SDQA Volunteers Programme
Six ways to give your time, and they are not the same shape. Lead your own build, fundraise where you already are, write and film, open doors, check our delivery, or give one professional skill.
Some run for six weeks. Some take an afternoon. No rota, no open-ended commitment, no experience needed.
Pick your way in
Pick one and it takes you to the form with that box already ticked. You can tick more than one when you get there.
The work you would be joining
50+
Countries reached through our delivery partners
Years
Of our founders' work in charity fundraising and delivery
6
Kinds of project, from masjids to hospitals
Every
Project reported back with photos, dates and location
More about how SDQA works, or see delivery reports from recent projects.
Some routes attach to one named project. You take a masjid, a water bore or a family home, see it through, and get the photographs when it finishes.
Others are not projects at all. Writing and filming comes piece by piece. A professional skill can be one afternoon. Opening a door to your masjid committee is a conversation. You pick the shape that fits the time you actually have.
Most volunteering gives you a task. This gives you an outcome.
An SDQA hand pump on the day it was handed over.
Why SDQA is different
01
Small groups owning one outcome, not a rota of tasks.
02
Every route feeds the projects SDQA builds, not a general fund.
03
You always know what you took on and when it is finished.
04
Sadaqah jariyah is the point, not the marketing.
The six routes
Two attach to a named build. The other four do not. Read who each one suits before you read what it involves, because that is the part people get wrong.
01
Put your name on one project and fund it with your own circle.
Who this suits
Someone with a wide circle who is comfortable asking people for money. You do not need to be wealthy. You need to be trusted.
What you would do
02
Bring one specific project to a room that already trusts you.
Who this suits
Anyone embedded in a masjid, student society, workplace or large family group, who is comfortable standing up and making the ask.
What you would do
03
Turn what happens in the field into something people actually finish reading.
Who this suits
Writers, editors, photographers and video editors. Students building a portfolio are welcome, and we credit your work.
What you would do
04
Make the introduction that we cannot make ourselves.
Who this suits
People who know the right people. Masjid committees, imams, employers, business owners, student unions. One email from you beats twenty from us.
What you would do
05
Limited placesHold us to the standard we promise our supporters.
Who this suits
The detail person. Auditors, project managers, surveyors, anyone who notices when two documents disagree and cannot let it go.
What you would do
06
Give one professional skill, once or on an ongoing basis.
Who this suits
Professionals who would rather give an hour of what they are good at than an evening of something they are not.
What you would do
Not sure which one? Send the form and we will work it out with you.
Be early
We are opening this programme, not reopening it. There is no hundred-person rota to slot into and no waiting list to sit on.
The first group gets first pick of what is on the board, a direct line to the team, and a real say in how this runs.
Every SDQA project has a plaque with the date and the location.
When yours goes up, you get the photograph.
What you get back
A water bore or a masjid keeps earning reward long after the campaign ends.
Signature leads are named on the project page and on the plaque that goes up on site.
Photos, dates and location from the field, sent to you and to everyone who gave.
You work alongside others who are serious about building something.
You own an outcome, not a task list. That is where the confidence comes from.
Process
01
Your name, what interests you, and the time you can give.
02
A short conversation about your strengths and what you want out of it.
03
Matched to a live project with a named contact and a clear outcome.
04
You work to the finish, and we send you the evidence it landed.
Before you ask
No. Only one of the six routes asks for a professional skill, and that one is optional by design. The rest need the intention to contribute and a few reliable hours.
Every route states its own commitment on its card, from a one-off afternoon up to a six to eight week project. We would rather you picked the smaller one and finished it.
It depends which route you pick. The project-based ones run to a finish and then you are free. Writing, filming and skills work is piece by piece, so you take what you want when you have time. None of them is a standing rota.
No. Two of the six routes attach to a named build. The other four are fundraising, content, introductions and professional skills, and none of them needs you to take on a construction project.
Someone from the team reads it and comes back to you for a short conversation. Then you are matched to live work with a named contact.
On the Signature route, yes. You pick the masjid, water bore or family home you want your name on. On the other routes we match you to whatever is live and suits what you told us.
No. Student societies are one of the best places to run an appeal, and we credit content work, so it is worth having on a portfolio.
No. These are volunteer routes. What you get back is on this page, and none of it is a wage.
Takes two minutes
If you have ever wanted to contribute but did not know where you fit, this is the form.
Someone from the team reads every one.
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