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Volunteers can get involved with beach clean ups, school programmes, logistics, data collection, fundraising, media and admin work, and more.

Save The Med Foundation is a charity dedicated to enabling the Mediterranean Sea to recover its rich biodiversity and to thrive in harmony with prospering, environmentally conscious and proactive local populations.

Common volunteer tasks:

The Dos Manos projects: Some extra hands during beach cleans, assistance during school programmes, help with logistics, data collection, coordination of beach cleans, photography/videography.
Events: Event organisation, logistics, information sharing, awareness, new membership subscriptions, fundraising.
Fundraising: Organising fundraising events, recruiting members, organising online fundraisers.
General tasks: Translations, graphic design, administrative duties, multimedia, campaign development, writing articles, social media.
Expedition assistance: Occasionally we need extra people on board our expeditions. Tasks can vary from helping out on deck to assisting diving scientists in water, documenting the event etc.

Note: To assist on expeditions highly advanced SCUBA experience and reliability are necessary. Only volunteers that have been with the charity long enough to demonstrate these qualities previous to an expedition will be offered these positions. This is both to ensure onboard and in water safety and the quality of the work that needs to be done. 

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Majorca, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Help clean, build and repair houses and fences, walk and cuddle dogs in the Žarkovica Animal Shelter.

Društvo za zaštitu životinja is an animal shelter in Dubrovnik, Croatia, that cares for abandoned animals. 

Volunteers are the heart of the shelter. People visit from all over the world to volunteer – bringing love, hope and help to the dogs here. Volunteers help clean, build and repair houses and fences, walk and cuddle the dogs. Everything a volunteer does improves the shelter and the lives of these animals. 

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Croatia, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Join the beach clean up team every Saturday at 11am.

Since it’s inception, the Clean Beach Initiative’s main goal is to keep the world’s beaches clean, to fight the pollution of the oceans and to raise awareness in society. Only by joining efforts with the community and fostering direct action will this mission be achieved.

Every Saturday at 11am, volunteers head to the beach in Barcelona to help remove litter.

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Barcelona, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Volunteering opportunities are posted on an ad-hoc basis. Click the link below to see what’s available! Events are ad-hoc so volunteers are advised to check their website for upcoming opportunities.

Ecocean is an organisation that arranges beach cleaning days along the Costa del Sol.

Think twice before putting disposable plastic plates and cups in your shopping trolley or sipping your drink through a plastic straw.

Plastic is harmful to the environment, both in the manufacturing stage and when it’s been discarded as rubbish.

Ecocean strives to source and supply eco-friendly alternatives to single-use plastics so you can easily make the switch. We have the largest range of paper straws already in Spain and will continue to add to our anti-plastic range of products. Our packaging is also completely plastic free.

Don’t let  your throwaway lifestyle throw away the lives of marine animals. Go eco-friendly now to make a difference to our environment today!

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Spain, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Volunteer to help clean litter and debris from Irelands coastline.

The Clean Coasts programme works with communities to help protect and care for Ireland’s waterways, coastline, seas, ocean and marine life.

Clean Coasts are creating a tangible and immediate improvement on Ireland’s coastal environment through:

        * Organising 100s of beach clean-ups each year

        * Mobilising thousands of volunteers, removing large quantities of marine litter from our coastline.

        * Promoting and facilitating coastal clean-ups and marine litter surveys

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Ireland, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Volunteers can help lessen food waste with the Food Cloud Gleaning Project

Food Cloud is a social enterprise that seeks to tackle food waste around Ireland, by connecting businesses that have surplus food with Charities and Community Groups that need it.  

Globally, 33% of food is wasted, causing four times more carbon emissions than global aviation. At the same time, an estimated 821 million people do not have enough to eat. Food Cloud have redistributed over 140 Million meals in Ireland and internationally since 2013. By rescuing more than 58,900 tonnes of food from going to waste, over 188,000 tonnes of CO2 -equivalent has been avoided.

Volunteer with Food Cloud by joining the Gleaning Project.
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers’ fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.
Food Cloud have been rescuing food from Irish fields through the gleaning project since 2017 and since then they’ve worked with groups of volunteers to collect a range of high-quality crops (by hand) such as potatoes, onions, carrots and broccoli from our partners at Meade Potato Company and Ballymakenny Farm. Most of the fresh produce saved through Gleaning is redistributed to our network of charity and community group partners.

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Ireland, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Volunteers’ time, expertise, enthusiasm, and knowledge are central to the IWT’s conservation efforts. There are many different ways volunteers can help.

