At Lattitude Global Volunteering the safety of our volunteers is our key concern. Among Lattitude Global Volunteering safety procedures we also ensure all our volunteers follow the advice of the Foreign Commonwealth Office’s ‘Know Before You Go‘ campaign:
This campaign promotes the following principles to all travellers including our volunteers:
- That volunteers obtain comprehensive travel insurance, and read the small print
- That volunteers check the FCO’s country travel advice and that all destinations are researched prior to departure
- That volunteers research the health risk on the NHS travel health information page as soon as possible before travelling, and if necessary visit your GP or travel nurse. Further to that Lattitude Global Volunteering subscribes to InterHealth’s ‘TravelWell Plan’ on behalf of all volunteers. The benefits of the plan include access to InterHealth’s Online Travel Health Advice Centre (THAC) and a range of medical support services. This includes telephone and email advice from InterHealth’s nurses and doctors.
- That volunteers check your passport is valid and you have all necessary visas
- Volunteers should make copies of important travel documents and/or store them online using a secure data storage site
- Volunteers should tell someone where you are going and leave emergency contact details with them if they are to leave their placement.
- Volunteers should take enough money and have access to emergency funds
