Get involved
From volunteering internationally to offering vital financial support or joining in our campaigning work, VSO has many opportunities for the active global citizen to get involved and help our fight against poverty.
Experience volunteering with VSO
By living and working at the heart of a local community, volunteers share their skills making a lasting impact on fighting poverty, as well as experiencing the culture in a way that is rarely possible as a tourist.
How your donation will help
Making a donation today will help make sure we are able to send our volunteers to the places where they are so desperately needed - and keep them there.
Campaign for change
It takes all kinds of action to challenge global poverty and we all have a role to play. Whether you prefer to sign a petition or run a workshop in a school, VSO has things you can do to make a difference in your own way.
Help fundraise
Get involved in one of VSO’s many exciting fundraising activities.
Partner with VSO
Partnership is a key feature of the way that we work with other organisations.
Work for us
With VSO staff members committed to leading the fight against poverty, VSO is an exciting place to work.
Quotes
I became completely absorbed in what I was doing, and realised for the first time that I had something to contribute ... it changed my life.
Jon Snow, Broadcaster And Former VSO Volunteer Teacher
Tricia Sloan
Hospital Management Adviser - Cambodia
In order to meet its strategic objectives, VSO needs to continue to attract the highest calibre of skilled professionals. Tricia Sloan is one such professional: she is currently Director of Planning and Performance at Tameside and Glossop Primary Health Care Trust. Next month she’ll be leaving for a VSO placement in Cambodia, where she’ll spend her two-year career break strengthening hospital management teams.