Residential volunteering is your chance to have a break, try something new, or get some experience for your CV.
There are over 40 different places to stay and hundreds of things to do. You can spend a week or more on a reserve, and you can do it alone or bring a friend.
We'll provide you with accommodation, new skills and some great memories.
We have highlighted a selection of opportunities further down the page.
We hope this brochure will inspire you to help us, whatever your age, skills or free time. PDF, 3.4Mb.
Residential volunteering brochure 2019PDF, 115Kb.
Residential volunteering form"I could walk through the reserve to work each morning with the peepings of oystercatchers surrounding me. I learnt all the tricks of the trade, ranging from fencing, moth trapping and reed planting (including how to extract yourself when you’ve fallen in), to butterfly surveying and the less attractive ragwort pulling and litter picking. Now it’s over, I’m keen to do another!"
Anneke Emery, residential volunteer at Fairburn Ings reserve
If you'd like a taster of what it's like to be a residential volunteer, you can watch this short video.
If you'd like a taster of what it's like to be a residential volunteer, you can watch this short video.
552 Volunteering opportunities. Updated daily
552 Volunteering opportunities. Updated daily
We are looking for an enthusiastic Residential Volunteer to undertake a Visitor Experience role for 6 months based at RSPB Arne reserve near Wareham in Dorset. Cut off for applications - May 20th.
Request a copy of Do Something Different, our residential volunteering brochure, including application form.
