News & Events

FORSA Trade Union has donated the sum of €400 to Ballinasloe Social Services. This amount will be put towards the purchase of new dining room chairs for our dedicated dining area, which is currently being developed.

Our Day Centre enjoyed a lovely day trip to Esker Monastery, Athenry recently. Over 50 service users, volunteers and staff made the trip to the Monastery, where we enjoyed a lovely, contemplative day. We enjoyed a beautiful dinner during the day and tea and fresh...

We said goodbye to Regina in Meals on Wheels, who has been with us for over 23 years. Volunteers, past and present, gathered to say thank you to Regina for her service and her ever pleasant disposition. She will be missed. Siobhan was also thanked for her time with us.

We recently had the official opening of our new dining room and prayer room, in conjunction with our Annual General Meeting. The refurbishment of this area was made possible by the support of many groups and organisations. Galway County Council allocated a grant...

Members of Cupán Tae Art Group visited our Day Centre recently to view the piece of art they painted and donated to us for our new dining room.  They were delighted to view the piece in situ and observed how well it blended in with the colour scheme in the...

Wayne Dowd from Tesco Ballinasloe presenting our Manager, Teresa Coughlan, with a cheque for €362.31 from the Blue Tokens.

To thank our day centre and committee volunteers for their commitment and hard work over the past year, a "Valentine's Morning" was organised by the staff to show their appreciation.It was a lovely event where all the volunteers were invited to attend, and for a...

One of our Meals on Wheels staff, Siobhan, is getting married on Friday, 21st June. To mark this fantastic occasion, the Meals on Wheels staff and volunteers got together to celebrate and wish Siobhan and her future husband all the best. 

Ballinasloe Social Services held its A.G.M. on Wednesday, 23rd October at 8 p.m. in the Social Services Centre, Brackernagh, Ballinasloe.  The Guest Speaker on the night was former Junior Minister, Mr. Noel Treacy speaking on "Learning from Life's Experiences". ...

On Friday, 29th August, members of Ballinasloe Gardai and Ballinasloe Fire Station took part in a leg wax in Hayden's Hotel, Ballinasloe to raise money for Ballinasloe Gardai Ciarán O'Raighne and Anthony Pender and Sgt Tom Horkan who are cycling from Mizen to Malin on...

As a result of the nationwide Blue Chip donation programme currently being run by Tesco, we were delighted to receive the sum of €457.89 from our local Ballinasloe Tesco store recently.  This is because many people dropped their blue chips into our chute.  We are...

To raise funds for a new Meals on Wheels van, we are running a Pop-Up Boutique event in Hayden's Hotel, Ballinasloe on Saturday, 28th February from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. New or nearly new clothes, along with unwanted gifts will be on sale at fantastic prices. We are...

The Pop-Up Boutique event, which was held in February, was a great success.  Approximately €5,500 was raised towards the purchase of a new Meals on Wheels van. We wish to say thank you to all who donated clothes and other items for the event, to all the local...

Our Meals on Wheels service received delivery of its new van in early October. This was made possible by a number of fundraising events over the past 10 months e.g. Pop-Up Boutique, Carol Singing, School No-Uniform Days etc. The project was then kindly supported by...

A piano recital is being held in the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe on Thursday, 22nd October @ 8pm in aid of Ballinasloe Meals on Wheels.  The pianist is Darren Lane, who has a Masters of Music Degree, studying piano.  He was the organist at Saint Bede's, Clapham...