ National Volunteering Week takes place from May 14th - 20th! See how you can take part & make a difference at www.volunteer.ie

BBBS are seeking volunteers in Donegal......... Foroige's Big Brother Big Sister Programme is currently seeking volunteers in Donegal to work with young people for one or two hours per week. If you are interested or would like more info please...

Fantastic Support for BBBS in Mayo. BBBS in Mayo would like to sincerely thank various organisations that are continuing to support the work of volunteers by providing funding, expertise and sponsorship. In doing so, they are making...

Offaly Matches get creative at Collage Workshops ...... Community Matches participated in collage workshops thanks to sponsorship from The Arts Office, Offaly County Council. The aim of the workshops was to promote the concept of role models, encourage...

Silver Health Quality Award goes to BBBS..... The aim of the HQA is to develop and sustain quality youth health promotion in youth organisations. The HQA is a partnership between the National Youth Council of Ireland, the Health Service...

Three legged treasure Hunt enjoyed by school matches... Bigs and Littles from Riversdale Community College in Blanchardstown enjoyed an exciting Easter Treasure Hunt, which was made more challenging by matches having to compete in a three legged...

New York Nails, Cork, offer BBBS matches great deals... New York Nails, Cork are offering a special reduced rate for Bigs and Littles to get their nails done. Check out the link: www.newyorknails.net

Big thanks to MIDLANDS 103 Radio BBBS Offaly would like to thank Midlands 103 for sponsoring and airing an add on behalf of the programme.The add aids to aim to increase awareness about the programme in the region and it is hoped...

BBBS duo display their artistic skills... Bernadette and Emma have been matched for over two years and the photograph captures the moment when they shared their artistic talents, and produced the pictures of which they are extremely...

Bigs & Littles in Athlone enjoy baking together. Big Sister, Lorraine Davidson, shared a fun evening with other volunteers and Littles making and decorating delicious buns and cup cakes. Bright colours and creativity set the theme for the...

Health Quality Award Newsletter, January 2011  check out the link below to view the HQA Newsletter: http://bbbsireland.ie/uplds/hqa2.pdf

Food Dude Awards for Offaly matches...... BBBS participants in Offaly were awarded certificates for successfully completing The Food Dude Programme.Matches took part in a Community Food and Health Course which was hosted by...

BBBS give support to The BlueTeapot Company, Galway  The Blue Teapot Theatre Company strive to create a community in Ireland where people with learning disabilities are embraced for their creative contribution; a place that provides an...

Wall of Inspiration gets support from Bucaneers Rugby Team, Athlone. The Wall of Inspiration is about recognising the people who inspire us in our daily lives. We all have many people to thank for where we are today,people who have encouraged, supported, motivated...

BBBS participants run the Cork Mini Marathon Littles and volunteers joined together to run the Cork Mini Marathon. The participants collected over €600 for the BBBS Programme, and received medals for their courageous effort....

School mentoring commences nationally. BBBS School mentoring programme has commenced in schools around the country. The programme matches first years to senior cycle students with the aim of easing their transition into secondary...

Site-mentoring kicks off in Galway August 2010 saw BBBS, Galway initiate a site-mentoring programme. The aim of the week was two fold. Firstly it was to raise awareness in the community about the programme and...

Offaly participants engage in the art of mosaic Participants of  BBBS attended mosaic workshops in Offaly, thanks to the sponsorship of the  Arts Office, Offaly County Council. Ms Beck, the tutor, summed  up...

BBBS participants meet President Mary McAleese at a Garden party in Áras an Uachtaráin. Three BBBS matches from Dublin, Paul Tannian, National Manager, BBBS, and Mairi McMahon, Chairperson of Foroige, had a fantastic day out at the President's garden party on Thursday, the 8th of...

Matches fish for Salmon in Mayo In conjunjunction with the North Western Regional Fishery Board, matches from Mayo enjoyed  a fantastic evening fishing along the banks of the River Moy. The whole region is in full...

