Help Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland improve wildlife welfare, promote best practice, and build a better future for native species.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland advertises volunteer roles as they become available. Current opportunities are listed below. To apply, please download and complete the Volunteer Application Form for the role you’re interested in.
Current volunteer opportunities:
Project Support
Help track actions, organise documents, support follow-up, and keep agreed project tasks moving forward. This role is suited to someone organised, reliable, and comfortable with practical project administration.
Read more | Download Volunteer Application Form
Administration and Volunteer Support
Help with routine administration, volunteer records, onboarding, shared inboxes, and practical organisational follow-up. This role is suited to someone organised, careful, and comfortable with day-to-day admin processes.
Read more | Download Volunteer Application Form
Communications Support
Help keep WRI’s online presence active through social media, website updates, newsletters, and related communications tasks. This role is suited to someone who writes clearly and is comfortable with digital content and communication.
Read more | Download Volunteer Application Form
Wildlife sanctuaries and independent rehabilitators across Ireland are operated almost entirely by dedicated volunteers. They rely heavily on public support, including donations, practical help, and volunteer time, to continue rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing wildlife.
If you’d like to help, visit the contact listings on www.irishwildlifematters.ie to connect with a rehabilitator or sanctuary near you.
Share Practical Skills
You don’t need animal-handling experience to make a difference. Many sanctuaries urgently need practical skills such as:
Carpentry (aviaries, nest boxes, outdoor enclosures)
Electrical work (heating and lighting installations)
Computer skills (fundraising, admin, communication systems)
If you can offer any of these skills — even occasionally — reach out to your local sanctuary and let them know.
Offer a Wildlife Release Location
Do you live in a quiet countryside area? Rehabilitators often need safe release sites for recovered wildlife.
Ideal locations include:
Areas far from main or secondary roads
Land bordered by fields, woodland, or natural cover
Areas where hunting is prohibited
Sites near natural water sources such as rivers, lakes, or ponds
If you have suitable land and would like to support wildlife release efforts, local rehabilitators would love to hear from you.
Donate Supplies or Equipment
Sanctuaries constantly need everyday items to care for injured wildlife. Useful donations include:
Towels and blankets
Pet carriers
Disinfectants and cleaning supplies
Newspapers
Dog or cat food
Wet gear (for volunteers working outdoors)
These simple items make a huge difference and help sanctuaries redirect their limited funding toward treatment and specialist care.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland welcomes support from people with professional skills that could help strengthen the organisation, improve our governance, and support the development of the Wildlife Teaching Hospital.
Finance / Bookkeeping
Support Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland with bookkeeping, finance administration, reporting, and continuity of financial processes.
Read more | Email us: chairperson@wri.ie
Governance / Board Support
Support Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland with Chairperson capacity, governance strengthening, legal input, and senior public-facing communications.
Read more | Email us: chairperson@wri.ie
Wildlife Teaching Hospital Fundraiser
Help secure practical fundraising support for the development of Ireland’s first permanent Wildlife Teaching Hospital, including donor, funder, and capital fundraising work.
Read more | Email us: chairperson@wri.ie
Partner with Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland to support wildlife welfare, education, conservation, and the development of Ireland’s first permanent Wildlife Teaching Hospital.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland welcomes partnerships with businesses that are committed to sustainability, biodiversity, animal welfare, and social responsibility. Whether your company already has an environmental or biodiversity pillar within its CSR strategy, or is just beginning that journey, supporting WRI is a meaningful way to contribute to Ireland’s natural heritage.
Corporate support can take many forms, including one-off donations, ongoing funding, employee fundraising, skilled volunteering, workplace giving, sponsorship, or practical support. Every partnership helps WRI promote best practice in wildlife rehabilitation, provide education and training, support rehabilitators, and progress the development of the Wildlife Teaching Hospital.
WRI ensures that corporate support is transparent, accountable, and aligned with our values. We can agree clear goals in advance and provide updates so your organisation can see the difference its contribution makes. As a company limited by guarantee and registered charity, Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland complies with all relevant statutory and regulatory obligations.
Does your employer use Benevity? Please consider using your unspent credits to support Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland through the Benevity Portal. It’s a simple way to make a direct, measurable difference for wildlife.
For more information or to start a conversation about partnership opportunities, please contact us at enquiries@wri.ie
Turn your idea into a fundraiser for Ireland’s wildlife.
Fundraising for Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland can be as simple, creative, or ambitious as you like. Whether you’re planning a coffee morning, sponsored walk, workplace challenge, bake sale, raffle, quiz night, birthday fundraiser, school event, wildlife-themed talk, or community gathering, every event helps raise vital funds and awareness for Ireland’s wildlife.
You don’t need to be an expert, and your fundraiser doesn’t need to be perfect. The most important thing is bringing people together around a shared love of wildlife. A small event with friends, neighbours, classmates, colleagues, or your local community can make a real difference.
WRI can provide ideas, materials, and promotional support to help you get started. We’re always delighted to hear about creative fundraising plans, especially events that celebrate Irish wildlife, nature, biodiversity, and community action.
Every euro raised helps Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland train more veterinary practitioners, support wildlife rehabilitators, improve public understanding of wildlife care, and progress the development of Ireland’s first permanent Wildlife Teaching Hospital.
So whether you’re baking badger cupcakes, walking for wildlife, hosting a hedgehog quiz, running a raffle, or turning your birthday into a fundraiser, we’d love to hear from you.
To tell us about your fundraising idea or ask for support, please contact enquiries@wri.ie
You can support Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland through our online shop, or help wildlife more widely by shopping with Wild Wardrobe.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland’s online shop is an easy way to support our work directly. Purchases from our shop, including wildlife adoptions and other items, help fund our education, outreach, training, resources, and wildlife welfare programmes.
Wild Wardrobe is a separate charity shop project that raises funds for wildlife rehabilitation by selling pre-loved clothing, accessories, and other donated items. Proceeds from Wild Wardrobe are shared with various wildlife rehabilitators and organisations, including Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland.
Wild Wardrobe gives supporters a fun and sustainable way to help wildlife while giving good-quality items a second life. Outfits and items are shared regularly through Facebook and Instagram, and nationwide postage is available through An Post.
Donations of suitable pre-loved items are greatly appreciated. Drop-off points may be available, and more information can be requested by messaging Wild Wardrobe through Facebook and Instagram, or by emailing wwrnonprofit@gmail.com.
Whether you buy a wildlife adoption from WRI, pick up a pre-loved treasure from Wild Wardrobe, donate items, or share a post, you’re helping raise funds and awareness for wildlife rehabilitation in Ireland
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