About Us
VSB is a local development agency with almost 40 years of experience providing the infrastructure to support, encourage and promote citizenship and participation through voluntary activity. As the Volunteer Centre for Belfast, Castlereagh, North Down and Ards, VSB provides the support mechanisms to enable individuals to access voluntary opportunities, matching volunteers with voluntary placements, and maximising mutual benefits. VSB provides support each year for 4000 volunteers and over 760 organisations whose work involves volunteers. Support includes advice, information, training and good practice standards.
To complement general volunteering opportunities a number of specialist volunteering programmes have been developed including Young Citizen's In Action, Active Age, Cares Initiative and Millennium Volunteers Programme.
In a response to identified need in Belfast and Castlereagh, VSB operates a number of practical care services. The emphasis is on participation and social inclusion and services include: Befriending, Transport, Social Outings. VSB provides advice, information and assessment to a range of external Trust Funds designed to help those in need throughout Northern Ireland.
