This charity bakes birthday cakes for the homeless: ‘I get great satisfaction from giving back’

Volunteering can make all the difference to people in need and your local community, but can also improve your physical and mental wellbeing

Aisling McCarthy bakes for charity Consider It Cakes, which provides free birthday cakes for people experiencing homelessness or without access to baking facilities. Picture: Gareth Chaney

Aisling McCarthy, from Greystones, loves making cakes. She is a transformation director with Kraken Technology and, until she found a volunteer group called Consider It Cakes, she would eat all of her baked creations herself.

“I really enjoy baking but I couldn’t keep eating all my cakes,” she says. “Consider It Cakes solved that dilemma. They are a charity that provides free birthday cakes for people who are homeless, living in direct provision, or don’t have the facilities or ability to make a cake.”