In 2001, it was decided to formalise this grouping and Volunteer Centres Ireland (VCI) was formed.
VCI adopted a constitution, membership criteria and agreed aims and objectives.
[citation needed] The VCI lobbied government to support a national infrastructure of volunteer centres, as part of the recommendations in Tipping the Balance (2002).
[citation needed] On 28 January 2009, VCI addressed the Oireachtas Subcommittee on Community, Rural and Gaeltacht affairs on volunteering trends in Ireland.
[6] They run the I-VOL phone app, which allows people to find volunteering opportunities in their area.