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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
 For more information around what we do, check out our Annual Report for 2008/2009.
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