Below is a non-exhaustive list of resources for volunteers or prospective volunteers at MapAction. Volunteer recruitment is currently closed. A new recruitment window will be announced in 2024.

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Our LinkedIn Group for prospective volunteers

What is it like to volunteer at MapAction?

MapAction is a hub of 70+ data, geospatial and geography professionals who volunteer as humanitarian mappers for disaster relief.

Hear from our volunteers in the video below.

The article below provides a glimpse into a training weekend, an insight into how and why volunteers at MapAction do what they do.

READ MORE: A volunteer-driven disaster relief model

You can also read about our annual training and disaster simulation event – dubbed Gilded internally – which this year was held on the Isle of Cumbrae and envisaged a fictional nearby volcanic eruption.

READ ALSO (in The Herald Scotland): Isle of Cumbrae becomes training ground for disaster response

IN PHOTOS: MapAction conducts simulated volcanic eruption response exercise on Isle of Cumbrae

Sample past literature about our community of practice

May 2023: PHOTO ESSAY: MapAction conducts simulated volcanic eruption response exercise on Isle of Cumbrae

March 2023: A volunteer-driven disaster relief model: a glimpse into a MapAction training weekend

Dec 2022: MapAction’s Volunteer recruitment drive is open – and it’s the most extensive ever! 

September 2022: London Marathon caps ‘year of endurance’ for MapAction volunteer, Alice