Glanmire College Schools Programme a great success Glanmire Community College has just completed a very successful BBBS Schools Programme .This was the first time the school participated in the mentoring programme, and everyone involved enjoyed the...

Winners - school poster competition. Loreto Secondary School,  Fermoy,  won this years school poster competition. Kate O' Riordan and Ann Marie Coughlan designed the poster with the help of Antoinette McDonagh. They used...

Tag Rugby- Galway BBBS are looking for both male and female tag rugby enthusiasts to partake in an exciting new initiative. We are startng a new programme in August that will involve adults who will be matched up to...

West of Ireland Ladies Mini Marathon BBBS staff, volunteers and parents took part in the West of Ireland Ladies Mini Marathon.The BBBS participants set of on the 10km run followed by a tasty barbeque in the BBBS office where family...

Success of Table Quiz, Sligo The Big Brother Big Sister Programme, Sligo held a fundraising table quiz in The Garavogue Bar. It was a great night and the winning table was Edna Lynch, Jane Whyte, James Lynch and Martina Lynch...

School matches enjoy sporty day out. BBBS school participants from Moyne College VEC enjoyed a fun filled sports day in Pure Skill, Fusion of Sport, Knocknacarra, Galway. The students participated in sports such as indoor golf,...

BBBS Partners in Clara looking for volunteers... Clara Family and Community Resource Centre are partners of the Big Brother Big Sister Programme. They are currently recruiting volunteers from Clara town and the surrounding areas. If you have 1-2...

BBBS holds Craft Workshop in the Midlands BBBS  become creative during a paper mache workshop   Participants from BBBS, Offaly participated in a paper mache workshop. The aim of the workshop was to promote patience,...

BBBS Offaly Launches Recruitment Campaign:  This week we are delighted to launch our 30 Volunteers in 30 Days initiative, with the strong support of The Midlands Tribune and Midlands 103, to recruit more volunteers for The Big...

Galway volunteers enjoy great night out. Night at the dogs To celebrate the fantastic achievement of winning a Mayors Award, Galway volunteers attended a night at the Galway Greyhound track. Volunteers were invited to bring a friend...

"World of Difference", Vodafone, Ireland is looking for your support. "The World of Difference programme, run by Vodafone Ireland Foundation, offers four people a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work for a charity of their choice with all expenses paid and a salary...

BBBS Galway wins Mayor Award BBBS volunteers in Galway won a  Mayor Award, in the category of Youth Support, on the 26th January, 2010. Congratulations to all the Galway volunteers for their  outstanding...

Raffle Winners Announced! Congratulations to the winners of BBBS Winter Raffle: Project Officer, Yvonne McManus presents Gerry Coyle with a weekend away for two in the Tullamore Court Hotel, Offaly. 1st.  Gerry...

The Tullamore Challenge The Big Brother Big Sister Programme, Offaly held a fundraising quiz " The Tullamore Challenge" in November in the Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore. Over 30 teams registered for this prestigious...

Half Marathon raises BBBS profile in Dublin. Paul Dooley from Athlone,  proudly ran for Big Brothers Big Sisters, Ireland in the Lifestyle Sports - Adidas Half Marathon held in Dublin recently. and raised money...

Successful Fundraising Quiz, Castlebar A massive thanks to each and every quiz team that attended the ‘Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ireland' Table Quiz in ‘Bosh', Castlebar. In total we had twenty teams participating and...

U.S. Actor Matt McCoy supports Leadership for Life Programme Catherine Casey (Big Brother Big Sister Galway) and Sarah Clarke (Foróige Ballinasloe, Galway) pictured at the Albert Schweitzer Leadership for Life programme with U.S actor Matt McCoy. Matt...

Tullamore Lyons Club sponsor BBBS, Offaly. A Big Brother Big Sister participant is sponsored by Tullamore Lyons Club.A 17 year old youth from Tullamore Town has received sponsorship from Tullamore Lyons Club to participate in the Albert...

