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Employee Community Engagement
University College Dublin is committed to playing an active and positive role within our communities. We have a responsibility through our teaching and research to equip the next generation of leaders, innovators and creatives to understand the global challenges facing the world and the role they play in addressing them.
UCD in the Community encourages all employees to become more involved within the community, through volunteering on or off campus, or engaging with community organisations on a more frequent basis through research, or teaching and learning. Find out how you can get involved below.
Community engagement in action
![I-Form working with staff and service users at the Clontarf branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association to support activities in the area of 3D printing.](/ucdinthecommunity/t4media/Thumbnail image 370px x 370px (1).png)
I-Form engaging with staff and service users at the Clontarf branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association
I-Form engaging with staff and service users at the Clontarf branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association.
![Members of the UCD Community Choir present a cheque to Special Olympics Ireland](/ucdinthecommunity/t4media/Thumbnail image 370px x 370px (2).png)
Members of the UCD Community Choir present a cheque to Special Olympics Ireland
Members of the UCD Community Choir present a cheque to Special Olympics Ireland
![Two adults in green high vis stand outside, over a table where they are working on a project](/ucdinthecommunity/t4media/Thumbnail image 370px x 370px (3).png)
Ripple: Making connections between water and climate change in our towns
Ripple: Making Connections between Water and Climate Change in our Towns
![UCD School of Medicine staff and students plant daffodils for the community](/ucdinthecommunity/t4media/Thumbnail image 370px x 370px (4).png)
UCD School of Medicine staff and students plant daffodils for our community
UCD School of Medicine staff and students plant daffodils for our community
![UCD employees attend the launch of UCD's Community Engagement Report](/ucdinthecommunity/t4media/Thumbnail image 370px x 370px (5).png)
UCD employees attend the launch of UCD's Community Engagement Report
UCD employees attend the launch of UCD's Community Engagement Report