Mission and Diversity and Equality Statement

Our Vision is to create a vibrant local society where every person feels connected to their community through active participation in volunteer-related activities and there are opportunities available and promoted to get the volunteers involved in common good causes.

Our Values

We believe that:

·        Volunteers should be treated with respect and dignity;

·        Everyone should have an equal opportunity to volunteer;

·        Volunteering should respect the rights, dignity, and culture of others;

·        Everyone should have a positive experience of volunteering;

·        Volunteering should be a "win-win" situation for both the volunteer and the organisation.

Our Mission is to promote the value of volunteering and increase the range and quality of volunteering in County Meath.

We are committed to:

·        Promoting the value of volunteering to all sectors of the local community;

·        Offering a service that will be inclusive, accessible, and high quality. Serving as best we can every volunteer who accesses our service and ensuring that volunteers are the focus of our work;

·        Resourcing and supporting volunteers to make informed choices about volunteering, maintaining relevant, up-to-date information on volunteering opportunities;

·        Developing new opportunities and projects involving volunteers in their local community;

·        Referring volunteers to a wide range of community and voluntary projects across all sectors of the community;

·        Working with organisations so that they can achieve best practice principles in volunteer management;

·        Ensuring that volunteers do not replace paid workers nor constitute a threat to the job security of paid workers;

·        Promoting the principles of equity and participation within the volunteer sector;

·        Raising the profile of volunteering in organisations, government, and the community in general.

Diversity and Equality

Meath Volunteer Centre is committed to taking action to promote equality and value diversity. We will work to address unfair treatment, discrimination, and prejudice within the workplace, in our work with volunteers, organisations, and in the wider community and voluntary sector. We recognise that every individual has a right to equal recognition and fair and appropriate treatment and opportunities regardless of their: gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religious belief or lack of religious belief, age, disability, race, colour, nationality or ethnic or national origin or membership of the travelling community.