Frivilligcenter Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave, Valby

What Frivilligcenter Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave, Valby does

Frivilligcenter Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave, Valby (legally Frivilligcenter VSV) is a Danish non-profit volunteer center serving the Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave, and Valby districts of Copenhagen. The organization functions as an intermediary between four stakeholder groups: individual volunteers seeking engagement opportunities, local associations in need of volunteers and management advice, businesses pursuing corporate social responsibility through employee volunteering, and municipalities coordinating civic volunteer programs. Its described mission is to build bridges between people and communities and create strong, sustainable volunteer environments.

The center's core offerings include volunteer matching and recruitment, consultation and sparring for associations, structured corporate volunteering programs (both one-day and longer-term), and municipal cooperation projects. It has developed a proprietary library of concepts and methods for volunteer engagement, including step-by-step guides for engaging young volunteers, frameworks for educational institution-association cooperation, and check-in templates to sustain collaborative relationships. These resources are distributed as downloadable guides, templates, and exercises through the organization's WordPress-based website (frivilligcentervsv.dk), supported by an email newsletter and a Google Forms-based association membership intake.

The organization operates on a non-revenue-generating model with all services provided free of charge to volunteers, associations, businesses, and municipalities. It is staffed by 13 employees, operates in a single country (Denmark), and has no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or commercial pricing structure. Revenue is presumed to derive from municipal and national grants rather than commercial activity.

Name

Frivilligcenter Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave, Valby

Legal name

Frivilligcenter VSV

Website

https://frivilligcentervsv.dk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Frivilligcenter VSV is a Copenhagen-based non-profit volunteer center that connects individual volunteers with local associations, businesses, and municipalities across the Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave, and Valby districts, offering matching, consultation, and corporate volunteering programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Volunteer and Civic Community Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Volunteer matching services
• Association networking
• Community engagement programs
• Corporate volunteering initiatives
• Civic consultation services

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The center serves as a local volunteer hub that connects individuals who want to volunteer with associations, businesses and municipalities in the Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave and Valby districts of Copenhagen. It supports associations through network membership, consultation and sparring, designs corporate volunteering programs (one-day events and longer-term placements), and collaborates with municipal authorities on civic engagement initiatives. It also develops concepts and methods (e.g., guides and exercises) to strengthen volunteer engagement.

Product overview

Frivilligcenter VSV is a Danish volunteer center operating in the Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave, and Valby districts of Copenhagen. The organization functions as a community bridge, connecting individuals who wish to volunteer with associations, municipalities, corporations, and educational institutions. Their offerings include volunteer recruitment and matching services, consultation and guidance for associations, corporate social responsibility volunteer programs, and municipal cooperation. The center also develops concepts and methods to support sustainable volunteer communities, providing downloadable guides, templates, and exercises for organizations working with volunteers. The organization does not offer a commercial software product but rather serves as an intermediary and resource provider for volunteer engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bliv frivillig (Become a Volunteer) Free service that helps individual residents in Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave and Valby find local volunteering opportunities and become matched with associations and initiatives.
• For foreninger (Association Network Membership) Network membership for local civil society associations providing access to sparring, consultation, events, and a cross-association network in Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave and Valby.
• Rådgivning og sparring til foreninger (Consultation and Sparring for Associations) Consultation and sparring services that help local associations with volunteer recruitment, engagement, organizational development and best-practice methods.
• For virksomheder (Corporate Volunteering Programs) Tailored corporate volunteering programs for local businesses, including one-day employee team events and longer-term volunteering placements, coordinated through the center's association network.
• For kommuner (Municipal Cooperation) Cooperation services with municipal authorities in Vesterbro, Kgs. Enghave and Valby, supporting local volunteer and civic engagement initiatives through the center's network.
• Concepts, Methods, Guides and Exercises for Volunteer Engagement Self-developed concepts, methods, guides and exercises designed to strengthen volunteer engagement, available to associations, businesses and municipalities engaging with the center.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Koordinationsenheden for Frivilligt Arbejde i København: The municipal-level volunteer coordination function within Copenhagen's city government. Comparable because it operates in the same local volunteer-coordination space, although as a public-sector unit rather than a non-profit intermediary.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Frivilligt Socialt Arbejde (CFSA): Denmark's national knowledge center for voluntary social work, which develops methodologies, training, and research for the volunteer sector. Comparable because it operates in the same methodology-development and capacity-building space as Frivilligcenter VSV, just at national scale.
• Røde Kors Hovedstaden (Danish Red Cross Capital Region): A major Danish volunteer-engagement organization operating in Copenhagen and the broader capital region. Comparable because it recruits, trains, and deploys volunteers for community-facing activities — overlapping with VSV's volunteer-matching function.
• Frivilligcentre.dk (Sekretariatet for de Frivillige Sociale Organisationer / FriSe): The Danish national association for volunteer social organizations and umbrella body for the frivilligcenter network. Comparable because it operates at the national layer of the same Danish volunteer-center ecosystem that Frivilligcenter VSV operates in locally.

Emerging players

• VolunteerMatch: A US-based online volunteer-matching platform connecting individuals with non-profit opportunities. Comparable as a volunteer-intermediation service with overlapping purpose, though operating in a different geography and via a digital-first model.
• Catchafire: A digital platform matching skilled volunteers and corporate employees with non-profits. Comparable as a volunteer-intermediation service, though operating in a different geography and with a digital-first model rather than VSV's local, relationship-driven approach.

Others

• Reachdesk: A corporate social impact and employee-volunteering management platform. Comparable only in the corporate-volunteering segment of VSV's offering, as it sells software to companies to manage employee volunteering programs — a different business model but addressing the same end-customer.
• DEMA - Dansk Erhvervs Frivilligcenter: Danish Chamber of Commerce's volunteer and CSR initiatives for member businesses. Comparable as a corporate-facing intermediary helping Danish companies implement volunteer and social-responsibility programs — the same customer segment VSV serves under 'For virksomheder'.

Direct peers

• Frivilligcenter Aarhus: Volunteer center serving Aarhus municipality in Denmark, offering matching services, association support, and corporate volunteering programs. Direct peer given the identical service model and parallel municipal mandate.
• Frivilligcenter Helsingør: Another municipal-level frivilligcenter in Denmark offering the same core services (volunteer matching, association network, corporate and municipal partnerships) to a different geographic area. Closely comparable as a peer Danish volunteer center with identical mandate structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/frivilligcenter-vesterbro-kgs-enghave-valby

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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