The Irish Wildlife Trust ( IWT ) aims to conserve wildlife and the habitats they depend on throughout Ireland while encouraging a greater understanding and appreciation of the natural world and the need to protect it. The Irish Wildlife Trust was founded in 1979 as a non-governmental organisation and charity (Charity no: CHY 6264). 

The Irish Wildlife Trust works to create a better future for Ireland’s biodiversity by motivating and supporting people to take action to protect biodiversity. The charity achieves this through wildlife walks and talks, citizen science projects, community & school education, practical conservation activities, and biodiversity campaigning and advocacy.

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Ireland, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Legambiente is an environmental agency based in Italy that allows volunteers to do beach clean ups.  

They also offer longer term residential camps. Prospective volunteers will need to sign up via the contact form on the website linked below.

To participate in volunteer activities there are no particular requirements other than being available to others, having a spirit of adaptation, respecting local traditions and needs. The behavior of each volunteer must be based on the utmost respect for the environment, the group and the host community. The volunteer who chooses to participate in a Legambiente camp embraces the vision of the Legambiente association and shares its values.

You can participate at any age, starting from 14 for projects dedicated to minors; parents, uncles, grandparents, teachers can accompany children aged 4 to 14 in the camps dedicated to families.

The age of the volunteers in the camps can vary depending on the project, so it is a good idea to pay attention to the description of the camp when registering.

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Italy, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Volunteers must be 18+ and can participate in marine conservation projects in Carriacou, near Grenada

Caribbean Reef Buddy is an organisation dedicated to the development of knowledge relating to the complex marine ecosystems in the Caribbean. 

They are a non-profit organisation based on the island of Carriacou (near Grenada) in the Caribbean and runs for 5 months May to September.

The program is designed to provide volunteers with the complete training to take part in ongoing marine & coral reef conservation projects. No experience required. Must be 18 and over to participate.

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Grenada, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Volunteers can join the research or education teams. or participate in events in Grenada.

In 2000, Ocean Spirits implemented a research study in the north east of Grenada with the aim of evaluating the current status of leatherback sea turtle nesting population.

While sporadic studies in previous years had identified nesting activity in Grenada, data collected by Ocean Spirits since 2000 has shown that the nesting site found at Levera beach alone is home to one of the top three populations of nesting leatherbacks in the region. Results from this initial study also revealed high levels of illegal egg poaching, which exceeded 90%. Ocean Spirits is actively tackling this issue and has considerably reduced this threat to 5% on the main index nesting beach, Levera Beach.

Opportunities:

1. Join the research team for a full night patrol monitoring leatherback sea turtles (nesting season is April – July and hatchling season is May-July)

2. Join the team for educational summer camp programs

3. Contact the Ocean Spirits team to find out what other events are occurring during your stay in Grenada (eg World Ocean Day celebrations, beach clean up events, community outreach days)

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Grenada, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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Help protect turtles during nesting and hatching stages, as well as ensuring baby turtles successfully reach the sea.

Turtle populations are under threat from natural predation and human interference and your help is needed to ensure their survival. 

Join a non-profit marine research organisation working hard to protect turtle populations where they are in steep decline. You will become an important member of the team by protecting turtles during the crucial nesting and hatching stages, and even ensuring the baby turtles successfully reach the sea. Programmes take place across one week.

Costa Rica is the ultimate destination for glorious beaches and adventure activities, as well as volunteering with turtles. Join a project that gives you the chance to enjoy areas of unspoilt coastline whilst helping to protect the precious marine environment and its magnificent shelled inhabitants.

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Costa Rica, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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The Mondo Foundation are looking for experienced teachers to work alongside our newly trained primary teachers in village schools in the beautiful Helambu region of Nepal in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Volunteers live with local families and teach for 4 weeks or longer, helping to introduce child centred methodology and share ideas with local staff. 

Mondo Foundation works in areas of the world where people face extraordinary challenges and there are no simple answers. The charity works with partner organisations to ensure that communities can access quality education and earn enough to live healthy and fulfilling lives.

Over 90% of the schools in the Helambu area were damaged or destroyed by the 2015 earthquakes. Mondo responded by providing emergency support to people in the worst hit area and then started rebuilding schools. The charity is now focused on improving the quality of education through teacher training and support, including international volunteering.

Charitable Travel will help you plan and book your next holiday to Nepal, and can tailor your trip to allow time for you to get involved in this project, which you will need to arrange directly via the link below.

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