Remote Opportunities
Remote volunteering enables you to engage with a range of projects around the globe from the comfort of your own home. For many activities, all you will need is internet access and some free time.
Please be cautious when choosing a remote volunteering opportunity. We only promote remote volunteering providers that we hope will provide you with a rewarding and enriching experience.
If you come across a remote opportunity you would like us to check on your behalf, please forward the details to su.volunteer@qub.ac.uk
Below you’ll find a selection of remote volunteering opportunities:
The Tutor the Nation charity makes education fairer, one tutoring session at a time. They are looking for dedicated volunteers to give an hour of their week to tutor a disadvantaged secondary school pupil in a GCSE or A-Level subject of choice. If you are knowledgeable about your subject and would enjoy mentoring a student to help them to develop the skills and confidence to achieve their goals, apply today!
CAMHS.Digital are looking for young people aged 16-24 to contribute to research projects and expand their knowledge on digital tools that are being created to improve mental health.
Commitment: Meetings take place every Wednesday from 4-5pm
Location: Online
Crowd2Map Tanzania has been mapping rural Tanzania since October 2015. They have trained over 16,000 remote mappers from all over the world to map from satellite images.
Having better maps is vital in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), helping aid workers to navigate their way around and save girls from FGM.
The Prince's Trust are looking for passionate, committed individuals from all backgrounds to support young people currently studying for the Google IT Support Certificate. As a Mentor, you will support young people aged between 18 and 30 online to unlock their potential and feel positive about the future. Acting as an experienced and trusted guide and mentor, you will offer knowledge, experience and support to young people as they develop the skills, confidence and motivation to succeed in an IT Support role.
For more information contact su.volunteer@qub.ac.uk.
Endometriosis UK are looking for volunteers to lead their Belfast support group. This role is to provide a safe and supportive environment for people with endometriosis to meet with others who share and understand their situation. Tasks will include arranging meetings, recruiting members, participating in national awareness weeks and more!
Action for Children are currently seeking groups of people who would have an interest in setting up an Action Squad. Action Squads are an important part of Action for Children and their community fundraising, working to organise local fundraising events, spreading the word about what they do on social media, and volunteering at events! If you're enthusiastic, passionate and creative then Action for Children needs you!
Cancer Research are looking for people affected by cancer (patients, carers, loved ones) to join one of their Cancer Insight Panels.You will join a group of 15 people affected by cancer to share your views on areas like our fundraising campaigns, clinical trials and their work to influence Government and the NHS. They have two panels, each with their own focus. By working closely with you to make sure that the work they do represents and reflects the needs of all people affected by cancer.
Antrim Food Bank are looking for a home-based volunteer who is knowledgeable of social media, communications and websites. The role involves updating and maintaining the foodbank's social media account weekly, to review and update their website when required, to liaise with local press, and to help communicate with external organisations.
Multiple remote opportunities are available with Deafblind NI. Dual sensory loss can be isolating and lonely, especially at the moment. Wellbeing callers, video, BSL, and telephone social group volunteers have the opportunity to connect members, facilitate vital communication, and provide a friendly voice over the phone.
Concern are committed to promoting social justice globally. They are looking for volunteers interested in politics, current affairs, and international development to adjudicate their online debate series for young people. Virtual debate adjudicators use their skills and knowledge to empower young people and encourage the next generation of social justice advocates to engage with complex social issues.
Fighting Words are looking for volunteers to help deliver their creative writing workshops for children online! If you have an interest in supporting children and young people, enjoy being in a creative environment, and are a good listener, this is the opportunity for you! This is a flexible opportunity and a great way to gain experience volunteering with children. You don't need any previous experience as all training is provided, and all subject backgrounds are welcome!
RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) are looking for volunteers to provide hearing aid support and advice at Hearing Aid User Support Sessions (HAUSS), in residential care homes and in hearing aid users' homes, helping with basic maintenance of hearing aids.
They ask that you have a friendly and approachable manner, with the ability to offer advice and signpost service users. Guidance notes and training will be provided.
Praxis Care are looking for volunteers to support young people leaving the care system. Volunteers would befriend individuals to lend a listening ear, build confidence, reduce social isolation and raise self-esteem. Whilst this is remote telephone befriending during the current Covid-19 situation, there is the potential for face-to-face opportunities in the future. Please note that this is a long-term role based across the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, so interested volunteers need to be based in or near to the NHSCT area.
The Rosey International Foundation is a non-governmental social initiative, based in Nigeria, whose mission is to help young people develop their skills through academic and career mentoring, equipping them with the tools to create a successful future. The Foundation is currently seeking volunteers to assist with rebuilding their website and to help the organisation to sustain an online presence.
SolidariTee is the largest entirely student-run charity supporting the international assistance of refugees and asylum seekers. With more than 450 volunteers from over 40 Universities across the globe, SolidariTee are committed to making sustainable change in the refugee crisis. They currently have a range of virtual volunteering opportunities available, through which volunteers can help raise awareness on the refugee crisis.
