South Dublin County Volunteer Corps

The South Dublin County Volunteer Corps (a project of the Volunteer Centre and South Dublin County Council) is now up and running. l

Led by South Dublin County Volunteer Centre and South Dublin County Council, the South Dublin County Volunteer Corps is volunteer led movement of citizens of the county who make themselves available to volunteer at various events and/or emergencies in the county.

The volunteer corps will be contacted and mobilised to respond to extreme weather events as well as being available for large community activities such as parades, festivals, sporting events etc…

You can register an interest in the volunteer corps by clicking here. We will contact you with more information about the Corps and details of upcoming inductionevents.

If you are an organisation you can request the Corps to help out with your event. Once we've established that you meet certain criteria, we will inform the Corps of your event and organise for them to be there to help you on the day.

You can find out more on our website at www.volunteercorps.ie

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 European Year 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.

Check out the South Dublin County Volunteer Centre website for more details of events in South Dublin County during the year.

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Some Interesting Statistics for 2011 to date!

458 - the number of new volunteers who registered with the centre to date.
112 - the number of volunteer placements carried out to date
30 - the number of new organisations registered with the centre.
164 - the number of new volunteering vacancies identified.
64% - the percentage of volunteers aged under 35 who registered to volunteer during the year
57% - the percentage of registered volunteers who had never volunteered before
10,783 - the number of hours worked by volunteers who were placed by the volunteer centre to date in 2011
677 - the number of organisations now registered with the Volunteer Centre
52 - the number of local organsations that we process Garda Vetting forms for.

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.

We the Citizens Event!

We the Citizens’ is an independent national initiative with a clear and simple idea. The movement wants to show how our Republic could benefit by citizens coming together in new ways of public decision-making.

We the Citizens will be holding one or their Citizens Events in Tallaght on 1st June. Click here to go directly the we the citizens website to register for the event!

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New National Organisation for Volunteering!

Keep an eye on our website and news updates to hear more about a new national organisation for volunteering. Volunteer Centres Ireland and Volunteering Ireland are merging into a new national organisation which will support and develop volunteering across the country. This new organisation will come into being over the next couple of months and we're very excited about the possibilities this new organisation will bring.

Finally.... some volunteering dates for your diary!

Finally - please find below some dates for your diary in this - the European year of Volunteering

What is European Year of Volunteering?

Download our factsheet!

Ways to get involved in EYV 2011!

Download our guide!

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