The Volunteer Bureaux Initiative (VBI) supports and develops the Volunteer Centres network in Northern Ireland. The main aim of VBI is to improve the organisation of volunteering through the development of a local infrastructure for volunteering. The Agency works with the Volunteer Centres across Northern Ireland to provide them with support, information and training on volunteering good practice and to assist them in the delivery of their core activities. The Agency also administers the core funding scheme for existing Volunteer Centres.

All Volunteer Centres undertake the following areas of work:

• Promote volunteering and volunteer centres
• Recruit, support, train and develop volunteers
• Initiate, develop and support volunteering opportunities
• Encourage good practice
• Influence other agencies and public policy
• Plan and evaluate
• Access resources

The Volunteer Centres listed below are autonomous locally based organisations concerned with the promotion, support and development of volunteering and offer a range of volunteering opportunities.