Community & Pro Bono Work
Stephen Griffin is a Galway-based technology professional who has contributed time, technical support, communications work, grant support and organisational help to community, volunteer and pro bono initiatives.
About Stephen Griffin and his professional technology work →
Community First Responders
Stephen Griffin has been involved in both local Community First Responder activity and national CFR communications and technology projects.
Coordinator and Organiser
The Annaghdown CFR history identifies Stephen Griffin as the group’s coordinator and documents his involvement in researching, re-establishing and organising the local Community First Responder group.
View SourceDevelopment of BecomeACFR.ie
Stephen Griffin developed BecomeACFR.ie as part of the national Community First Responder communications initiative.
The project created a national website and CFR directory to help members of the public find an existing Community First Responder scheme or learn how to establish one with the support of the National Ambulance Service and CFR Ireland.
Stephen also served on the national CFR Communications Working Group. The official project page credits SG Websites among the development partners involved in the campaign.
View ProjectCommunity Funding & Defibrillator Support
Over the past six years, Stephen Griffin has supported community organisations with grant applications and funding efforts that have secured more than €10,000 towards defibrillators, outdoor AED cabinets and related community safety equipment.
This work has included support for organisations such as Annaghdown Parish Council and Presentation College Headford (PCH), helping improve public access to life-saving defibrillation equipment across the local area.
The work has included identifying suitable funding opportunities, preparing grant applications, coordinating with community organisations and supporting the delivery and installation of funded equipment.
Scouting and Youth Work
County Communications
Galway Scout County publicly lists Stephen Griffin as Comms Team Lead.
View Galway Scout County →Group Volunteer Roles
Public Scout Group pages identify Stephen Griffin in volunteer roles including Group Treasurer and section leadership responsibilities.
View Source →Carepack.ie
Stephen Griffin was one of the founders of Carepack.ie and was responsible for the original technical platform used to connect members of the public with residents of nursing and care homes. He has since stepped away from the initiative.
Original Technical Platform
Carepack.ie needed a way to distribute thousands of individual resident references to volunteers around Ireland without charging participants for using the service.
Stephen designed and set up the original platform using a free shopping-cart model. An open-source software-licensing plugin was adapted so that individual resident references could effectively operate as zero-cost items organised by county.
Volunteers selected a county and were assigned resident details through the website, allowing the project to scale nationally while retaining a familiar e-commerce-style user experience.
Visit Carepack.ieNational Scale
By the 2025 campaign, Carepack.ie reported that more than 128,500 residents had been matched with members of the public since the initiative began in 2020.
Carepack’s 2025 FAQ subsequently reported that over 129,000 carepacks had been sent since 2020.
View Carepack FiguresEarly Development
Contemporary coverage from 2020 documented Stephen Griffin joining the project as demand rapidly increased and reported that the Carepack.ie website was subsequently created.
View SourceFounder & Management References
Independent media including the Galway Advertiser, HER.ie and Westmeath Independent documented Stephen Griffin’s role in the establishment and management of Carepack.ie.
Carepack.ie has also been referenced in public reporting by An Post and the Irish Prison Service.
Video & Media References
RTÉ Today – Carepack.ie 2024
Watch Original VideoPublic Video Reference
Watch Original VideoEducation & Community Support
School Open-Day Video
Castlehackett National School publicly thanked Stephen Griffin for helping to create the school’s open-day video.
Open NewsletterPublic References
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Annaghdown Community First Responders
Group History -
BecomeACFR.ie
National CFR project & Communications Working Group -
Galway Scout County
County Team -
26th Galway – Kilcoona Scout Group
Group Volunteer Roles -
Carepack.ie
2025 campaign figures -
Servisource
Original 2020 Carepack coverage -
Galway Advertiser
Carepack.ie reference -
HER.ie
Carepack.ie coverage -
Westmeath Independent
Carepack community coverage -
RTÉ Today / YouTube
Carepack.ie video -
Facebook Watch
Public video reference -
Castlehackett National School
June 2021 Newsletter -
An Post
Carepack.ie reference -
Irish Prison Service
Carepack.ie reference
Stephen Griffin profiles: LinkedIn · GitHub · YouTube · ORCID · X