Volunteer With Childline

Note: If you speak the languages of Ukraine and can help Childline provide support to children and young people who have come to Ireland, please email [email protected] Thank you!

Volunteers play a vital role in helping Childline to listen to, and support children at our units spread across Ireland. The Childline Listening and Digital Support Services are manned by a team of volunteers, under the guidance of staff members, who train and supervise volunteers to ensure a consistent and high-quality service to children and young people.

Childline Volunteers are of all ages and come from all backgrounds. They unite with a common purpose: to support children and ensure they have someone who will listen. Childline volunteers do not need any prior qualifications as comprehensive training and ongoing support are provided to all Childline volunteers before engaging with children and young people over the phone, online chat or via our Digital Mental Health and Wellbeing Programmes service.

If you are computer literate, comfortable with written communication, empathetic and supportive and have an interest tools and techniques that encourage wellbeing, then volunteering for our Digital Support Service might be for you.

Our Childline Listening service invites volunteers who are comfortable with real-time communication and active listening, and who are non-judgmental, empathetic and would like to support the empowerment of children and young people.

Each Childline volunteer completes a weekly four-hour shift. See below for more information about volunteering at a location near you.