1. What we do ...
Volunteer Ireland:
- Facilitates the national network of local Volunteer Centres
- Externally promotes the network of Volunteer Centres and the services they provide, including the placement of volunteers
- Develops best practice within and across Volunteer Centres and the organisations they work with
- Collaborates with other volunteering and third-sector organisations
- Manages the national database of volunteering opportunities in Ireland
- Manages www.volunteer.ie as a portal for volunteering in Ireland
- Makes frequent and regular contributions to policy debates
- Publishes ’Step by Step’ and best practice guides to volunteering for volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations
- Co-ordinates the National Day of Volunteering
- Co-ordinates the Ireland Involved Awards
- Co-ordinates a national programme of volunteer management training that is delivered locally via our member Volunteer Centres