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Certificate in Volunteering (Certificate, L6, 10 ECTS)

  • Location: Online

  • weeks: 12

  • Fees: €700

  • Level 6

  • Course Type Flexible and Professional Learning

  • Study Mode Part Time

  • Department Department of Lifelong Learning

  • Start Date 14/09/2026

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Course Overview

Volunteering plays a significant role in strengthening communities, supporting social cohesion, and contributing to civic and community life. Increasingly, volunteer organisations require individuals who can demonstrate effective communication, ethical awareness, leadership capability, inclusion practices, and reflective skills while working within structured governance environments.

This programme responds to the growing need for:

Formal recognition of volunteer learning and experience
Professionalisation of volunteer practice
Enhanced community engagement capacity
Inclusive and ethical volunteering practices
Leadership development within voluntary organisations
Volunteer wellbeing and sustainability

The programme also supports lifelong learning and social inclusion by recognising that valuable learning occurs through experiential and community-based engagement. It provides a structured pathway for learners to critically reflect upon and articulate the competencies they have developed through volunteering activities.

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  • Volunteering Practice, Leadership and Reflective Development. 

    This module is designed to provide learners with the theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and reflective competencies required to participate effectively and ethically in volunteering environments. Learners will explore the values and motivations underpinning volunteering, develop communication and leadership capabilities, understand governance and professional conduct requirements, and engage in reflective practice to support personal wellbeing and sustained volunteer engagement.

    This module will prepare students/participants for engagement in volunteering via theory, group work, role plays, and scenarios while also supporting them through experiential learning, as they engage with volunteering activities. It will expose the student/participant to the necessary learning on volunteerism regarding cultural awareness, charity, ethical & legal clarity, preparedness regarding professional boundaries and reflection on and in the practice of volunteering.

  • Minimum Entry Requirements

    Mature applicants (i.e over 23 years)

    or

    Leaving Certificate Grade O6 at ordinary level in five subjects in the Leaving Certificate. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language(English or Irish)
    or

    QQI Level 5 Full award with a minimum of eight modules.

    Candidates are required to have an English requirement: IELTS 6.0/ Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) B2

  • This programme will be delivered online though our virtual learning environment.

  • Each 10-credit module normally equates to approximately 200 total learning hours. Total learning hours include the time spent in class, such as lectures, tutorials, and practical elements, as well as time spent working independently outside of college.

    The balance between these varies by discipline and level of study, and learners should be aware that workload will increase at particular times, especially when assignments are due.

  • The programme is assessed through a combination of continuous assessments & project work.

  • €700

  • Applications will close on 28th August 2026 at 5pm.

    Places are allocated on a first come first served basis.

    Programme run subject to viable numbers.

  • Certificate in Volunteering (L6, 10 ECTS)