| Volunteer Role | Link | Role summary |
|---|---|---|
| Board Director | Apply Here | Volunteer as a Board Director with the South East Regional Family Support Network, helping provide strategic leadership, strengthen governance, and support families affected by a relative's drug or alcohol use. |
| Board Member | Apply Here | Cill Barra Fitness is seeking to recruit new members of the board of directors. We would particularly like to hear from people in the local community and people with experience of business development. |
| Community Creative Workshop Volunteer | Apply Here | Creative Pool Volunteers lead a one-off creative workshop that brings people together through shared creativity and connection. This role is about sharing a skill, idea or creative practice in a welcoming space for people connected through volunteering. |
| Criminal Court Victim Support | Apply Here | V-SAC is the only voluntary service in Ireland that specialises in court accompaniment for victims of crime, their families, and prosecution witnesses. Our trained volunteers provide someone to talk to in confidence during a trial. |
| Cultural art workshop volunteer | Apply Here | You will lead 1–2 workshops to share your cultural heritage through art and craft. You’ll engage participants, teach traditional techniques, and promote cultural exchange with support from Waterford Volunteer Centre. |
| Dungarvan Support & Befriending Volunteer | Apply Here | Volunteer with Alone to make a difference to someone’s life. Visit an older person living alone who may be experiencing isolation & loneliness and bring them friendship and company for an hour each week. |
| Events Volunteer | Apply Here | We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Imagine Arts Festival, taking place 20–25 October. |
| Foróige Volunteer Worker | Apply Here | This volunteering role will help facilitate the running of Foróiges youth cafes and homework clubs, which are based in Portlaw and Kilmacthomas. |
| Garden Volunteer | Apply Here | Mount Congreve garden volunteers work under the supervision of our Senior Gardeners and Estate Manager, helping with the basic maintenance of the plant collections, for example, weeding, mulching, tidying, edging and occasional planting. |
| Inclusion Coach Assistant | Apply Here | Assist coaches in surf lessons with children with additional needs. You will be paired with a participant to assist them in the water. |
| Literacy Support Volunteer | Apply Here | Working one to one with young Waterford City Traveller students, the volunteer will support the student in enhancing their literacy skills using the Catch-Up Literacy Programme. |
| Museum of Time Volunteer | Apply Here | This role will be based in our Irish Museum of Time, the only horological museum in Ireland. From time to time, volunteers may be called up on to work in our other museums, which are located all within the Viking Triangle. |
| Play Volunteer | Apply Here | We are currently recruiting Play Volunteers for University Hospital Waterford. We generally look for volunteers that are free to commit to 2.5 hours every week. We also ask that you commit to volunteer for a minimum of one year. |
| RepairFest Event Repairer | Apply Here | We are looking for people with practical repair skills across a range of areas, such as electronics, textiles, bicycles, small appliances and more, to share their knowledge and help others learn how to repair and reuse items. |
| RepairFest Event Steward | Apply Here | We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make RepairFest a success! Volunteers may assist with event stewardship, welcoming and guiding visitors, helping with workshop set-up and tidy-up, and supporting the smooth running of the event. |
| Sales Assistant | Apply Here | Liberty Charity Shop requires volunteer Sales Assistants in our shop in Michael Street. Tasks include sorting through stock, steaming stock for floor, helping customers with enquiries. |
| Search & Rescue Volunteer 2026 | Apply Here | Waterford Marine Search & Rescue Service is on the lookout for new recruits! They provide a 24h 365 days-a-year search, rescue & recovery service to Waterford city and county. Recruitment is open to applications from people over 18 years of age. |
| Sewing & Textile Volunteer | Apply Here | You will lead 1–2 workshops to share your cultural heritage through textiles. You’ll engage participants, teach traditional techniques, and promote cultural exchange with support from the Three Sisters Women's Shed |
| Suicide Prevention Patrol | Apply Here | Volunteers will be assigned to a team to carry out suicide prevention patrols along the quays Waterford city observing/speaking to people in distress. |
| Support & Befriending Volunteer | Apply Here | Volunteer with Alone to make a difference to someone’s life. Visit an older person living alone who may be experiencing isolation & loneliness and bring them friendship and company for an hour each week. |
| Volunteer Mentor - Waterford & South Tipperary | Apply Here | This is a community based mentoring programme, matching a young person (Aged 10-18) with an adult volunteer (Aged 18+). Mentors are matched up together based on shared interest, hobbies and personality types. |
| Volunteer Support Worker | Apply Here | Support Workers/Volunteers provide psychological support to survivors of rape who attend the Treatment Unit. We are looking for people who are good listeners, calm, and empathetic. |
| Volunteer Youthwork Team Member | Apply Here | Volunteer adult members in a Foróige youth club play an important role in creating a safe, welcoming and enjoyable environment for young people. |
| West Waterford Support & Befriending Volunteer | Apply Here | Volunteer with Alone to make a difference to someone’s life. Visit an older person living alone who may be experiencing isolation & loneliness and bring them friendship and company for an hour each week. |
For online volunteer roles, roles supported by other Volunteer Centres and international opportunities follow the link.
