UK Residentials

If you want to get involved in full-time or long term volunteering without going overseas, a UK residential placement can provide an excellent opportunity to meet new people, learn new skills and make a real impact on the local community.

As with Volunteering Overseas, it will be important to check out organisations and projects thoroughly before committing yourself.  Make sure you are clear about what to expect including to what extent travel and living expenses are covered.  

Key contacts and useful information: 

do-it.org.uk/ - provides an on-line database of organisations with full-time opportunities on offer.

ATD Fourth World - 1-2 week long workcamps in the UK and other countries. Minimum age 18.

Children's Country Holidays Fund - Recruits volunteers aged 18+ for summer camps for disadvantaged children.

Community Service Volunteers (CSV) - Places volunteers aged 16 and over on projects for 4 to12 months. Services include an online database of up to 500 full-time volunteering opportunities in the UK.

Concordia (YSV) Ltd - Workcamps for young people aged 18-30 in UK, Europe and North Africa.

Edinburgh Cyrenians - Volunteers aged 18-26 live and work with young homeless people.

Gap Activity Projects - Global volunteering experiences for young people aged 17 to 19.

Independent Living Alternatives - Volunteers aged 18+ enable physically disabled people to live in the community. 

International Voluntary Service - Organises workcamps in Britain and worldwide. Minimum age 16 for workcamps in Britain, otherwise 18.

National Trust Working Holidays - Range of conservation working holidays, minimum age 16 (most 18+). Also recruits long-term volunteers aged 17+.

Simon Community - Community of homeless people and volunteers (19+) living and working with London's street homeless.

Time for God - Placements for young Christians aged 17-25.

UNA Exchange - Workcamps for volunteers aged 18+.

Vitalise - Volunteers aged 18+ care for disabled guests on 1-2 week holidays.