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International Voluntary Service (IVS)

Address: Old Hall, East Bergholt, Colchester CO7 6TQ.
Tel: 01206 298215

Arrange short term placements in work camps: welfare and manual projects for small teams and mixed nationals. Placements all year but mostly June to September, global.

UNA Exchange

Address: The Welsh Centre for International Affairs, Temple of Peace, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF1 3AT
Tel: 029 2022 3088.
Email: unaexchange@btinternet.com

Run work camps and exchange programmes overseas. Volunteers travel independently then join an international group of volunteers to work alongside local communities. 2 weeks to 6 months.

UNIPAL

Address: BCM UNIPAL, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 0208 299 1132.
Email: info@unipal.ork.uk

Recruits volunteers minimum age 20 for work with children in Palestinian refugee camps during the summer (July to August). Apply in January for interviews in March. Board and lodgings provided.

Student Partnerships Worldwide (SPW)

Address: 17 Dean's Yard, London, SW1P 3PB.
Tel: 0207 222 0138.
Email: spwuk@gn.apc.org

Recruits volunteers aged 18-28 year olds, recruits from Europe, Australasia and America. Health, environmental and social programmes with mixed nationality groups. Length of programmes varies between 3-10 months.

Sudan Volunteer Programme

Email: davidsvp@blueyonder.co.uk

SVP is a London based charity dedicated to sending graduates and under-graduates to Sudan to teach English at schools, colleges and Universities.

Volunteers for English in Sri Lanka

Address: 68 Derinton Road, Tooting, London, SW17 8BJ
Phone: 0208 6823986
Email: enquiries@vesl.org

Volunteers for English in Sri Lanka was established to provide children at rural Sri Lankan schools with the opportunity to gain from enthusiastic and creative native English speakers.

Concordia - Youth Service Volunteers

Address: 20-22 Haversham House, Boundary Road, Hove, Sussex BN3 4ET
Tel: 01273 422218.
Email: info@concordia-iye.org.uk.

International voluntary work camps (16-30 years for European camps). 2-4 weeks mainly June to Sept. Food, accommodation provided but not expenses. Please send stamped addressed envelope for information pack. Small registration fee to be paid along with travel expenses. New North/South programme starting 2002.

Frontier

Address: 50-52 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3QP
Tel: 0207 613 2422
Email: enquiries@frontierproject.ac.uk

Recruits self funding research assistants for long term conservation projects to conserve endangered wildlife and threatened habitats. Projects are between 10 to 20 weeks, in Madagaser, Tanzania or Vietnam.

GAP Activity Projects

Address: GAP House, 44 Queen's Road, Reading RG1 4BB.
Tel: 0118 959 4914.
Email: volunteer@gap.org.uk

School leavers after A-levels and 18/19 during project. Offers voluntary work overseas before university or employment. Apply at start of final year. Cost £685.

Council Exchanges

Address: Council Exchanges, 52 Poland Street, London, W1F 7AB.
Tel: 0207 478 2000.
Email: infouk@councilexchanges.org.uk

Salaried posts for up to 1 year in China, USA, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Thailand. Involving teaching and internships. Salary, return airfare and health insurance provided. All ages and all nationalities. Some programmes such as the JET programme requires applicants to have a degree.

Youth for Development - VSO

Address: 317 Putney Bridge Road, Putney, London, SW15 2PN
Tel: 0208 780 7200
Email: enquiries@vso.org.uk

A one-year overseas programme that provides an opportunity for young people to work with our partners and contribute towards the achievement of VSO's development goals. YfD offers young volunteers a chance to use their skills and to make a tangible contribution to fighting poverty. YfD also provides valuable experience for young people interested in longer-term development work and channels this experience into the promotion of international understanding. Volunteers are supported to fundraise £900 pre-departure.

Project Trust

Address: The Hebridean Centre, Isle of Coll, Argylle, PA78 6TE
Tel: 01879 230 444
Email: info@projecttrust.org.uk

Recruits 17 ½ to 19 ½ year olds. Organises challenging 12-month placements worldwide for school leavers taking a gap year to work on teaching, conservation, social development and other projects. Apply one year in advance. Cost £3,550

WorldWide Volunteering

Address: 7 North Street Workshops, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6QR
Tel: 01935 825588
Email: wwv@wwv.org.uk

WWV promotes volunteering and has a FREE search and match database of 1.5 million volunteering opportunities worldwide and in the UK for people of all ages.

Working Abroad (VWIS)

Address: 2nd Floor, 59 Lansdown Place, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1FL
Tel: 01273 711406.
Email: info@workingabroad.com

Working Abroad researches, compiles and provides a personalised information service for people of all ages and nationalities on voluntary work opportunities in the humanities, educational, agricultural a and environmental fields.