Memories of the Volvo Ocean Race It was the biggest thing to hit Galway in decades....... the Volvo Ocean Race Galway Stopover was a 15 day spectacular of sport, culture and craic and of course Big Brother Big Sister was in the...

Fit 4 Life, Ballina, fundraiser. Elizabeth Murphy and Michele Reynolds from Ballina Fit4Life presenting the proceeds from their recent 10k run in Ballina to Rebecca Cawley and Ciara Keane from the Big Brothers Big Sisters of...

The positive impact of youth mentoring is celebrated in Dublin On May 27th 2009 a large crowd gathered at the Gresham Hotel on O'Connell St. in Dublin City Centre to officially launch the Big Brother Big Sister Programme and to celebrate the efforts of Big...

RTE chat show host gives mentoring a smile of approval. Aidan Power of RTE's chat show for young people "The Café" met up with Project Officer Clodagh Rogers in Dublin recently. Aidan was visiting Blanchardstown Youth Services to open a new youth...

Schools all over Ireland enjoy the end of year BBBS celebrations From Donegal to Cork students who participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters School Mentoring Programme enjoyed a trip to remember. Each school thought of different ways to celebrate their...

Midlands join forces ....... The Big Brother Big Sister Programme in Offaly and Westmeath had a combined family event which was held in Jumping Jacks fun factory in Tullamore. The event was organised to celebrate and recognise...

Galway honour commitment of volunteers and young people Big Brothers Big Sisters Galway Celebrate Success The Big Brother Big Sister Youth Mentoring Programme held a Recognition Event in the Clayton Hotel Galway on the 18th May 2009. Over 100 young...

Irish chart toppers Bell X1 give their support to Big Brother Big Sister Left To Right- Irish Chart-toppers Bell X 1- Dave Geraghty, Dominic Phillips and Paul Noonan Taking a break from sound-check duties in Vicar Street, Bell X 1 met Alan Quinn (Galway BBBS Project...

Leader of Fine Gael, Enda Kenny, visits Big Brother Big Sister Centre Despite a very busy schedule, Enda Kenny (TD) managed to find half an hour to drop into the newly re-furbished Big Brother Big Sister Centre in Castlebar. The centre has been upgraded to a very...

Fantastic celebrations at Recognition Event in Cork The Big Brother Big Sister Cork Youth Mentoring Programme, which is sponsored by the Vodafone Ireland Foundation, held its 1st Recognition Event in the Vienna Woods Hotel Cork on the 9th March 09....

Sleeve Bloom Mountains event for Offaly matches... Big Brother Big Sister Programme participants in Offaly visited the Sleeve Bloom Mountains as part of a healthy choices programme funded by the Midlands Regional Drug Task Force. The Estate Manager...

What's new in Donegal... Big Brother Big Sister Donegal has had a huge response to its New Year Resolution appeal for volunteers. Various press releases were run in local papers and the response so far has been great and...

Big Brother from Galway shares his comments about BBBS Adrian is one of our Galway Big Brothers. Here is what he had to say about his experience so far. "I am 32 years old and would consider myself your average male Galwegian. I have been a Big...

Big Brother Big Sister Cork News! Big Brother Big Sister Cork is runnng its annual 30 Volunteers in 30 Days campaign. We have had a great response so far and we are still looking for more people to volunteer. As part of the...

The Mayor's Awards, 2008 Galway volunteers for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Programme were nominated for the Mayor's Awards which took place in the Black Box Theatre on Tuesday evening, 20th January 2009.  The event...

Excitement is building for 2009 Recruitment Campaign Due to the fantasic success of our 2008 Recruitment campaign, we are launching another "30 volunteers in 30 days" . In Galway, along with our partners, Impactmedia, iradio and the Galway...

Irish Rugby Stars support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ireland Irish Rugby Stars support national volunteer recruitment campaign.  The aim of the campaign is to encourage adult volunteers to share a few hours a week with a young person with similar...

BBBS Cork extends a big 'Thank You' for community support Two community's in Cork have been very supportive in offering their premises to the BBBS programme for matches to meet up and enjoy activities together. St.Vincent de Paul in Mallow, County Cork...

