'Extra Mile is privileged to be working closely with the Teachers' Retirement Agency to draw the attention of delegates to volunteering opportunities beyond retirement. Extra Mile and the TRA support volunteers who devote their time and expertise freely, to work in some of the poorest schools in West Africa."
"They work on programmes in Sierra Leone from as little as one week up to a year in duration, continuing to make a massive difference to the lives of so many youngsters and their teachers in the most deprived country in the world.' - Mike Fielding, ex-teacher and founder of Extra Mile (www.extra-mile.org)
VSO www.vso.org.uk Upper age limit 75. Pay at local rate and usually a 2 year commitment. 020 8780 7200
www.changingworlds.co.uk No age limit for 12 week (min) voluntary placements in orphanages, journalism, teaching, farming and medicine. 01883 340960
i-to-i organises volunteer and teaching placements for all ages from one to twenty-four weeks. 0800 011 1156. www.i-to-i.com
www.frontier.ac.uk offers opportunities to support research projects for 4 to 20 weeks, all ages. Mainly conservation based. 020-7613 2422
www.concern.net asks for a one year (min) commitment to assist advancement of those in less well developed countries. 020 7801 1850
