National Day of Volunteering
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The National Day of Volunteering will take place on
Friday the 1st of October 2010
What is the National Day of Volunteering?
The National Day of Volunteering, a Volunteer Centres Ireland initiative, is that one day of the year when we encourage everyone in Ireland to give volunteering a go, to show that – even if it’s only for a minute, an hour, a day – volunteering can make a big difference and be a lot of fun! This year, the National Day of Volunteering will take place on Friday, 1st of October, 2010. The National Day of Volunteering belongs to everyone, no matter who you are or where you live.
How does it work?
- Community and voluntary organisation develop volunteering projects to take place on Friday, October 1st (or thereabouts) and register them on our website. The opportunities are wide-ranging and varied: from painting, decorating and restoration work, to environmental clean-ups; from day trips, to sporting, recreation and entertainment events.
- Organisations also choose to use the day to organise an official ’thank you’ event for their volunteers: a coffee morning, garden party or thank you ceremony, for example.
- Members of the public view the list of opportunities and register to get to take part.
- Members of the public, often in groups of friends, family, college or work colleagues, identify something that needs to be done in their community and organise to do it. It could be clearing a local canal, a green area or graffiti. They let us know they’re doing it via our website so we can count them in!
- Members of the public also join in by committing a ’random act of volunteering’: for example, dropping by to see if a neighbour is in need of anything; bring clothes to a charity shop; picking up a piece of litter. They let us know what they’re up to via our website so we can count them in!
- Anyone who wants to can also register a ’thank you’ to a specific volunteer or the organisation they volunteer with.
Check out the sidebar to your left for a host of guides, supports, FAQs and information packs whether you are a volunteer-involving organisation, a volunteer or a business. And don’t forget to check out our map of projects to see how to get involved or be inspired by what others are doing!
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