The international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is made up of 188 National Societies, the British Red Cross being one of these. As each National Society has the capacity to draw upon its own body of volunteers, we don’t send volunteers overseas.
Not only does the Movement save time and money, but local volunteers have the advantage of speaking the language, knowing the region, and understanding the culture.
However, every year we do send some young volunteers to other European countries through our international youth volunteering programme.
If you would like to volunteer overseas you might like to visit the National Centre for Volunteering website, which has details of organisations that do send volunteers abroad.
You may also like to consider contacting another Red Cross or Red Crescent Society in the country of interest to you. You can get the contact details by visiting the IFRC directory.
Sending paid staff overseas
We are, however, a leading provider of delegates to:
The British Red Cross also provides delegates to support international projects in partnership with other National Societies. Delegates are paid staff with specific skills. Find out more about how to work for us overseas.