South Dublin County VC Newsletter

European Year of Volunteering 2011

We are looking forward to joining with millions of individual volunteers and organisations all across Europe in celebrating European Year of Volunteering 2011.

Working together, the European Year of Volunteering hopes to:

1. Work towards an enabling and facilitating environment for volunteering in the EU;
2. Empower volunteer organisations and improve the quality of volunteering
3. Reward and recognise volunteering activities
4. Raise awareness of the value and importance of volunteering.

Volunteer Centres Ireland have developed some factsheets and guides to help the organisations we work with celebrate the European Year of Volunteering in 2011.

Click here to download our "What is the European Year of Volunteering?" fact sheet.

Click here to download our "Ways to get involved in EYV2011" guide.

Some Interesting Statistics for 2010 to date!

1328 - the number of new volunteers who registered with the centre to date.
384 - the number of volunteer placements carried out to date
86 - the number of new organisations registered with the centre.
389 - the number of new volunteering vacancies identified.
74% - the percentage of volunteers aged under 35 who registered to volunteer during the year
484 - the number of volunteers from businesses who engaged in one day employer supported volunteering projects during the year
58% - the percentage of registered volunteers who had never volunteered before
33,000 - the number of hours worked by volunteers who were placed by the volunteer centre to date
22 - the equivalent number of full time jobs that would be needed to replace these volunteer hours.
500,000 - the in-kind value in Euro of volunteer hours through the Volunteer Centre in 2009 when multiplied by the average industrial wage
644 - the number of organisations now registered with the Volunteer Centre
900 - the amount of Garda Vetting forms processed (for a total of 42 local groups).

Time Limited Calendar!

Are you interested in commiting a small piece of time to volunteering. South Dublin County Volunteer Centre has a large on line diary of once off/time limited volunteering events. So if you are interested in just giving a small piece of time to volunteering or if you would like ot try out a "taste" of volunteering, click here to view our time limited opportunities and get more information.

Organisational Support Materials.

We are busy updating our website with new materials to support organisations who are involved in managing volunteers. We also have lots of best practice templates for good governance for your organisation.

Click here to visit our website and view some of our downloadable resources!

Upcoming Events!

As the year draws to a close, we begin our planning for EYV2011 and other volunteering events. Check back on our website frequently for details of EYV2011, our volunteer managers forum, volunteer management training and much, much more. For more information, contact the volunteer centre on 01 462 8558 or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Finally...

We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and a peaceful Christmas 2010. Our offices will close at close of business on 23rd December and will re-open on Tuesday 4th January.