VOLUNTEER WITH US

Our roles are flexible and designed to fit around busy schedules. Ideally, we’re looking for a commitment of around 2–3 hours each month. Most roles can be carried out remotely, though fluency in English is essential. The specific time commitment may vary depending on the programme you choose to get involved with. In general, it's helpful if you're able to volunteer a couple of hours each month. Your time with us will be a balance between the needs of the programme and your personal availability.

All our volunteers delivering school workshops are required to be a UK resident and to complete an enhanced DBS check (England & Wales) AccessNI (Northern Ireland) or join the PVG scheme (Scotland). This is free of charge and we’ll support you to complete this process.

We’re looking for individuals who are passionate about the environment and believe in the value of educating young people about conservation and wildlife. You don’t need to be an expert in animal welfare, conservation, or environmental issues — we provide all the training, materials, and resources you’ll need. However, it’s important that you feel confident presenting. No prior experience working with young people, conservation, or climate action is required — full training is provided for each of our programmes. All volunteers working with young people must undergo an Enhanced DBS check. Our team will also offer workshop briefings and training to prepare you for any activities you’ll be involved in.

Absolutely. We love it when our volunteers feel passionate and enthusiastic for our other programmes, just like we do. However, we do recommend sharing with us which programme you would like to prioritise and focus your time and energy on.

Yes, we do offer virtual volunteer positions depending on the programme. If you are interested in working with young people in a school setting, most of these volunteer opportunities are in-person. There is some flexibility for virtual options, depending on the schools that are booking our workshops and programmes. Please make it clear in your volunteer application whether you are able to volunteer in-person or virtually.

This depends on the programme that you are volunteering on. We want your volunteering with us to feel like an equal exchange, that you are getting valuable experience, and developing key skills, while sharing your time, energy and passion with us. Our volunteering opportunities range from remote research and admin support, to in-person full-delivery days in schools. The tasks range from reviewing and updating our resources, helping to deliver conservation and climate workshops to young people, mentoring young people as they develop innovative ideas into eco-solutions, to helping deliver full-day design workshops.

Yes, we have monthly volunteer socials, which alternates between in-person and online, to ensure that our volunteers who are not based in the Greater London area have the opportunity to participate and engage with our volunteer community.

That is absolutely ok. We understand that circumstances change, and that your availability to support us with a dedicated and regular amount of time per month might not be as consistent as when you originally signed up to volunteer with us. We ask that you share any updates or significant changes to your availability with us as soon as possible, so we can adjust our outreach to our other volunteers, in order to support us with the delivery of our programmes.

You can apply through our Volunteer page on our website and to see the volunteer opportunities that are currently actively recruiting. Alternatively, you can email us, and let us know that you would like to get involved, and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.