Social Inclusion

The Experience Bank
The Experience Bank Project Connecting older people with Volunteer-Involving Organisations who value mature volunteers and their life experience. The aim of this project, run from

Information for International Protection Applicants, Displaced Persons and Refugees
Here at Dublin City Volunteer Centre, we believe that volunteering is for everyone. We want to help you find volunteering that suits your circumstances

Experience Counts – Marketing Volunteering to people aged 55+
We conducted some market research in 2016 to learn more about the appropriate language, imagery and messages to use to help attract more older people

The Experience Bank
Do you have time and life experience to share with your community? Would you like to meet new people and do something meaningful? Your life experience,

The Experience Bank – Information for Volunteer Involving Organisations
The Experience Bank project looks to connect people 55+ with organisations who value mature volunteers and their skills and life experience. This pilot project is run

Volunteering with Mental Health Difficulties
We are striving for an inclusive volunteering environment where everyone feels, firstly, welcome to join an organisation, and then properly supported in their role. In reality,

Inclusive Volunteering (2013-2015)
Volunteering is for all and there is role for anyone who would like to get involved. Everyone can support organisations and the community they live

Experience Counts: Volunteering amongst people aged 55 and over (2015-2017)
Loneliness is a huge issue in Irish society right now…right across the ages…I was lonely before I got involved in volunteering…Now (through my volunteer involvement)

Social Inclusion and Volunteering
Dublin City Volunteer Centre: Social Inclusion and Volunteering This episode was recorded a week before 28.09.2020 – a week before Social Inclusion week. We set

Changing the Tune of Volunteering with ASD
All photos by Paul MacDonald Time for the Voluntary Sector to increase Neurodiversity To mark International Volunteer Managers Day on the 5th of November, Dublin

Ageing Matters on the importance of volunteering
We are very excited to share with you an article that our manager Edwina Dewart wrote for Ageing Matters in Ireland, which is a publication