Key dates Team Uganda 2019 

Recruitment and selection - Assistant Project Leader:

  • Applications open Monday 28th January
  • Application deadline Monday 4th March 9.00am
  • Interviews Wednesday 13th March
  • Selection day Saturday 23rd March.  Candidates shortlisted from the interviews will be invited to the selection day where the final decision will be made.

Recruitment and selection - Team Members:

  • Applications open Monday 28th January
  • Application deadline Monday 4th March 9.00am
  • Selection day Saturday 23rd March.  Candidates shortlisted from the applications will be invited to the selection day where the final decision will be made.

Training and induction:

  • Training weekend 1: Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April 
  • Training weekend 2: Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April
  • ‘It Won’t Happen to Me’: Wednesday 1st May 5-6pm
  • Project preparation: Thursday 6th and Friday 7th June 

Team Member volunteers will also be required to spend time reaching their £500 fundraising target and do some voluntary preparation in the UK before going out to Uganda.

Travel to Uganda:

  • Departing from the UK on Saturday 20th July 
  • Returning back into the UK on Sunday 18th August

On return:

  • Returned volunteers event: Date to be confirmed for early October
  • On return all volunteers will be required to engage in other returned volunteers’ activity, including writing a report and making a presentation to donors and helping to promote international volunteering to other students
  • There will also be the opportunity to continue to volunteer with S.A.L.V.E. in the UK