Volunteering Opportunities:

Ballynahinch Youth Council (Co. Down) - Committee Member

Bridge Community Centre (Belfast, Co. Antrim) - Youth Work Assistant

Citizen's Advice Bureau (Downpatrick, Co. Down) - Survey Volunteer

Corrymeela Community (Ballycastle, Co. Antrim) - Seasonal Volunteers

Disability Action (Belfast, Co. Antrim and elsewhere)

East Belfast Mission (Belfast, Co. Down) - Vintage Charity Shop Volunteer

Forthspring Inter Community Group (Belfast, Co. Antrim) - Youth Programme Volunteer

Glencree Volunteering Programm (Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow)

Hostelling International Northern Ireland (Belfast, Co. Antrim) - Tour Guides

Peace and Reconciliation Group (PRG) (Derry/Londonderry, Co. Londonderry)

Simon Community (Belfast, Co. Antrim) - Charity Shop Volunteer

The Square Centre (Bangor, Co. Down) - Shop Assistant

Youth Action (Belfast, Co. Antrim)

The Northern Ireland Foundation has among its goals to realise a shared and better future in Northern Ireland.

An important objective is to increase active citizen participation in Northern Ireland, through advertising and recruiting volunteers and supporters for projects with a goal of a shared and better future.

Specific objectives include:

• Public recognition of individuals for their volunteering contributions
• Generating donations for nonprofit organisations
• Engaging individuals via a fun and efficient online network
• Recruit a corps of leaders who will galvanise others
• Execute thousands of local volunteering opportunities every year

The Northern Ireland Foundation is embarking on this mission with partner organisations in core functions of volunteer agency and online media. For example, a well-established online volunteer matching and promotion service is provided by Idealist.org, which offers ready-made collaboration tools and has a global outreach.

The vision is to generate an exciting dynamic among new activists, whether younger or older, to increase expectations of what our society can achieve, and that a shared and better future becomes the working norm.

Please share your views with a comment below or email us directly. Many thanks!