Give Your Time

There are many opportunities for you to get involved with Raleigh International here in the UK. We always need passionate and dynamic volunteers to help at our residential training workshops, Open Events, recruitment fairs, university or school presentations.

Residential training workshops

To run all our residential workshops, we rely very much on the support and hard work of our volunteers who give their time, effort and sheer enthusiasm to make them the success they are. There are a number of different workshops and roles, each with their own set of challenges and different set of skills requirements. Whether you have just come back from a Raleigh expedition, volunteered previously, or have had no experience with Raleigh International - we look forward to hearing from you.

As an organisation, we are committed to the development of our volunteers. By offering you a wide variety of opportunities, we aim to help enhance your skills and take your volunteering experience forward.
We are able to cover all travel costs for volunteers, and in some cases, advance arrangements may have been organised. The maximum cover for travel costs varies according to which residential workshop you attend.
Please contact Samantha de la Haye on +44 (0)20 7183 1295 or email samantha.delahaye@raleigh.org.uk if you are interested in volunteering at a residential workshop.

Read about our different residential workshops:
Challenge Workshops are a 3 day residential for venturers going on an expedition.  Through team building activities, it is a chance to meet other people going to their expedition, learn more about their overseas projects, basic living in the outdoor environment and receive expert medical and equipment advice. Each Workshop is specific to the chosen expedition country.
Please see the dates below for forthcoming Workshops:

Raleigh Outdoor Adventure Residential (ROAR) is a five-day challenge held near Buxton, Derbyshire bringing together young people on partner programmes from around the UK. They will be taken out of their comfort zone and through group work activities, learn skills that are conducive to situations that arise on our overseas expeditions.
Please see the dates below for forthcoming ROARs:

Development Weekends are compulsory workshops for all volunteer managers before they embark on expedition. They receive training on group work and facilitation with young people in challenging environments and practical cross-cultural management techniques. Each Development Weekend is specific to the chosen expedition country.
Please see the dates below for forthcoming Development Weekends:

Available roles for our residential workshops:

• Lead Volunteer Facilitators will take the lead in promoting and supporting the personal development of a group of young people at Challenge Workshops and ROARs in accordance  with Raleigh International’s methods of facilitation. To share relevant facilitation knowledge and good practice with your Volunteer Facilitator throughout the duration of the residential.
• Volunteer Facilitators will assist the Lead Volunteer Facilitator with the promotion and support of the personal development of a group of  young people at Challenge Workshops and ROARs.                                                                
• Logistics Managers will help organise kit and equipment for ROARs and Challenge Workshops. A clean licence to drive vans or minibuses is a bonus.
• Group Assessors are required on our Assessment Weekends. You do not necessarily always have to run activities, however you need to observe behaviour and the skills of each volunteer manager candidate in line with our assessment process and criteria.
• Facilitators will encourage the groups on Assessment Weekends to work together, to review and build as a team.
• Cooks are needed for all residentials to help prepare meals for everyone on the workshop This role often comes with a cash bursary.

Spreading the word

We travel the length and breadth of the country to meet people interested in joining a Raleigh expedition. Have a look at ways in which you can spread the word in the alumni section of the website.