If you can spare a day to help farmed animals alongside like-minded people, this is for you! While volunteering can be dirty work, it greatly assists us in keeping our animals safe, happy and healthy.
While we incorporate a brief tour throughout the day, if you’d rather meet and interact with the animals, please sign up for a tour.
What a Day Looks Like
- 8:30am – Arrive at Edgar’s Mission
- 8.45am – Induction and safety briefing
- 9.00am – Sanctuary tasks – these change each week and can include mucking out shelters, raking, weeding, painting, etc.
- 12.00pm – Lunch break
- 12.45pm – Further sanctuary tasks
- 2.15 pm – Conclude your day
Helping Hands Volunteer Requirements
- Participants must be 18 years and over. For safety reasons, 15- to 17-year-olds must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
- A level of fitness and mobility to be able to complete tasks involving bending and lifting
- Ability to work independently and part of a team
- Willingness to work quietly to create a peaceful environment for our residents
- Comfortable around animals of all sizes, including chickens, goats, and pigs
Out of respect for our animal residents, we request that no animal products make their way onto the sanctuary grounds via your lunch box (this includes meat, dairy and eggs). Also, please do not bring any avocado to the sanctuary as it is deadly toxic to our birds. Thank you.
