About Us
19 Jul 2008
Volunteering
The Dr Hadwen Trust is always looking for enthusiastic and committed local volunteers to help out in our Hitchin-based office.
General office volunteers can help out with a variety of tasks including dealing with correspondence, data inputting, stuffing envelopes, and filing.
Generally our volunteers are based in our friendly town-centre office, but if you live locally and would like to do envelope stuffing from the comfort of your own home, this can also be arranged.
No specific experience is required, as training will be provided. Hours to suit. Warm welcome guaranteed!
In return for your valuable help, we will reimburse your travel expenses and give a massive 20% discount on mail-order items to those of you who are unwaged.
This is your chance to support us in our quest to fund humane alternatives to animal testing by making a practical contribution to the cause. If you would like to discuss volunteering with us, contact us on 01462 436 819.
Volunteers for Research
We regret that the Dr Hadwen Trust cannot arrange for individuals to participate in research projects. Some research projects funded by the Trust involve the participation of volunteers, however these are recruited locally by the scientist overseeing the project, and not by the Dr Hadwen Trust.
If you wish to participate in some medical research, you could start by asking at a local university or hospital to see if any volunteers are currently needed for research projects. Check out their websites too, as some universities have webpages dealing with this, or they may place advertisements in the local press. Medical research with human participants will be more relevant than animal experiments.
You can find some links to research institutes seeking volunteers in research, at the Volunteers in Research & Testing (VRT) website. Although please note that VRT cannot themselves help to put you in touch with research projects.
www.vrt.org.uk
Drug companies also enroll volunteers for research, although all new drugs will have undergone animal testing before being tried in humans, so this will not directly be saving animals. Drug companies advertise in local press, and often in ‘The Big Issue’ magazine.