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🎉 Volunteer Appreciation & Celebration Event 2026

PsyCare Ireland
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An evening for the people who make PsyCare Ireland what it is. ❤️


On bank holiday Monday, the 26th of October, 40 of our 210 volunteers came together for our Volunteer Appreciation Event: an opportunity to celebrate the people behind our work, reflect on the year and talk openly about our future while connecting over delicious pizza. 🍕


We looked back on the year, held a town hall conversation about where we are going, and hosted our first ever Volunteer Appreciation Awards, recognising the extraordinary breadth of work that keeps PsyCare going.


We were also grateful and delighted to welcome Michael Montgomery of the Psychophobia Podcast for joining us and sharing his talk, and to Bambino for supplying their gorgeous pizzas for the evening. ❤️

The event gave us a chance to recognise the remarkable range of work involved in running PsyCare Ireland. Alongside our field volunteers, team leaders and service leaders, volunteers contribute their time and expertise across:

• Logistics, decor and catering

• Volunteer management, engagement and wellbeing

• Social media, press and graphic design

• Operations, finance and governance

• Fundraising and risk management

• NITE facilitation, research and GDPR


All of this work helps make it possible for us to support people experiencing distress in nightlife and festival settings. Every member and part of this community makes a difference!

As PsyCare grows, we want to build an organisation that is sustainable and looks after its people properly. That means creating space to listen, share decisions and recognise contributions, while operating with transparency, integrity and responsible urgency.


Thanks so much to our amazing board for the backing and belief to keep making this team and this organization grow:

Liam O'Dwyer


Thanks also to the amazing Paul Kinsella for all the hard, often unseen work making PsyCare safe and sustainable! We are immensely proud of what this community is building together: a more compassionate response to people in distress and a healthier culture around nightlife and substance use in Ireland.

To everyone who has given their time, care, skills and heart to PsyCare, whether you could join the event or not: Thank You! This is yours. 💜




 
 
 

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