Jobs That Need Doing

Volunteers can choose to help with one or more of the following areas:

At the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC):

Wildlife Guardians Programme

Training programme fee: SGD50.00 (with effect from 5th February 2012).

Assisting with animal care duties, e.g. cleaning enclosures and providing environmental enrichment. Assisting in daily operations and maintenance of the AWRC, e.g. gardening, giving guided tours to visitors.

Interested volunteers are required to attend a Wildlife Guardians training programme over the course of four weekends. Wildlife Guardians must be at least 16 years old, be vaccinated against Hepatitis A & B and tetanus.

Please visit our Volunteer Calendarto find out the schedule for the Wildlife Guardian programme.

Click here to download the Wildlife Guardian Application Form.

Wildlife Rescue Team

Training programme fee: SGD50.00 (with effect from 6th February 2012).

Volunteers aged over 21 years old can assist ACRES with our wildlife rescue operations, assisting us when we go to rescue native wild animals or abandoned exotic animals in need of help. The Wildlife Rescue Team is on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

To volunteer with the Wildlife Rescue Team you will need to undergo a full day of training and also be fully vaccinated against Hepatitis A and B, rabies and tetanus. You are also required to commit to volunteering at least twice a month. The day shift begins at 9.30am and ends at 5pm. The night shift begins at 5pm to 6am following day.

Click here to download the Wildlife Rescue Application Form.

Gardening/housekeeping

Gardening and maintenance activities at the AWRC. This includes tending to the organic garden, butterfly garden and pond, trimming grass and weeding as well as organising and maintaining the ACRES shop, store room and volunteer house.

General/administrative

General ongoing office-based work, such as inputting data, preparing educational materials, making badges for merchandise sales etc.

Offsite/Events-based:

Roadshows/events/fundraising

Assisting at ACRES roadshows with outreach, education and fundraising. Providing manpower and/or logistical support at ACRES events. Also helping with ACRES fundraising initiatives (e.g. placement and collection of donation tins etc.)

Wildlife Rescue Team

Volunteers aged over 21 years old can assist ACRES with our wildlife rescue operations, assisting us when we go to rescue native wild animals or abandoned exotic animals in need of help. The Wildlife Rescue Team is on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

To volunteer with the Wildlife Rescue Team you will need to undergo a full day of training and also be fully vaccinated against Hepatitis A and B and tetanus. You are also required to commit to volunteering at least twice a month, including night shifts (6pm to 7am the next morning). You will need to commit to five/six- hour day shifts, from 7am to 12 noon or from 12 noon to 6pm.

Humane education

Delivering our educational programmes to schools – participating in skits, assisting in educational activities, talks, school visits to the AWRC etc.

Project-based volunteer work (recommended for CIP)

We have a selection of projects that are recommended and suitable for fulfilling your CIP (Community Involvement Programme) hours. Click here to download the CIP Project Brief.

Project-based volunteer work (suitable for Service Learning)

Specially formulated for a unique learning experience, ACRES provides a range of projects that are suitable for your service learning module. Click here to download the Service Learning Project Brief.

Others/project-based

Using specialist skills/professional expertise e.g. design, IT, legal, veterinary etc. Any skills which you wish to contribute to ACRES!

Projects: Group volunteers can propose their own project relating to animal welfare e.g. organising awareness events, producing educational materials (videos, animations etc.)