What is Serve the City?

As a volunteer-led community initiative, the aim of Serve the City is simply to meet the practical needs of people in our community and to promote community-wide volunteerism. By painting a house, clearing an overgrown garden, or sitting down for a visit with the elderly, we are making Dublin a better place to live – one act of kindness at a time.

Most people are living busy lives and don’t have a lot of time, experience, or resources available to help their neighbours. However, volunteers working together with Serve the City can simply roll up their sleeves and get involved in a range of “easy-entry,” low-level service projects. You don’t need any professional skills or experience. We do our best to match your time availability and your personal preferences to serve with other volunteers on an appropriate project team. There’s no need to “sign-up” for a certain length of time so you can come once or as often as you like.