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Full Membership
Does your organisation involve volunteers or support volunteering?
Do you manage, supervise or coordinate volunteers?
Then you and your organisation should join Volunteering Ireland!
Full membership to Volunteering Ireland is open to non-profit organisations that involve volunteers in their work or support volunteering.*
Our members comprise many types of organisations working in a variety of sectors, including Arts, Culture and Media, Animals and Environment, Social Work, Sports and Recreation, and everything in between.
Our member organisations range from large non-profits operating with many staff and volunteers to small organisations with only a few staff members as well as organisations comprised entirely of volunteers.
If your organisation agrees with these statements…
Volunteers can change the world for the better
Good practice makes volunteering work better
Volunteering is a powerful way of being an active citizen
Volunteers should be recognised and celebrated
…then become a member today!
Benefits of Full Membership
Access to resources and support on volunteering:
- Helpdesk offering expert advice in the area of Inclusive Volunteering, volunteer management, resources
- Extensive library of resource materials relating to volunteer management – recruitment, training, retention, motivation
- Range of factsheets on volunteering issues including garda vetting, expenses, inclusive volunteering and insurance
- Access to tailor-made consultancies on volunteer management from a panel of trainers/consultants
National volunteering network:
- Access to other organisations involved with volunteering in your field and area
- Volunteering Matters quarterly e-newsletter, which includes national and international updates around volunteering, news from member organisations and recent activity at Volunteering Ireland
- Daily news updates on volunteering nationally and internationally, including events and news from your organisation, available on the Volunteering Ireland website
Support for volunteer management:
- Complimentary volunteer management toolkit, which includes a volunteer programme self-assessment checklist, volunteer manager job description and more (currently in development)
- Membership to the Professional Association of Volunteer Managers Ireland (PAVMI), a national network and support group for volunteer managers, for a volunteer manager from the organisation
Voice on the development of volunteering infrastructure in Ireland:
- Voting rights at general meetings
- Right to stand for election of the Board of Directors
- Input into the direction and focus of advocacy work that Volunteering Ireland promotes on both a national and international level
Knowledge that Volunteering Ireland is working on your behalf to improve the status and conditions of volunteering in Ireland
And coming soon…
- Ireland Involved Online - a free web-based volunteer management system, which will help you manage and communicate with the volunteers working with your organisation
*Organisations must have a presence in Ireland, either through headquarters location or area of programmes.
Become a member today!
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