New Resource: Movements That Matter

New Resource: Movements That Matter - quick, evidence-based movements to help reduce MSK injury risk. The Movements That Matter toolkit gives you simple, practical movements to look after yourself — exercises you can do in uniform, in a stationary car, at your desk, or outside.

It is World Digestive Health Day on May 29th. This is an annual global awareness campaign by the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO). They aim to raise public awareness regarding the prevention, prevalence, and treatment of specific gastrointestinal disorders and diseases, and to encourage good gut health. The theme for World Digestive Health Day 2026 is "Chronic Diarrhea: Don't Flush the Signs Away."

Organ Donation Awareness Week The Irish Kidney Association is launching organ donor awareness week, which runs from 16 to 23 May in conjunction with the HSE's Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (ODTI). Under legislation since June 2025, people are presumed to have consented to organ donation unless they have registered their opt-out decision. The association said that family agreement remains essential and that organ donation will not proceed without it, so sharing wishes is important.

National Volunteering Week is a weeklong celebration of volunteering. Along with the network of Volunteer Centres, Volunteer Ireland uses National Volunteering Week to amplify the incredible stories of volunteering in our communities through social and traditional media. It’s a week full of events, both online and in person, with everything from yoga to coffee mornings to seminars on offer. #NVWIreland National Volunteering Week 2026 centres on the theme “From Every Corner, For Every Cause” which celebrates all the different types of volunteers and volunteering that make up our communities.