Volunteer projects in Wales

International volunteer projects in Wales

Volunteers from the UK are welcome to join one of our international projects in Wales. Every year, we organise:

  • weekend projects
  • two-week projects
  • longer volunteering opportunities

We work with local community organisations to create projects that really make a difference.

Most projects require leaders, so if you want more of a challenge, we can train you to be a project leader.

Weekend projects

Why not spend a weekend with a group of volunteers from across the UK and beyond? Some examples of projects....

  • Helping convert the people of Cardiff to Fairtrade products
  • Protecting some moorland at Afan Forest
  • Building dry-stone walls at Felin Uchaf in north Wales

Weekend projects are a great way of trying out international volunteering for the first time. They might help you to prepare for a more challenging experience overseas.

We have three environmental projects planned at the Green Valley project in Rhondda Cynon Taff in April, June and September. Here's some more information and an application form .


Two-week projects

We arrange around 25 two-week international volunteer projects in Wales every year. Volunteers come from across the world to give their time to Welsh communities. We reserve places on these projects for volunteers from the UK.  Some examples of projects....

  • Organising play activities with an international twist for young people in the Rhondda Valley
  • Helping Carmarthenshire County Council and Flintshire Coastal Rangers to build parts of the All-Wales Coastal Path
We have two environmental winter projects coming up in Carmarthenshire, from 26th February to 10th March and from 11th to 24th March. Here's some more information and an application form .

Longer term opportunities

We have opportunities for people to volunteer in Wales for three to twelve months. Long-term placements in recent years have included leading environmental projects and supporting students with disabilities at Swansea University.

We will update our list of long term opportunities regularly.

 

To find out more

If you live in the UK, you can find out more about these projects by emailing UNA Exchange.

If you live outside the UK - you can apply to volunteer for two weeks in Wales by contacting our partner organisation in your country.