Volunteer Now

There is increasing interest from families, particularly parents with children / young people, who are looking for suitable activities that they can do as a family and which offer meaningful, affordable educational experience.

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK for outstanding work carried out in their local communities. Since Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee, the Queen has awarded this prestigious national honour t

Volunteer Now is working with organisations across Northern Ireland to highlight one off, turn up and try volunteering opportunities to make it easy for people to get involved in voluntary activity.

Two Northern Ireland organisations have been the latest to receive the Investing in Volunteers national award, which recognises their commitment to good practice in volunteer management.

Time is running out to submit your application!

From early 2013, employees and volunteers in England and Wales will be moving towards a new system where Enhanced Disclosure Certificates will be portable.

Volunteer Now keeps abreast of any case laws which help us to better understand how the courts interpret practices around the involvement of volunteers.

Effective governance is essential to any successful Voluntary and Community organisation in order to ensure they are compliant and meeting their legal duties.

It is estimated that over 27,000 volunteers are involved in Management Committees in NI.