News & Events

A Comedy Hypnotist Show is taking place on Monday, 28th December in Hayden's Hotel, Ballinasloe, starting at 9pm.  The Hypnotist is Michael McCoy and the show features some of our own local celebrities, followed by a disco.  This is a show not to be missed and all...

The pupils and teachers of Creagh National School have raised over €4,700 from the sale of St. Brigid's crosses in aid of Ballinasloe Social Services. Leading up to St. Brigid's Day on Feb 1st, the pupils worked furiously, under the supervision of their teachers,...

An Táin pub in St. Michael's Square, Ballinasloe held a Table Quiz league over 2 Friday nights in February and raised €1,932 for our services. In early March, Killeen's pub in Shannonbridge raised €600 from their annual table quiz for our services.Many thanks to both...

The "12 pubs" fundraiser for charity nominated our pre-school to be the chosen charity for Christmas 2015.  The project is the upgrade of the garden as a children's play area.  Under the stewardship of Mark Conneely and Eoghan Clogher, €1,773 was raised for this...

Ballinasloe Social Services is holding its annual golf fundraiser in Ballinasloe Golf Club on Easter Monday, 28th March.  The event is a 3-ball scramble (any combination) @ €60 per team.  For timesheet, go to www.ballinasloegolfclub.ie/teetimes or phone 0909642126.

On the occasion of her 76th birthday, Rachel Woollett is challenging herself to complete 7.6 miles in the following disciplinesSwimming 1 mileWalking 1 mileCycling 4 milesHorse riding 1.6 milesALL IN 7.6 HOURS!This is happening on May 10th in aid of Ballinasloe Social...

On the occasion of his retirement from Bord na Mona, Ger Ryan donated the sum of €1,150 to Ballinasloe Social Services, which was raised from donations from his colleagues in Bord na Mona. Many, many thanks to Ger and his co-workers and we wish Ger a long and happy...

Our Christmas Fayre and Cake Sale, held in the Day Centre on Thursday 1st December, proved to be a roaring success! Many, many thanks to everyone who baked, donated and bought on the day. Without your support, this event would truly not have been the major success it...

Transition Year students in Garbally College presented our Manager with a cheque for €200, being the proceeds from the sale of Christmas cards. This is an initiative that has been ongoing for a number of years now - under the supervision of teacher, Thomas Burke, the...

Creagh National School has raised the sum of €5,308 through the making and selling of St. Brigid's Crosses for Ballinasloe Social Services,  Pupils, teachers, school staff and parents got fully behind this venture and raised this phenomenal sum, which will be put...

On Friday, 24th February, we held our annual "Volunteer Morning" to say thank you to all the work our wonderful volunteers do and let them know how valued they are. On that day, we also celebrated our oldest volunteer's 98th birthday - Happy birthday Tom Quinn!

Killeen's Bar, Shannonbridge is kindly hosting our annual Table Quiz on Wednesday, 15th March at 9pm.  This is a fun-filled night and also raises much needed funds for our services. Tables of 4 cost €20 per table. Please support!