UCD In the Community Volunteering Awards

There are three awards available to UCD students, Bronze, Silver and Gold:

BRONZE: 20 hours of volunteering

SILVER: 40 hours of volunteering

GOLD: 60+ hours of volunteering

All types of volunteering are recognised. Perhaps you volunteer with your:

• local sports club,
• or in a nursing home,
• maybe you did some remote volunteering online 
• some fundraising for a charity, 
• you could have volunteered with a social justice or environmental group.
• You may have volunteered in Dublin, in UCD, in your hometown or internationally.
  

Eligibility:

• UCD students have the opportunity to earn a Bronze, Silver or Gold award every year, a minimum of 20 hours of volunteering activity is needed to apply.
• For the 2025/26 Awards, volunteering hours must be completed between 1st June 2025 to 31st May 2026 inclusive.
• You do not have to get a Bronze or Silver award before applying for a Gold.
• The volunteering role/task undertaken must be extra-curricular and without payment or course credit.
• Please only include volunteering from your time as a UCD student - you can also include summer volunteering, outside of UCD during the dates outlined above.
• The award is awarded to students who have completed an Application Form and have their volunteering hours logged and approved on www.StudentVolunteer.ie/ucd.

STEP 1:

Complete your volunteering!

Browse www.StudentVolunteer.ie/ucd vounteering opportunities and log your volunteering hours. If your organisation isn't registered on studentvolunteer.ie you will need to log as ad-hoc hours on your profile.   UCD in the Community will confirm your volunteering hours with the organisation you volunteered with.

STEP 2:

Fill out the UCD in the Community Volunteering Awards Application form and complete the reflective questions.

STEP 3:

To be eligible for an Award, STEP 1 and STEP 2 must be completed by a deadline in summer 2026.

STEP 4:

All completed forms will be reviewed by the UCD in the Community team and once signed off you will receive confirmation of your award via email.

STEP 5:

The Awards ceremony will take place in the Academic term 2026/2027.