| Volunteer Role | Link | Role summary |
|---|---|---|
| HUGG Champion (Nationwide) | Apply Here | HUGG Champions will help raise awareness of our services at local and national events, represent HUGG at fundraising events, cheque presentations, and information stands, and lend a helping hand with activities and fundraising. |
| Long Term Puppy Fosterer: Munster | Apply Here | Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland provide highly trained assistance dogs to children with autism. You will be the full time carer of the puppy for a minimum of 12 months. |
| Puppy Raiser | Apply Here | Guide Dogs for the Blind Puppy Raisers will invite a pup into their home to begin the first step on their journey to potentially becoming a working dog. The puppy raising duration will last approximately 12-14months. |
| Birthday Card Makers (Remote) | Apply Here | Receiving a card on our Birthday is not automatic for many people living independently. Fingal Volunteer Centre is teaming-up with local organisations in Fingal to ensure all their service-users will get a card on their special day. |
| Christmas / New Year Card Makers (Remote) | Apply Here | |
| Befriender Volunteer - Throughout Ireland | Apply Here | Spirasi supports asylum seekers and refugees who are victims of torture to rebuild their lives in Ireland. The aim of befriending is to support rehabilitation by building good social and community relations with a local volunteer. |
| Board of directors | Apply Here | |
| Cycling Without Age Trishaw Pilot (Volunteer Cyclist) 2026 | Apply Here | Mount Carmel Care Home is delighted to introduce Cycling Without Age, a beautiful international movement that gives older adults the chance to feel the wind in their hair again through safe, gentle trishaw rides. |
| Volunteer Citizen Scientist | Apply Here | We are seeking Volunteers who will help preserve an important part of Ireland's climate history by digitising historical rainfall records from the National Climate Archive, managed by Met Éireann. |
| Website Designer / Developer (Remote) | Apply Here | |
| Social & Therapeutic Gardening Club Volunteer 2026 | Apply Here | We are launching a new Social & Therapeutic Gardening Club for our residents, and we are seeking a friendly, patient volunteer who enjoys gardening and spending time outdoors. |
| Text About It Volunteer | Apply Here | 50808 is a text-based non-judgemental listening service. Our Volunteers support our texters to our 24/7 free crisis text line, via their laptops from the comfort of their homes. |
| HUGG Group Facilitator Volunteer – Nationwide | Apply Here | HUGG offer hope and healing for anyone bereaved by suicide and they are looking for volunteers for their local peer support groups. |
| Local Leader | Apply Here | Volunteers are needed to Set up and plan social events for Remote & Hybrid Employees to combat the feeling of loneliness. |
| Fundraising Volunteer | Apply Here | Irish Guide Dogs Fundraising Volunteer will support fundraising events in their area, with the full support of their Volunteer Team Leader/Branch Chair and our Regional Development Officer. |
| Content Creator and Social Media | Apply Here | This role will involve shaping and sharing compelling content that highlights our work and brings these stories to life, building towards a key event at the end of May. |
| Marketing and Communications Executive | Apply Here | |
| Content Strategist | Apply Here | |
| Volunteer Research Participant - Volunteer Patient Partners - PACT@tcd | Apply Here | We are looking for volunteers who have had personal experience of receiving radiation therapy (a type of cancer treatment) or have had someone close to them receive radiation therapy and are willing to share this experience. |
| Research participants for Household Food & Health Study | Apply Here | This study aims to understand how diets, lifestyle and food choices are changing as people move towards healthier and more sustainable eating habits. |
| Volunteer Research Participant – Tinnitus Treatment Study | Apply Here | Volunteers will take part in a research study investigating a new combined sound and non-invasive electrical stimulation approach for chronic tinnitus. |
| Listener & Support Volunteer | Apply Here | Volunteer will give Emotional support, information and practical assistance. They will be fully trained to deliver this support. |
| 21st Dublin Book Festival - Volunteer Ambassadors (Nov 4 -8) | Apply Here | |
| Weekend Camp Volunteer/Cara | Apply Here | Volunteers at Barretstown help change the lives of children affected by serious illness. Volunteers are a huge part of the heart and soul of Barretstown. |
| Volunteer Youth Leader | Apply Here | The EDGE Project is a Garda Youth Diversion Project. The Project team works with young people aged between 12 and 18 in Carrick on Suir. |
| Adult Volunteer Leader to set up a Youth Club, Waterford City. | Apply Here | No Name Clubs are looking for Adult Leader Volunteers who are interested in starting a club in their local area. |
| Volunteer Role | Link | Role Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 21st Dublin Book Festival - Volunteer Ambassadors (Nov 4 -8) | Apply Here | |
| Adult Volunteer Leader to set up a Youth Club, Waterford City. | Apply Here | No Name Clubs are looking for Adult Leader Volunteers who are interested in starting a club in their local area. |
