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OUR VISION
A vibrant, fair and safe society where volunteering and volunteers flourish.
OUR MISSION
To be a powerful catalyst for volunteering to enrich lives and energise communities.
OUR VALUES
- Inclusion: Everyone is of equal worth and entitled to be treated with dignity and respect and included as a valued member of the community. We particularly value the potential of volunteers and their ideas, experiences and talents.
- Integrity: Everyone should expect that Volunteer Now will do it says it will and be open, honest and trustworthy.
- Excellence: People participating in Volunteer Now’s programmes are entitled to services that are of the highest standard and continuously improve through learning and innovation.
- Collaboration: Much more is achieved when individuals and organisations work together collaboratively for mutual benefit.
- Sustainability: It is important to always consider the long-term sustainability of the organisation’s work, as well as of the environment.
Click here to read our Strategic Plan 2025-2030.
Latest News

New Community Strategy – Have Your Say
10 October 2025
Ards and North Down Borough Council are seeking your help to develop a new community strategy. They need your thoughts on how they should provide services such as play clubs and summer schemes, how they can support communities and how you would like community centres and halls to operate in your area. To have your […]
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Volunteer Now’s AGM 2025
9 October 2025
You are warmly invited to Volunteer Now’s AGM: Date: Thursday 13 November 2024 Time: 2.00pm Location: PwC Belfast Office, Merchant Square, 20-22 Wellington Place, Belfast, BT1 6GE We are thrilled to welcome Stephen Gray, Digital Transformation Manager at MindWise NI, as our AGM Guest Speaker! Stephen will introduce AI for Volunteer-Involving Organisations, sharing practical examples […]
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Connect During Good Relations Week 2025
9 October 2025
James Martin MBE Calls on Communities to ‘Connect’ During Good Relations Week 2025 Oscar, BAFTA and IFTA award-winning actor James Martin MBE is calling on individuals, organisations, and communities across the region to come together and ‘Connect’ for Good Relations Week, which takes place from Monday 13 October to Sunday 19 October 2025. The week […]
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Experience of Volunteering by Adults in NI 2024/25
6 October 2025
Findings from the Continuous Household Survey 2024/25 Among other policy areas, the Department for Communities (DfC) is the lead department for volunteering. DfC is responsible for the development of voluntary and community sector strategies and policies and both funds and works in partnership with the sector. This report presents the findings from the 2024/25 Continuous […]
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