World Service Enquiry

Address: Room 233, Bon Marche Centre, Ferndale Road, London, SW9 8BJ.
Tel: 0207 346 5956.
Email: wse@cabroad.org.uk

Provides information and advice about working or volunteering overseas in the developed world for peace, justice, development and mission.

Book Aid International

Address: 39-41 Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, London, SE5 9RN
Tel: 0207 733 3577
Email: info@bookaid.org

Collects and processes books for third world libraries and schools, in conjunction with overseas partners. Requires offers of good quality books or help working in the warehouse.

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers

Address: 36 St. Mary's Street, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0EU
Tel: 01491 821600.
Email: information@btcv.org.uk

Practical conservation work, training courses and leadership courses for all age groups throughout the UK and overseas. Age 16 and over.

Community Service Volunteers

Address: Head Office, 237 Pentonville Road, London N1 9NJ
Tel: 0207 278 6601.
Email: information@csv.org.uk

Provides volunteering opportunities for all people. Board, lodging and pocket money provided. No volunteer is ever rejected.

Groundwork

Address: Groundwork UK, 85-87 Cornwall Street, Birmingham, B3 3BY.
Tel: 0121 236 8565.
Email: info@groundwork.org.uk

Local Trusts promote economic/social regeneration by improving the local environment. Active in over 150 towns and cities. Good for gaining work experience for an environmental career. Opportunities depend on the type of project being run by the individual Trusts.

Millennium Volunteers

Address: MV Unit, DFES, Room E4, Moorfoot, Sheffield, S1 4PQ
Email: millennium.volunteers@dfes.gsi.gov.uk

Opportunity for 16-24 year olds to make a difference to their own life and their local community, through local volunteering doing something you enjoy. Must complete 200 hours in one year. Request a pack through the web or post.

National Association of Volunteer Bureaux (NAVB)

Address: New Oxford House, 16 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5UG.
Tel: 0121 633 4555.
Email: info@navb.org.uk

National network of over 400 volunteer bureaux throughout the UK. Volunteering opportunities in the UK for gaining experience in many work areas.

National Centre For Volunteering

Address: Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL.
Tel: 0207 520 8900
Email: volunteering@thecentre.org.uk

Promotes volunteering in the UK. Provides a general list of volunteering opportunities in the UK and overseas.

Mencap's Holiday Services

Address: Optimum House, Clippers Quay, Salford Quays M5 2XP
Tel: 0161 888 1216
Email: information@mencap.org.uk

Volunteers are recruited for annual programme of adventure, guesthouses and special care holidays in England and Wales, between Easter and October. Work involves day to day care of holiday guests and domestic work. Age over 18 for 1 or 2 weeks.

National Trust

Address: Volunteering and Community Involvement Office, The Estates Department, 33 Sheep Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1RQ
Tel: 01285 651818
Email: volunteers@ntrust.org.uk

Working for the preservation of places of historic interest or natural beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Mainly at properties as wardening, gardeners and admin or through a local National Trust Voluntary Group. Age 17 or over.

The Prince's Trust

Address: 18 Park Square East, London, NW1 4LH.
Tel: 0207 543 1234
Email: info@princes-trust.org.uk

Organise 12 or 26 week long programmes for volunteers focusing on personal development, confidence and motivation. Involves volunteering on community projects. For anyone aged 16-25 including students and employees (through their employers).

The Simon Community

Address: PO Box 1187, London, NW5 4HW
Tel: 0207 485 6639

Full or part time volunteers needed to live and work around the UK with street homeless. Small allowance provided along with full board and lodgings. Volunteers must be 19+.

Student Volunteers Network

The Student Volunteers Network is for students from across the country to get together and share their passion and enthusiasm for volunteering.

THRIVE (Land Use Volunteers)

Address: Thrive, Geoffrey Udal Building, Trunkwell Park, Beechill, Reading, RG7 2HT.
Tel: 0118 988 5688.
Email: info@thrive.org.uk

Provides work in England and Wales, for 3-12 months, for young people with skills in horticulture, agriculture and conservation or any land based discipline. Working with disabled and disadvantaged people. Board, lodgings and pocket money provided.

Tools For Self Reliance

Address: Netley Marsh, Southampton, Hampshire SO4 2GY
Tel: 02380 869697.
Email: info@tfsr.org

Groups within the UK work on refurbishment of technical tools for Africa. Retired and young people, and people with disabilities especially welcome.

Winged Fellowship Trust

Address: Angel House, 20-32 Pentonville Road, London N1 9XD
Tel: 0207 833 0370
Email: admin@wft.og.uk

Provides volunteering opportunities to help people with disabilities have enjoyable holidays at 5 UK centre for one day, a week or on a monthly basis. No experience necessary, volunteers must be over 16. Board, lodgings and travel expenses paid.