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Volunteer

Most volunteering with us happens where you already live

Because that is where it is most useful — and because flying volunteers to partner communities usually costs them more than it gives.

Our position

Being honest about what helps

We used to run short-term overseas trips. They were popular, and we eventually accepted that in most cases the hosting, translation and supervision they required from a partner community outweighed the work they contributed.

So we stopped. What we do instead is make good use of volunteers where they already are, and facilitate longer placements only where a partner has identified a specific skills gap they cannot fill locally.

This is a less exciting offer than a two-week trip. It is a more useful one.

How we approach volunteering

  • Most volunteering with us happens where you already live, because that is where it is most useful.
  • We are cautious about short-term overseas placements. They frequently cost a partner community more in hosting, translation and supervision than they contribute in work.
  • Where a partner identifies a skills gap they cannot fill locally, we facilitate placements of six months or longer.
  • Everyone working with children or vulnerable adults completes safeguarding training and background checks, without exception.
  • We will tell you honestly if we do not have a role that fits you rather than inventing one.

Volunteer roles

Eight ways to help

Roles are indicative — availability varies. Tell us what you can offer and we will be straight with you about whether we can use it.
Where you liveA few hours a month

Church representative

Be the link between your congregation and the ministry — sharing prayer requests, organising an annual offering and keeping the partnership alive between visits.

What helps

  • Communication
  • Organisation
  • A relationship with your church leadership
Where you liveOccasional

Speaker and advocate

Speak about our work at churches, schools, small groups and workplaces. We provide training, material and clear guidance on representing communities with dignity.

What helps

  • Public speaking
  • Willingness to be trained
  • Comfort with nuance
RemoteA few minutes a week

Prayer team member

Receive specific requests from partner communities and pray for them consistently, including urgent requests as they arrive.

What helps

  • Faithfulness
  • Discretion
RemoteProject-based

Translation and language support

Help translate prayer updates, training material and resources so partners can use them in the languages they actually speak.

What helps

  • Fluency in a second language
  • Written accuracy
RemoteProject-based

Skilled professional support

Contribute professional expertise pro bono — finance, legal, IT, monitoring and evaluation, safeguarding, design or HR.

What helps

  • Relevant professional qualification
  • Experience in your field
Where you liveSeasonal

Events and fundraising volunteer

Help plan and run supporter events, community fundraisers and church visits in your area.

What helps

  • Practical organisation
  • Enthusiasm
  • Teamwork
RemoteA few hours a week

Administrative volunteer

Support the team with data entry, supporter correspondence, research and the unglamorous work that keeps an organisation running.

What helps

  • Attention to detail
  • Reliability
  • Basic IT literacy
By arrangementSix months or more

Longer-term field placement

Where a partner has identified a genuine skills gap that cannot be filled locally, we facilitate longer placements. We do not run short-term trips.

What helps

  • A specific requested skill
  • Cultural humility
  • Language willingness

Get in touch

Tell us what you can offer

We will reply honestly, including if we do not currently have a role that fits.

Safeguarding applies to every volunteer

Everyone working with children or vulnerable adults completes safeguarding training and background checks, to the extent local law allows. There are no exemptions.

What happens next

  1. 1. We read your enquiry properly and reply within a few working days.
  2. 2. If there is a possible fit, we arrange a conversation.
  3. 3. Safeguarding training and checks where the role requires them.
  4. 4. A named contact, a clear brief, and an honest review after a few months.

What you could offer, roughly how much time you have, and anything relevant about your experience.

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