Volunteering | Grants & funding

WWF Youth Volunteer Programme

Between 20 and 27 and can fund your own expenses?
Take a look at WWF's global Youth Volunteer Programme...

Volunteer with WWF in your country...

Australia  |  Canada  |  China  |  Finland  |  France  |  Hungary  |  Italy  |  Switzerland  |  UK

WWF partners offering volunteer, training & award schemes...

• The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Association
• Earthwatch Institute
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• LEAD International

Other volunteer agencies...

^{Listing does not imply endorsement by WWF}

• African Conservation Experience (Africa)
• Archelon (Turtle Protection, Greece)
• Animal Jobs
• Biosphere Expeditions
• Challenges Worldwide
• Conservation Volunteers (New Zealand)
• Conservation Volunteers (Australia)
• David Suzuki Foundation (Canada)
• Ecotrackers (Ecuador)
• Global Vision
• Greenforce
• Green Volunteers
• Idealist.org (a good, long list of volunteer opportunities)
• Nabuur (online volunteers)
• Peace Corps (must be a US citizen)
• Raleigh International
• SEEDS (Iceland)
• Simon Bolivar Volunteer Program (Ecuador)
• Society for Environmental Exploration
• Students on Ice (polar regions)
• Traveltree
• UN Volunteers
• World Wide Volunteering
• World Wide Friends (Iceland)
• Yomps (Africa)
• Google search results for volunteer positions

Virtual Volunteering

Work from home or via the internet for a charity. It's mainly working for US based charities, but every bit of expereince counts...

• Volunteer Match (tick the "virtual volunteer box when searching)

Grants & Funding

The following may be able to help with grants or funding:

• Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program
• Prince Bernhard Scholarship Fund
• Google's list of grant making foundations