First Ever BBBS National Event in Delphi Mountain Resort Big Brother Big Sister Programme Celebrates Rapid Growth with a Funfilled National Event in Delphi Mountain Resort The Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) Youth Mentoring Programme held its 1st national...

Circus Fun enjoyed by matches in the Midlands...... Circus Skills in the Midlands BBBS Participants from both Westmeath and Offaly were invited to a day of fun. We started the day with a game of bowling in Athlone, where the young people proceeded...

Tallaght young people enjoy trip to Bulgaria In the early hours of Tuesday, 5th August, members of the Tallaght Youth Forum met up to embark on an exciting adventure to visit participants of a Big Brother Big Sister project in Bulgaria! The...

Mayo matches walk among the tree-tops   "The Lough Key Experience"   On June 28th, two bus loads of Mayo-based matches ventured across the border, to visit Lough Key Forest Park, in Boyle Co....

Sligo matches enjoy cooking in the kitchen Some of the matches involved with on site mentoring prepared a dinner party for themselves during the summer .  Several matches worked together and prepared a scumptious dinner which everyone...

Bumper Day at Galway BBQ Big Brother Big Sister Galway Summer BBQ On Saturday the 9th of August we held our annual Big Brother Big Sister Summer BBQ in the beautiful Renville Park in Oranmore, Galway. As tradition would...

BBBS expanding in Galway.   BBBS Getting Bigger in Galway.  Hey There!Hope your Summer is going well-even if the weather isn't! We are happy to announce in Galway that BBBS is growing all the time. Our Campaign...

Busker Brownes Party Night for Volunteers Our Project Officers in Galway, Ciara and Alan, hosted a brilliant evening  in Busker Brownes on Friday last.   There was food and fun to be had by all, but more...

Summer BBQ planned for Galway  ....Time to chill On Sat 9th August we would like to invite all our Galway City and Countymatches to attend our Summer BBQ. It will take place at 11am in Renville Park. We held a similar...

Offaly Programme provides First Aid Course for volunteers First Aid Course Big Brother Big Sister adult volunteers in Offaly have a great opportunity to participate in a recognised first aid training, conducted by Midlands Training Centre. The course is...

Dublin, North, South and Central Bulgaria, here we come !!16 young people from Tallaght in Dublin, plan to visit the BBBS Programme in Bulgaria in August, as part of a cultural exchange programme.These young people are all part of...

Co.Westmeath News from Westmeath  Site MentoringBig Brother Big Sister in Westmeath has commenced site mentoring in St Mary's Youth Ministry in Athlone ! We are now delighted to be able to offer...

New to Cavan/Monaghan......... The Big Brother Big Sister Programme is now operating in the Cavan/Monaghan region. The programme is developing rapidly with many adults  interested and volunteering to become Big...

A Day at the Zoo The Zoo - St. Marks National School Tuesday the 13th May all big brothers/ sisters and little brothers/ sisters from St. Marks NS from Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin went on a trip to the zoo. It...

Celebrations & Congratulations in Roscommon  The Schools Programme in Elphin Community College and Roscommon Community College has just come to an end for the summer. Everyone involved celebrated by going bowling, having fun and sharing...

The fantastic success of latest advertising campaign January 2008 saw the launch of a brand new initiative entitled "30 volunteers in 30 days" , which we hope will be an annual event. In assossiation with the Galway Advertiser and Galway First...

What's new in Sligo My name is Sandra Dooley and I have just recently joined the Big Brother Big Sister Team as the project officer in Sligo. At the moment I am settling in and meeting new people. However, here is...

Co.Donegal   Magh Éne College, Bunboran, Co. Donegal BBBS Matches  Thursday lunchtime is a special time for a group of first year and fifth year students at Maigh Éne...

Co.Cork Big Brother Big Sister, Cork, sponsored by the Vodafone Ireland Foundation Big Brother Big Sisters roll-out in Cork has been going really well since September 2007. We have...