Shout are a 24/7 text-based crisis service looking for empathetic and resilient volunteers to help people in distress. If you have 2-4 hours a week that you could dedicate to the helpline, they need you now more than ever. Full training is provided, and qualified supervisors are there to support you with any concerns.
Amnesty Decoders is an innovative platform for volunteers around the world to use their computers or phones to help researchers at Amnesty International sift through pictures, information and documents relating to a wide range of humanitarian causes.
Through previous decoding projects, volunteers from around the world have gathered evidence of systematic attacks on civilians in Darfur, helped to make oil companies accountable for devastating oil pollution in Nigeria and exposed the online abuse faced by female politicians in India.
Technology gives us the power to access information, to exercise consumer choice, to plan independent travel, to enjoy global entertainment in the palm of our hands and to share our experiences. RNIB are seeking volunteers to unleash the power of technology for blind and partially sighted people by helping service users with device set up, troubleshooting and one-to-one tech support.
Cruse Bereavement Care provides support, advice and information to people across the UK who have lost a loved one. The National Helpline is a key part of Cruse’s services and is often the first point of contact for those desperately seeking support at a very difficult time. As a volunteer, you can offer your support by both telephone and email. You don’t have to be a trained counsellor to volunteer for the helpline, Cruse offers full training and home-based shifts are available, meaning that you can volunteer from wherever you are.
Advice NI’s mission is to provide accessible advice services across NI. They deliver a range of advice services directly to the public on topics including debt and money, tax and benefits, EU Settlement Scheme, etc. They are currently seeking home-based helpline coordinators to provide information and support through their Covid-19 Community Helpline. Training provided.
Those living with dementia can often have restless hands and like to have something to keep their hands busy. The Mid Ulster Volunteer Centre are calling all keen crafters to help create some “twiddle muffs”. These are knitted or crocheted wrist bands with items attached which patients can twiddle in their hands to help ease anxiety. Twiddle muffs are a great source of visual, tactile and sensory stimulation, keeping restless hands snug, warm and occupied!
For those living with sight loss, the world can be a difficult place to navigate. Be my eyes’ goal is to make the world more accessible to people who are blind or have a low level of vision. Every day, sighted volunteers lend their eyes to solve tasks big and small to help blind and low-vision people lead more independent lives.
Sighted volunteers install the Be My Eyes app and can then receive video calls from blind or low vision users who may need help with anything from checking expiry dates, distinguishing colours, reading instructions or navigating new surroundings. If volunteers are busy, they can simply divert the call to another volunteer!
Each year, disasters around the world affect or displace around 200 million people. Many of the places where these disasters occur are literally missing from any map and consequently first responders often lack the information needed to make valuable decisions regarding relief efforts.
Missing Maps is an open collaborative project to map areas where humanitarian organisations are trying to meet the needs of vulnerable people. Remote volunteers trace satellite imagery into an online mapping tool then community volunteers add further details such as neighbourhoods and street names. If you’ve never mapped before, it doesn’t take long to learn and Missing Maps have all the tools you need to get started.
Post pals is a small charity run solely by volunteers and their mission is to ‘post a smile on a sick child’s face’ by sending cards, letters emails and little gifts to seriously ill children and their siblings in the UK.
Anyone can get involved, volunteers range from toddlers drawing pictures right up to a 106 year old who knitted some finger puppets for sick children! Postpals require no commitment and the only cost is a stamp and 5 minutes of your time.
LibriVox volunteers read and record chapters from books in the public domain, i.e no longer under copyright. All recordings are then donated back to the public domain, so that they can be freely enjoyed as audiobooks.
LibriVox record books in all languages, volunteers do not need prior experience and do not need to audition or send samples before volunteering. All you need to get started is your voice, a PC/Laptop and some free software! Volunteers can read a single chapter, a whole book, poetry or even contribute as “prooflisteners”.
Volunteers can help Project Gutenberg by proofreading new eBooks through their Distributed Proofreaders team. By proofreading one page at a time, you can help to rescue public domain/out of copy books, converting them to “electronic texts” that can be enjoyed by readers digitally for years to come. Volunteers can also “smooth read” full books before they are finally made available to everyone via Project Gutenberg.
7 Cups provides free, 24/7 emotional support to millions via online chat, ensuring that no one must face their problems alone. Having someone to listen can be all it takes to make a real difference in someone’s life.
They provide free online training and support for volunteers; all you need to get started as a listener is an internet connection.
Becoming a Clanmil Volunteer Mentor for home-schooling parents is a rewarding role which offers invaluable support to the tenants of Clanmil, especially as they may be teaching their children for the first time. A suitable Volunteer Mentor will have excellent communication skills, confidence and a non-judgemental, empathetic attitude. Potential volunteers should have parenting, social work and/or teaching experience or have been previously involved in a similar role.
St Vincent de Paul charity shop on the Ormeau road is seeking a creative and digitally savvy individual to help them maintain their social media presence. This role offers the opportunity to gain experience of working on social media marketing, to be creative and innovative in collaboration with other volunteers and staff within SVP. This role will be flexible, allowing you to fit volunteering around your other commitments!