Our Activities
Weekly Timetable:
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Most Activities require Garda Vetting.
The Big Chrimbo panto will be one of VDP's biggest events of the year. Don't miss out on the mayhem!
Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 - 16:00
Decorating Homes and Apartments of those in need.
Tuesdays, 18:10 - 20:00
Barrett Cheshire is a residential home for adults with physical disabilities.
Every Wednesday from 6.15 and Alternate Mondays from 6.45.
Visiting elderly, families, single parents, students etc. in the local area to have a chat or even bring them food or vouchers.
Alternate Thursdays, 17:00 - 19:00
Playing Football in the Exercise Yard of Mounjoy Prison against the inmates!
Tuesdays and Fridays, 20:00 - 23:00
Feeding the homeless on the streets of Dublin.
Daily, 09:00 - 11:00; 13:00 - 15:00.
Helping out at the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People.
Monday, 1.00 - 2.25pm.
Teaching Senior Infants who struggle with reading how to read with confidence.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, 15:00 - 16:15.
Helping Primary School children with their homework in St. Audeon's Primary School.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 15:00 - 16:15.
Helping Primary School children with their homework in St. Enda's Primary School.
Saturdays, 10:00 - 12:00
Spending time with children from preschool age to 6th class.
Sundays 13.00-17.45.
Spending time with disadvantaged children from around trinity.
Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm
Weekly activities with a group of intellectually challenged individuals ranging in ages from 25 to 30.
Mondays, 15:00 - 16:30.
Teaching 2nd Class students various aspects of Drama and Performance.
Mondays/Thursdays, 16:00-17:00
Teaching 2nd class students to play the recorder and also give some singing instruction.
Tuesdays, 19:00 - 21:00
Working with volunteers in a Youth Reach Centre in Dublin's City Centre.
Self-Arranged
Teaching those with an inability to read how they to so that they can better function in their nearly every facet of their lives.
Thursdays, 16:00 - 17:30.
Doing Arts & Crafts with the children of St. Enda's Primary School.
Temple Street Children’s Hospital:
Visiting children on the wards of the Temple Street Childrens' Hospital.
NIID:
A social group which meets up with the students of the National Institute for Intellectual Disabilities.
Various activities with the children of Scoil San Seamus.
Thursday, 18:45 - 20:30.
This activity is a visit to a refugee centre on Gardner Street. We talk with the residents, play board games or just sit with them and watch TV.
Offer homework support to young school-going Travellers, and to participate in some very easy-going, informal activities to wrap up each session.