Volunteering responsibly is emotionally exhausting and mentally challenging - but it can also be a profound and life-enhancing experience if you are well-prepared, part of that preparation is in ensuring that you have appropriate travel insurance cover in place. Cover that lends itself to the activities and work that you will be undertaking. Some insurance policies may be cheaper, if you are choosing one of these, please, please make sure the are offering the cover that you need:

VolunteerInsure Single trip travel insurance
Specialist single trip travel insurance for people planning a work based volunteer trip. Cover up to 365 days in duration travelling anywhere in the World. No cover is available on this product for cruising. Cover from £7.

To read Harold Goodwin's recent article on Volunteering and travel insurance please click here.

Volunteer Travel insurance is provided by Infinity Insurance Solutions (a division of Travel Insurance Facilities Plc) and insured by the UK Branch Office of Union Reiseversicherung AG. Travel Insurance Facilities Plc are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Union Reiseversicherung AG are authorised in Germany by BaFin and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority.
Please note:
Travel insurance brought from this site is only available to persons who have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least 6 months prior to taking out the insurance and who are registered with a UK General practitioner.
Cover is only available for round trips starting from and returning to the UK.