| Befriender Volunteer - Throughout Ireland | Apply Here | Spirasi supports asylum seekers and refugees who are victims of torture to rebuild their lives in Ireland. The aim of befriending is to support rehabilitation by building good social and community relations with a local volunteer. |
| Birthday Card Makers (Remote) | Apply Here | Receiving a card on our Birthday is not automatic for many people living independently. Fingal Volunteer Centre is teaming-up with local organisations in Fingal to ensure all their service-users will get a card on their special day. |
| Board Director | Apply Here | Volunteer as a Board Director with the South East Regional Family Support Network, helping provide strategic leadership, strengthen governance, and support families affected by a relative's drug or alcohol use. |
| Board Member | Apply Here | Cill Barra Fitness is seeking to recruit new members of the board of directors. We would particularly like to hear from people in the local community and people with experience of business development. |
| Board of directors | Apply Here | |
| Christmas / New Year Card Makers (Remote) | Apply Here | |
| Community Creative Workshop Volunteer | Apply Here | Creative Pool Volunteers lead a one-off creative workshop that brings people together through shared creativity and connection. This role is about sharing a skill, idea or creative practice in a welcoming space for people connected through volunteering. |
| Content Creator and Social Media | Apply Here | This role will involve shaping and sharing compelling content that highlights our work and brings these stories to life, building towards a key event at the end of May. |
| Content Strategist | Apply Here | |
| Criminal Court Victim Support | Apply Here | V-SAC is the only voluntary service in Ireland that specialises in court accompaniment for victims of crime, their families, and prosecution witnesses. Our trained volunteers provide someone to talk to in confidence during a trial. |
| Cultural art workshop volunteer | Apply Here | You will lead 1–2 workshops to share your cultural heritage through art and craft. You’ll engage participants, teach traditional techniques, and promote cultural exchange with support from Waterford Volunteer Centre. |
| Cycling Without Age Trishaw Pilot (Volunteer Cyclist) 2026 | Apply Here | Mount Carmel Care Home is delighted to introduce Cycling Without Age, a beautiful international movement that gives older adults the chance to feel the wind in their hair again through safe, gentle trishaw rides. |
| Dungarvan Support & Befriending Volunteer | Apply Here | Volunteer with Alone to make a difference to someone’s life. Visit an older person living alone who may be experiencing isolation & loneliness and bring them friendship and company for an hour each week. |
| Events Volunteer | Apply Here | We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Imagine Arts Festival, taking place 20–25 October. |
| Foróige Volunteer Worker | Apply Here | This volunteering role will help facilitate the running of Foróiges youth cafes and homework clubs, which are based in Portlaw and Kilmacthomas. |
| Fundraising Volunteer | Apply Here | Irish Guide Dogs Fundraising Volunteer will support fundraising events in their area, with the full support of their Volunteer Team Leader/Branch Chair and our Regional Development Officer. |
| Garden Volunteer | Apply Here | Mount Congreve garden volunteers work under the supervision of our Senior Gardeners and Estate Manager, helping with the basic maintenance of the plant collections, for example, weeding, mulching, tidying, edging and occasional planting. |
| HUGG Champion (Nationwide) | Apply Here | HUGG Champions will help raise awareness of our services at local and national events, represent HUGG at fundraising events, cheque presentations, and information stands, and lend a helping hand with activities and fundraising. |
| HUGG Group Facilitator Volunteer – Nationwide | Apply Here | HUGG offer hope and healing for anyone bereaved by suicide and they are looking for volunteers for their local peer support groups. |
| Inclusion Coach Assistant | Apply Here | Assist coaches in surf lessons with children with additional needs. You will be paired with a participant to assist them in the water. |
| Listener & Support Volunteer | Apply Here | Volunteer will give Emotional support, information and practical assistance. They will be fully trained to deliver this support. |
| Literacy Support Volunteer | Apply Here | Working one to one with young Waterford City Traveller students, the volunteer will support the student in enhancing their literacy skills using the Catch-Up Literacy Programme. |
| Local Leader | Apply Here | Volunteers are needed to Set up and plan social events for Remote & Hybrid Employees to combat the feeling of loneliness. |
| Long Term Puppy Fosterer: Munster | Apply Here | Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland provide highly trained assistance dogs to children with autism. You will be the full time carer of the puppy for a minimum of 12 months. |
| Marketing and Communications Executive | Apply Here | |
