Volunteering opportunities

Here is a list of organisations who accept volunteers. This may be in-person working at their sanctuary or virtually doing admin or social media work. Additionally, what's expected of volunteers, and the pre-requisits will vary between organisations so please have a thorough look. Some places may only take a few volunteers at a time whilst others will continuely take on new ones so depending on when you inquire there may or may not be positions available.

*Please note: all of the organisations mentioned here are my personal selections of organisations who a) are organisations that I am happy to support and b) list volunteering on their website. I have not personally volunteered with most of these orgs so cannot vouch for the specifics of their programmes. Please do your own research fully before committing to a volunteer placement.

The Animal Neighbours project - a variety of in-person opportunities available. Interested volunteers should contact the team on the website to discuss roles.

Ape Action Africa - [CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR VOLUNTEERS] Take on a handful of volunteers at a time to work on site at their sanctuary in Cameroon. Keep an eye on re-opening for volunteers.

Colobus Conservation - in-person opportunities working on site on the coast of Kenya. Has a useful volunteers pack on the website to give you an idea about what is involved.

Gibbon Conservation Society - both in-person and online volunteering opportunities. Work at the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project in Malaysia or there are plenty of online volunteering roles available, from fundraising, content creation, to advocacy. Lot's of choice!

Helping Hands For Wildlife - an organisation based in South Africa. Opportunities for in-person volunteering rehabilitating orphaned or ex-pet vervet monkeys on site.

The Lemur Conservation Network (LCN) - has online volunteering opportunities. Currently looking for an illustrator and photographer. NOTE: the LCN has wonderful resources on their website detailing other volunteering opportunities based in Madagascar.

Limbe Wildlife Centre - take on both short and long-term volunteers to work at their site in Cameroon.

Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership - volunteers work in-person in Madagascar on two projects; habitat restoration and lemur monitoring.

Neotropical Primate Conservation (NPC) - accept volunteers year round to help with their projects in South America. Interested volunteers should contact the team for further discussion on specifics.

PASA - opportunities for both in-person volunteering (at one of PASA's sanctuaries) or online directly for PASA in areas such as writing and social media.

SEED Madagascar - takes volunteers in-person in Madagascar. A variety of programmes available.

Selamatkan Yaki - online volunteering opportunities possible. Contact the team and they'll get back to you about openings.

WAPCA - in-person volunteering opportunities but spaces are limited. Work at their sanctuary site.

Wild Futures - take volunteers on site at their sanctuary in Cornwall, UK.