President Michael D Higgins has written a letter to Galway’s COVID-19 Community Outreach Champion Steve Dolan thanking him for his ‘hard work, solidarity and active
citizenship’ during the pandemic.
CEO of Galway Rural Development, Steve Dolan is one of 34 COVID-19 Community Champions who have been deployed across Ireland as part of COVID-19 Community Outreach.
Steve, and the other the Community Champions, are working closely with local authorities and local community and voluntary groups to make sure that people who need help get it from trusted, experienced sources.
In the letter, President Higgins wrote: “You, and all who have been working with you in COVID-19 Community Outreach over the past weeks and months have answered the call of your communities.
“You have made an enormous difference and are continuing to perform a vital service as we slowly emerge from the dark of the pandemic and into the light of a better, shared future.”
President Higgins also recorded a message thanking the Champions and all volunteers and organisations who have come together at this time to ensure no one is excluded.
Deirdre Garvey, CEO of The Wheel, called on people who need assistance in their homes to contact their local Community Champion: “It is the role of the Community Champions to ‘join the dots’ and ensure that every person, regardless of where they live in the country, is connected to the necessary help and supports to meet their needs at this time,” said Deirdre Garvey.