| Museum of Time Volunteer | Apply Here | This role will be based in our Irish Museum of Time, the only horological museum in Ireland. From time to time, volunteers may be called up on to work in our other museums, which are located all within the Viking Triangle. |
| Play Volunteer | Apply Here | We are currently recruiting Play Volunteers for University Hospital Waterford. We generally look for volunteers that are free to commit to 2.5 hours every week. We also ask that you commit to volunteer for a minimum of one year. |
| Puppy Raiser | Apply Here | Guide Dogs for the Blind Puppy Raisers will invite a pup into their home to begin the first step on their journey to potentially becoming a working dog. The puppy raising duration will last approximately 12-14months. |
| RepairFest Event Repairer | Apply Here | We are looking for people with practical repair skills across a range of areas, such as electronics, textiles, bicycles, small appliances and more, to share their knowledge and help others learn how to repair and reuse items. |
| RepairFest Event Steward | Apply Here | We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make RepairFest a success! Volunteers may assist with event stewardship, welcoming and guiding visitors, helping with workshop set-up and tidy-up, and supporting the smooth running of the event. |
| Research participants for Household Food & Health Study | Apply Here | This study aims to understand how diets, lifestyle and food choices are changing as people move towards healthier and more sustainable eating habits. |
| Sales Assistant | Apply Here | Liberty Charity Shop requires volunteer Sales Assistants in our shop in Michael Street. Tasks include sorting through stock, steaming stock for floor, helping customers with enquiries. |
| Search & Rescue Volunteer 2026 | Apply Here | Waterford Marine Search & Rescue Service is on the lookout for new recruits! They provide a 24h 365 days-a-year search, rescue & recovery service to Waterford city and county. Recruitment is open to applications from people over 18 years of age. |
| Sewing & Textile Volunteer | Apply Here | You will lead 1–2 workshops to share your cultural heritage through textiles. You’ll engage participants, teach traditional techniques, and promote cultural exchange with support from the Three Sisters Women's Shed |
| Social & Therapeutic Gardening Club Volunteer 2026 | Apply Here | We are launching a new Social & Therapeutic Gardening Club for our residents, and we are seeking a friendly, patient volunteer who enjoys gardening and spending time outdoors. |
| Suicide Prevention Patrol | Apply Here | Volunteers will be assigned to a team to carry out suicide prevention patrols along the quays Waterford city observing/speaking to people in distress. |
| Support & Befriending Volunteer | Apply Here | Volunteer with Alone to make a difference to someone’s life. Visit an older person living alone who may be experiencing isolation & loneliness and bring them friendship and company for an hour each week. |
| Text About It Volunteer | Apply Here | 50808 is a text-based non-judgemental listening service. Our Volunteers support our texters to our 24/7 free crisis text line, via their laptops from the comfort of their homes. |
| Volunteer Citizen Scientist | Apply Here | We are seeking Volunteers who will help preserve an important part of Ireland's climate history by digitising historical rainfall records from the National Climate Archive, managed by Met Éireann. |
| Volunteer Mentor - Waterford & South Tipperary | Apply Here | This is a community based mentoring programme, matching a young person (Aged 10-18) with an adult volunteer (Aged 18+). Mentors are matched up together based on shared interest, hobbies and personality types. |
| Volunteer Research Participant - Volunteer Patient Partners - PACT@tcd | Apply Here | We are looking for volunteers who have had personal experience of receiving radiation therapy (a type of cancer treatment) or have had someone close to them receive radiation therapy and are willing to share this experience. |
| Volunteer Research Participant – Tinnitus Treatment Study | Apply Here | Volunteers will take part in a research study investigating a new combined sound and non-invasive electrical stimulation approach for chronic tinnitus. |
| Volunteer Support Worker | Apply Here | Support Workers/Volunteers provide psychological support to survivors of rape who attend the Treatment Unit. We are looking for people who are good listeners, calm, and empathetic. |
| Volunteer Youth Leader | Apply Here | The EDGE Project is a Garda Youth Diversion Project. The Project team works with young people aged between 12 and 18 in Carrick on Suir. |
| Volunteer Youthwork Team Member | Apply Here | Volunteer adult members in a Foróige youth club play an important role in creating a safe, welcoming and enjoyable environment for young people. |
| Website Designer / Developer (Remote) | Apply Here | |
| Weekend Camp Volunteer/Cara | Apply Here | Volunteers at Barretstown help change the lives of children affected by serious illness. Volunteers are a huge part of the heart and soul of Barretstown. |
| West Waterford Support & Befriending Volunteer | Apply Here | Volunteer with Alone to make a difference to someone’s life. Visit an older person living alone who may be experiencing isolation & loneliness and bring them friendship and company for an hour each week. |
