Volunteers play a vital role in animal shelters, providing invaluable support to staff and contributing directly to the well-being of the animals.

To formalise your application, we invite you to send us your application by e-mail to the following address: benevoles@veeweyde.be.

Your application must include :

• Your background, detailing your experience, skills and any previous involvement in animal-related activities or voluntary work.
• An explanatory note, in which you can tell us about your motivations, your personal experiences with animals and what you would like to contribute to the refuge.
• Your preferences: do you prefer dogs, cats, Nacs or farm animals (sheep, goats)?

Here are the requirements for becoming a volunteer with our association:

Here are the requirements for becoming a volunteer with our association:

• Volunteers must be over 18.
• Above all, they must want to contribute to the welfare of animals and must never have abandoned an animal.
• He/she must be aware of the amount of time he/she will have to devote to helping the refuge, and this on a regular basis, for a minimum of six months, with a fixed morning per week. Our animals and our staff must be able to count on him in the long term.
• The volunteer respects the shelter’s safety protocols and applies the safety, hygiene and animal welfare procedures that he or she learned during training to become an animal volunteer.
• They are resilient and are not afraid to roll up their sleeves, get dirty and clean up litter.
• They must have a strong heart and be aware that they may have to deal with situations that are sometimes delicate, such as animal mistreatment or legal seizures.
• The volunteer must also be someone who honours his or her commitments to the animals and to the shelter team.
• They also keep the animals company by walking them, brushing them and playing with them. He pays them attention and becomes irremediably attached to them.
• They let us know if they are allergic to animal hair or have any health concerns. Women are asked not to be pregnant for more than three months.
• Volunteers are constant, committed individuals who may be asked to provide us with an extract from their criminal record.

  
  Our teams will examine your application carefully and we will get back to you if your application meets our current needs.We look forward to hearing from you and perhaps welcoming you soon as one of our committed volunteers.