Dublin City Volunteer Centre

Dublin City Volunteer Centre (DCVC) is the one stop shop for volunteering in Dublin City, serving a population of 554,00 people. Established in January 2014, DCVC is a merger of Dublin City North and Dublin City South Volunteer Centres.

As the one-stop-shop for all things volunteering in Dublin City we seek to provide clear information via our website, resources and events to empower people on their volunteering journey. We invest in the participation of people who may need some help to find and sustain a volunteering role.  Our volunteer engagement service, which can also be accessed online, makes it easy for people to find a volunteering opportunity that fits their interests, skills, locality and the time they have available.

We work with Volunteer Involving Organisations (VIOs) to develop and strengthen the ways they involve volunteers in their services. Capacity building and networking opportunities for volunteer managers are organised regularly to share new skills and to learn from each other. The development of volunteer role descriptions, policies, procedures and standards also helps to professionalise the ways in which non-profit organisations involve volunteers and to create positive and responsible experiences for everyone.

Through DC-Vet, our garda vetting and training service, we help organisations to safeguard their staff, volunteers and beneficiaries.

We prioritise collaboration, innovation and leadership. Any programmes, materials or research we develop are shared with the network of Volunteer Centres and we are committed to building the national volunteering infrastructure through participation on working groups, the National Volunteering Strategy and leading initiatives. We have successfully initiated and led a range of new volunteer initiatives, in collaboration with partners, to help people in the City.