Awards, Accreditations and Partnerships

Pod Volunteer has won Volunteering Organisation of the Year (UK) at the Corporate LiveWire Global Awards.

Pod Volunteer has been highly commended for the Ethical, Responsible & Sustainable Tourism Award at the British Youth Travel Awards

Pod Volunteer has been awarded Best International Volunteer Organisation 2024 UK at the Non-Profit Organisation Awards (Acquisition International Magazine).

Pod Volunteer is the winner of Volunteer Organisation of the Year at the Central England Prestige Awards, judged by a panel of industry experts.

British Youth Travel Awards – Pod Volunteer has won Best Volunteering Organisation again! We have won Best Volunteering Organisation in 2019, 2017 and 2015.

Our Community Development project in Ghana was selected by GoAbroad as a finalist in the category of Innovative New Program – Volunteer Abroad in 2024. 

Pod Volunteer is the winner of Community Volunteer Organisation of the Year at the Central England Prestige Awards, judged by a panel of industry experts.

Pod Volunteer is the winner of Learning Experience of the Year 2020 UK at the Travel & Hospitality awards - globally recognising the best tour operators.

Pod Volunteer has been shortlisted for Volunteering Company of the Year in the iStudy Awards 2019/20. 

Our Community Development project in Ghana was selected by GoAbroad as a finalist in the category of Innovative New Program – Volunteer Abroad in 2020. 

Our Marine Conservation project in Thailand received an award in the Outstanding Volunteer Project category at the Global Youth Travel Awards.

Pod Volunteer has won Volunteering Company of the Year in the iStudy Awards 2018/19. 

British Youth Travel Awards – Pod Volunteer has won the award for Best Volunteering Organisation of 2017! We also won in 2015 and were a finalist in 2014.

Our community projects in Ghana received an award in the Outstanding Volunteer Project category at the Global Youth Travel Awards.

British Youth Travel Awards – Pod Volunteer has won the award for Best Volunteering Organisation of 2015!

Our Marine Conservation project in Thailand received an award in the Outstanding Volunteer Project category at the Global Youth Travel Awards.

As a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration, we commit to deliver plans aligned with the pathways to cut tourism emissions in half over the next decade and reach Net Zero emissions as soon as possible before 2050.

Pod Volunteer is a member of the SME Climate Hub, a global initiative that empowers small to medium sized companies to take climate action.

We have pledged to work with Right Tourism, an organisation which helps people to stay animal-friendly whilst travelling.

Tourism Concern works for ethical and fairly traded tourism and has created an Ethical Volunteering Group of which we are a member.

Claws Out Pledge - Pod Volunteer was one of the first organisations to work alongside IAPWA (International Aid for the Protection & Welfare of Animals) on a campaign to help end the exploitation of captive lions.

We are a member of Responsible Travel, the leading platform fortour operators committed to responsible tourism. All members are vetted and need to provide evidence of responsible tourism.

Pod Volunteer is an Approved Activity Provider for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award which is the world’s leading achievement award for young people, delivered under special licence by partners.

We are a member of Year Out Group, an association of leading gap year providers who are subjected to a rigorous membership process and must maintain the agreed standards.

Pod Volunteer is a member of Pharos, crisis management experts who are on-call to provide support in case of an emergency

Goodnet has featured us in their "10 Incredible Volunteer Abroad Organizations You Should Know".

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) Travel Aware campaign is designed to help travellers stay safe and healthy abroad.