WE HELP VOLUNTEER INVOLVING ORGANISATIONS

If your organisation is run by volunteers, is supported by volunteers, or is thinking about using volunteers, the Volunteer Centre is here to help.
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Our purpose

We support and promote volunteering and we work both with people who want to be volunteers and with the organisations who rely on them. By registering your organisation with the Volunteer Centre you will have access to a wide range of supports and services.

Our services include

  • Advertise your volunteer vacancies for free;
  • Targeted email recruitment campaigns;
  • Garda vetting (administration fees apply);
  • Training and networking opportunities;
  • A verifiable record of the hours worked by your volunteers;

Our benefits include

  • Access to a range of free supports and advice on best policy and practice;
  • Participation in Volunteer Reward Card programme;
  • Annual volunteer awards;
  • Regular newsletters.

Register Your Organisation

To take advantage of our free services you should register your organisation via the ivol.ie website.

Post an Opportunity

List an opportunity on ivol.ie website and on Waterford Volunteer Centre website. This is a free service.

Garda Vetting

If Garda Vetting is something that you are required to do we can help. Read about it here. Fees apply.

VTD Network

The Volunteer Trustee Development Network supports the work of volunteer trustees and directors.

Useful Information

A Volunteer Policy is the main foundation that all the other building blocks for volunteering sit on. Your policy will outline clearly to all staff, volunteers and users of the service, why volunteers are involved. Also, if you’re thinking about involving volunteers for the first time it’s a great place to start so you can think through all aspects of involving volunteers.

Developing a volunteer policy for your organisation

Writing a volunteer role description for your opportunity

A Volunteer Role Description tells potential volunteers all they need to know about the opportunity to work with your organisation. Writing one makes you think about exactly what the role should be, and is a useful exercise to do before advertising any volunteer role. You can download a template that will assist you to include all the relevant and necessary information. You will need this information to post an opportunity online.