Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund

Tell Us What You Can Do

As we’ve said before, the RWAF is run by a team of volunteers providing different skills to the organisation. And we often we have projects where we need the help of people with certain skills that we don’t already have. So if you are good at administration, design, PR, accountancy, or have another specialist skill that you feel you could share to help us to help rabbits, please get in touch. Next time a project comes up where your skills could be needed then we’ll contact you and see if you are able to help.

If we have a good list of members with various skills, it will allow us to consider more projects that help raise money and awareness to improve the lives of rabbits, projects that we might otherwise rule out due to lack of resources.

Please note that by contacting us you are not committing to anything, you are just registering your interest.

Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund (RWAF) Volunteer Application

We are delighted that you have shown an interest in helping us to help improve the lives of pet rabbits in the UK.

This form will help us to best match your skills, experience and amount of time available with an appropriate task or project.

A lot of the work we do relies on volunteers, and we are grateful for all their help, but in order to manage our workload effectively we have to know we can rely on agreed commitments. So please be as realistic as you can be about how much time you can commit.

Please complete the questions below, and if you have anything you'd like to add then please include it in the space set aside at the end.

Some of our work is confidential, and should not be discussed outside of the RWAF committee so please do not be offended if we ask you to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Volunteers need to be members of the RWAF.

Thanks again!

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Car Owner
Yes No

If you are a car owner, please check that your insurance will cover you to carry out tasks for RWAF.

How much time a month do you think you have to spare on RWAF volunteering?

Would you feel more suited to helping out now and again rather than regularly? For example, we often need help manning stands at conferences, shows etc.

Are you able to travel if necessary? Please note you are only likely to need to travel if helping at an event and RWAF will pay mileage when we do so.

Are you happy to donate the cost of any phone calls you might need to make? If not we will pay your telephone expenses.

How do you think you would be best suited in helping the RWAF? (tick as many as are appropriate)
Running awareness days/evenings at local vets, pet shops and the like
Administration, helping send out leaflets or information for example.
Helping on the stand at conferences and shows. We attend shows and fairs several times a year and would like to get an event team together, so this could mean giving up a whole weekend. We would cover travel and hotel costs.please indicate if this would be of interest to you
Writing press releases, and/or other documents and communications
Helping with technical tasks such as maintaining the website and loading items onto the shop
Managing a project to a deadline and reporting to the RWAF committee.
Some other way, please specify

Do you have any skills or training that might be relevant (eg. Veterinary qualification, IT experience, graphic design, PR experience). If so, please specify

What is your connection with rabbits? (tick as many as are appropriate)
Rabbit owner
Involved with rabbit rescue
Breeder
Work in a pet shop
Involved in animal welfare campaigning
Vet/vet nurse
Other, please specify

Are you involved with any other animal welfare groups? If so please specify

Why do you want to volunteer for the RWAF?

Please use this space to provide any more details you feel might be relevant.

We need to be sure that our volunteers have the same aims and standards as the RWAF so could you please provide the names of 2 referees. This could be your vet, local rescue centre, or another RWAF member for example