When you take part in a volunteering project abroad through Concordia, you can be sure you’ll be making a real difference. To a community, and to yourself.

You’ll be with people from all over the world. You may miss some home comforts, but you’ll have a lot of fun. You’ll get an experience you will carry with you forever. And maybe even some great friends for life.

The Concordia difference

Unlike some, we’re in it for passion, not profit. Unlike voluntourism operators we ask for just a small contribution towards our administration costs. But that doesn’t mean you’ll have less of an experience. Quite the opposite actually – we don’t spoonfeed and do everything for you. You’ll be really hands-on, living and breathing your project, solving problems as a group. Discussions can be lively!

For nearly 70 years now, we’ve provided volunteering and work opportunities overseas and here in the UK. Today we work with partner organisations from 60 countries. Each one understands the realities of life in their own community.

We each organise projects in our own countries, and then ‘swap’ the volunteer places. So every project ends up with a rich mix of nationalities. You’ll learn stuff you could never get from reading or the internet, not just about the place where you volunteer – but about the different habits, attitudes, foods and ways of life of many countries. We believe there’s no better way to promote real, lasting understanding across cultures, continents and political divides.

And if you fancy volunteering for the odd day closer to home in the UK, we can arrange that too. Either for individuals, or for businesses looking to put back into the community.

Why not search for a project and see where volunteering could take you? Or for inspiration, check out the latest stories on our volunteers’ blog

New Volunteer Programme 2012

The new programme for Summer 2012 will be released in March 2012 with over 1500 projects available. If you want us to send you a reminder as soon as the new programme is live on our website, please send us an email and write on the subject “Summer Programme request“.