responsible volunteering from award-winning people and places
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why volunteer with people and places?

want to volunteer responsibly and ethically?
this can be challenging! which organisations are ethical and which aren't?
people and places is here to address this
we identify local needs and match them to your skills to create an individual placement just for you
you will work with – not instead of – local people - share and learn
we need to put the right people in the right places – that’s our job!


"people and places has exercised leadership in a sector bedevilled by poor practice"
The Judging Panel, Responsible Tourism Awards


Winner WTM Awards 2020

we match the RIGHT people to the RIGHT places ... ask us how
we can help you volunteer abroad or from home
call us 01795 535718 or message us


OK - so what volunteer placements do we offer?

Not an easy question to answer, because we work with each individual volunteer to learn about their skills, experience and goals. Each and every individual placement is a custom-made, bespoke match between the volunteer’s personal goals and the needs of the project community. We do not invent placements – you can be confident that your work will be contributing to a real need as identified by the projects themselves, with our support. You have goals and the project has goals … our job is to match them.

Below are just a few examples of the sort of volunteer work you could be doing. Learn about ALL of the projects we work with HERE

nursery and primary school support in The Gambia (ED)
Location: Gambia
Project Type: education support
Share your nursery, teaching and creative learning skills at nursery and lower basic (primary) schools in The Gambia.  Work with local teachers to help them give their children the best start possible. - [learn more]
empowering women through business support for Treak Community Centre (WE)
Location: Cambodia
Project Type: womens empowerment
Volunteer with a locally run social enterprise aiming to provide employment for local women, reduce dependence on foreign support and develop the expertise to become self-sustainable. - [learn more]
e-volunteer - demonstrate a skill (EV)
Location: FROM HOME
Project Type: e-volunteer
Film yourself demonstrating a skill - arts & crafts, business or educational - to be used by partners in schools, child support community projects and small businesses, providing training in skills and giving ideas for activities which may not be available locally


- [learn more]
education & community support - Treak, Cambodia (ED)
Location: Cambodia
Project Type: education support
Treak Community Centre is all about creating opportunity, rather than dependency. It aims to help local people to learn new skills, increase their own ability and self-confidence, towards enabling them to take control of their own futures. - [learn more]
e-volunteer - story reading (EV)
Location: FROM HOME
Project Type: e-volunteer
Film yourself reading a children's story to be used by teachers in education and child support projects, providing access to stories not available locally and enabling children to hear stories read in English by native English speakers.


- [learn more]
people and places match volunteer skills to project needs
we need teachers, nurses, healthcare and social workers, business & practical skills … and more!
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