REMOTE OPTIONS
Below you will find lots of opportunities organized by our volunteer partner, OnHand.
Click the relevant links below to either sign up to opportunities directly or
sign up via the OnHand app where you can collect points, help to plant trees and easily track your time!
Sign a Petition to Help Save North Atlantic Whales
Task Type: Support Causes Remotely
Charity: IFAW
The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most critically endangered animals in the world, with fewer than 360 individuals remaining in the population, of which only 70 are reproductive females. Since 2017, a staggering 98 right whales have died or been seriously injured in U.S. and Canadian waters. IFAW are are calling on federal agencies in the U.S. and Canada to advance and strengthen North Atlantic right whale protective measures and save this dying population.
Adopt The World with PlasticBusters!
Task Type: Support Causes Remotely
Charity: PlasticBusters
The Adopt the World Plastic Busters initiative encourages individuals to "adopt" a place, like a street, park, or beach, and commit to keeping it litter-free.
Donate £20 to Friends of the Earth
Task Type: Financial Donation
Charity: Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth is the UK’s biggest grassroots network dedicated to protecting people and planet. From preventing oil fracking to securing the world’s first climate change law, donate £20 to Friends of the Earth to make their work possible.
Map for People In Need
Task Type: Support Causes Remotely
Charity: HOT Tasking Manager
Join a global community that is mapping the places most vulnerable to disaster and poverty in order to support humanitarian aid and sustainable development across the world. Each year, disasters around the world kill nearly 100,000 and affect or displace 200 million people. Mapping can help change this. Organizations like the Red Cross use Tasking Manager to create mapping projects for areas around the world where data is needed to help save or improve lives.
Write letters to Refugees
Task Type: Write a Letter to a Refugee
Charity: Refugee Council
Thousands of Afghan refugees are spending their first winter in the UK, far from home, in an unfamiliar place, worried about their loved ones and facing an uncertain future. In these challenging circumstances a message of hope and kindness from you can make a difference. You can show refugees that they're not alone.
Help Identify animals in live images across the world!
Task Type: Support Causes Remotely
Charity: Zoological Society of London
ZSL’s Instant Wild empowers you to take part in vital conservation work, bringing you LIVE images and videos from amazing locations all around the world. By identifying the animals in each image, you are contributing to conservation and making a positive impact on the future for wildlife.
Help Save The Coral Reefs
Task Type: Help Save The Coral Reefs
Charity: Help Save The Coral Reefs
Scientists have hundreds of hours of audio recordings taken from Marine Protected Areas around the world to monitor the success of their restoration efforts. Yet, they lack the time to listen to all of the data. This is where you come in…In just three minutes help marine biologists in their bioacoustics Ocean regeneration work - attempting to bring life back to damaged corals. Listen to a healthy coral reef and compare it to the sounds of an unhealthy reef .
Solo Eco Clean!
Task Type: Solo Eco Cleanup
Choose a route/area where you know you can make a big impact, and spend an hour or 2 (or longer!) collecting litter. Please make sure to dispose of the litter near a bin/somewhere you know it will be collected.
Set up a bird feeder in your garden
Task Type: Environment
Bird feeding can help provide a safe environment for birds to easily access a food source, water, and habitat. By adding a bird feeder to your garden, you'll bring more birds to your outdoor space. The more birds in your outdoor space, the fewer insects (and weeds) will be around!
Send a Letter to an Elder
Task Type: Send a Card/Letter to Someone In Need
Charity: Love For Our Elders
Everyone deserves a mailbox full of love letters, and Love For Your Elders are on a mission to make that happen– they've sent 500,000 letters of love around the world. So take a few minutes, sit down, and write a letter. Tell them about yourself, maybe share a joke or a riddle and let them know that they are loved. When you accept this mission a link below will appear which will show you the letter requests for that month. They have guidelines on what the letter should and shouldn't include.
Fundraising for prevent breast cancer
Task Type: Causes
Charity: Prevent Breast Cancer
Taking part in the march 32 challenge. March 32 miles for the 32 people who lose their lives to breast cancer every day in the UK.
Send a message of hope with Women for Women International
Task Type: Female Empowerment
Charity: Women for Women International
Since 1993, Women for Women International has invested in the power of over 500,000 women who are forgotten — the women survivors of war and conflict — to learn the skills they need to rebuild their families and communities. Their vision is to create a world in which all women determine the course of their lives and reach their full potential.
Lend Your Sight with Be My Eyes
Task Type: Lend Your Sight with Be My Eyes
Charity: Be My Eyes
Be My Eyes is a free mobile app with one main goal: to make the world more accessible for blind and low-vision people. The app connects blind and low-vision individuals with sighted volunteers and companies from all over the world through a live video call.
Supporting Socio-Economic Diversity
Task Type: Race & Socio-Economic Diversity
Charity: 10,000 Interns Foundation
10,000 Black Interns is a non-profit that provides support, education, and a safety net for Black students who want to break into work industries. Sanjay chats with 10,000 Black Interns co-founder Michael Barrington-Hibbert about industry barriers, learning leeways, and how they’ve helped Black students land 6,000 paid internships so far.
Graphic Design / Web Design Support for IMAS
Task Type: Skills-based (Remote)
Charity: International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS)
International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) breaks down barriers and creates safe inclusive environments for those facing obstacles to participation – including people with physical and learning disabilities – to take part in sports as equals alongside non-disabled participants. Flutter is on a mission to help IMAS grow their presence globally, promoting more inclusive sports and helping those facing barriers to access the sports they love. The latest opportunity requires someone with Graphic Design/Web Design experience.
Muckle Team: Become an E-Mentor
Task Type: Mentoring (Remote)
Task Type: The Social Mobility Foundation
The Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) is a charity that aims to make a practical improvement in social mobility for high-achieving young people from low-income background. As an e-mentor you would support a sixth former by giving them the opportunity to have a 1:1 relationship with a professional in their chosen career sector who can communicate with them via email at least every two weeks.
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