Just a Change
Just a Change is a Portuguese non-profit that renovates homes for people living in housing poverty, relying entirely on volunteer labour. Si…
Volunteering & Social Impact
Where showing up makes the difference: REFOOD's meal-rescue shifts, Fruta Feia's food co-op, beach clean-ups with Brigada do Mar, and wildlife care at RIAS. Volunteers keep the work moving, and new hands are welcome.
Projects in this focus
ADPM – Associação de Defesa do Património de Mértola
ADPM is a Mértola-based development association founded in 1980, working on heritage conservation, environmental protection and community de…
Youth Coop
Youth Coop is a non-profit cooperative of youth work professionals based in Agualva-Cacém, Sintra, running local and European projects on ci…
Emaús Caminho e Vida Porto
Emaús Caminho e Vida Porto is a Porto-based community of the international Emmaus movement, founded by Abbé Pierre, where companions live to…
CRESAÇOR – Cooperativa Regional de Economia Solidária dos Açores
CRESAÇOR is a regional cooperative founded in 2000 that represents the Azores' solidarity economy network, now made up of 37 institutions. I…
ADELIAÇOR – Associação para o Desenvolvimento Local de Ilhas dos Açores
ADELIAÇOR is a local development association based in Horta, Faial, that coordinates rural and coastal development strategies across the Azo…
Growers
Growers is a digital platform and app connecting people to regenerative hosts, communities and off-grid projects across Portugal for stays, …
Lousitânea – Liga de Amigos da Serra da Lousã
Lousitânea is a non-profit association based in the schist village of Aigra Nova, Góis, dedicated to conserving and promoting the natural an…
Blue Lavandarias – Projeto Roupa Amiga
Blue Lavandarias' 'Projeto Roupa Amiga' is a solidarity initiative that washes and distributes donated clothing free of charge to people in …
ESDIME – Agência para o Desenvolvimento Local no Alentejo Sudoeste
ESDIME is a cooperative local development agency coordinating territorial strategies and rural innovation initiatives in the Southwest Alent…
GRACE – Empresas Responsáveis
GRACE – Empresas Responsáveis is a public-benefit, non-profit business association founded in 2000 that promotes corporate social responsibi…
Casa d'Abóbora
Casa d'Abóbora is a youth association in the village of Aldeia, in the low-density rural area of Cinfães, working for social, cultural and e…
ATPD — Associação Transmontana Pelo Desenvolvimento
ATPD is a non-profit association in Vila Flor, Trás-os-Montes, that works to promote human rights, equality and community resilience through…
Spirala Ecovillage
A regenerative camping site and eco-hub on 10.4 hectares in São Miguel de Acha, Castelo Branco District, offering community living, workshop…
Azeitão Eco-consciente
Azeitão Eco-consciente is a community movement in Azeitão, Portugal, that promotes sustainable, active and connected living through events s…
ImpacTrip
ImpacTrip is a purposeful travel agency that offers meaningful social and environmental volunteering programs across Europe.
Associação Odiana
Associação Odiana is a regional development association in Castro Marim. It promotes sustainable growth across the Baixo Guadiana through lo…
Kairós – Cooperativa de Incubação de Iniciativas de Economia Solidária
Kairós is a cooperative in Ponta Delgada, Azores, that incubates solidarity economy initiatives aimed at social inclusion and community resi…
Guardiãs da Natureza
Guardiãs da Natureza is a national network of women who act as local catalysts for ecosystem regeneration, biodiversity conservation and sus…
ATO — Associação Terras de Ourondo (Terra Divina)
ATO (Associação Terras de Ourondo) runs retreats, artistic performances, workshops and an itinerant clown school at Terra Divina, in Ourondo…
CooLabora
A social intervention cooperative based in Covilhã. For 18 years it has worked in Cova da Beira on gender equality and against domestic viol…
ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável
ZERO is a Portuguese environmental NGO, founded in 2015, that advocates for sustainability on energy, pollution, waste, biodiversity and soc…
Rewild the Future
An off-grid community and education hub in a forest valley in central Portugal, working on ecological restoration, Montessori-inspired learn…
Folha Verde / Benfeita Ecozone
A bilingual natural education project and intentional eco-community of more than 270 people in the mountains of Benfeita, central Portugal. …
Tribodar
An eco-village in its early stages and a retreat centre in Nisa, Alentejo, offering eco-retreats, Kundalini yoga, agroforestry workshops and…
Vale Ondula
A permaculture living lab and eco-community on 3.6 hectares of forest in Sande, Northern Portugal. Two families and their volunteers are bui…
Aldeia Inclusiva
Aldeia Inclusiva is a non-profit association in Monção, Portugal, building a rural, nature-based community where people with disabilities ca…
Loural Ecovillage
Loural Ecovillage is a sustainable community and retreat centre in Colmeal, Góis, Portugal, working towards food and energy self-sufficiency…
Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso
Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso (UDCB) is a local association in northeastern Portugal that firmly opposes mining projects in the regio…
Planetiers
Planetiers is a global ecosystem and active community based in Lisbon, Portugal, connecting sustainable solutions with organizations and ter…
Live With Earth
Live With Earth is a Portuguese non-profit association, active since 2012 and formally founded in 2017, working on sustainable development a…
Vida em Transição
Vida em Transição is a family-run eco-project in Esculca, a village in the Serra do Açor, central Portugal, built around conscious living, p…
Servivo
SerVivo is a co-living community and event venue in the Natural Park of Arrábida, near Palmela, given over to human development through danc…
PurposeFlow Living
PurposeFlow Living is a regenerative living community and retreat centre in Pavia, Alentejo, Portugal, working on ecological restoration, we…
Traditional Dream Factory (TDF)
Traditional Dream Factory is turning a former poultry factory in Abela, Alentejo into a regenerative village that combines co-living, syntro…
A Quinta da Lage
A Quinta da Lage is an off-grid regenerative farm and intentional community in the South West Alentejo coastal natural park, offering co-liv…
Toca do Coelho
Toca do Coelho is a small open community farm and creative sanctuary in the hills near Alferce, in the Algarve, built on permaculture, self-…
Cristaland Lagos
Cristaland Lagos is a conscious eco-community and event centre in the Algarve, Portugal, built around sustainable living, wellbeing and comm…
Vegoa
Vegoa is a platform and registered association promoting sustainable, ethical and vegan living through community-building. Its flagship proj…
Living the Life Portugal
Living the Life Portugal is a family-run quinta near Figueiró dos Vinhos, where Tom, Ros and their children share their home, skills and kno…
Volunteering in Portugal
Conservation associations, farms, food co-ops and wildlife centres often depend on unpaid hours and take volunteers, and for several of them it is not a nice extra but the reason the work happens at all.
The commitment varies more than the subject does. RIAS needs regular shifts at its wildlife centre in Olhão. Quercus, MONTIS and VERDE run field days you can join once. Keela Permaculture Farm and Quinta do Vale da Páscoa host longer stays in exchange for work, and Brigada do Mar cleans coastline in short intensive campaigns.
Ask what is actually needed before offering; the honest answer is often less romantic and more useful than expected. Related focuses: community resilience and habitat restoration; dated volunteer days are on our events calendar.