Our Team
VI mission
Vocational Impact’s core mission is to provide volunteer abroad programmes offering international skills exchange, career development and work experience opportunities in partnership with our international charity projects.
Founded in 2015 by the charity Arms Around the Child and Sarah Harris, Vocational Impact helps international projects build and grow through direct funding, community development, skills exchange, research, and empowerment. Vocational Impact is the volunteering branch of AATC; we are an NGO and not-for-profit organisation
our team
MOSES MILNER
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Joined the team in 2021, Moses graduated with a BA in International Politics and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Brighton. He has travelled extensively through Europe, Africa and South-East Asia and is passionate about social justice, cultural exchange and humanitarian work. When he’s not doing calls, organising programmes or helping with visas you can find him playing the bass guitar in various bands.
TOM MANGAN
MARKETING
The brains behind the scenes, Tom works on the geeky bits that make the whole volunteer experience smoother. He manages the website and comes up with cool new marketing ideas. An avid traveller and passionate cyclist with a knack for making friends wherever he goes.
VICTORIA GILCHRIST
VOLUNTEER SUPPORT
The newest member to join the VI team. She manages our university partnerships and is here to help answer all your volunteering questions. She graduated with a BA in Social Sciences and in her spare time is an enthusiastic swimmer and has a keen eye for drawing.
SETH ASIEDU
GHANA PROJECT COORDINATOR
A kind, humble and gentle man with an incredible passion for helping those in need. Seth founded and runs our charity foundation in Ghana. He’s built a home and school for disadvantaged children and oversees all our projects and volunteer programmes in Ghana.
WHO WE CATER FOR
We have global experience helping hundreds of students, graduates and professionals connect with international projects. Our programmes are designed to offer skills-building, cultural exchange and unique work experience opportunities that are life-changing. We work with you to help match and tailor a project that would benefit most from your unique set of skills and experiences.
HOW WE DIFFER
Unlike other companies in the field, Vocational Impact is a charity organisation and operates under UK registered charity, Arms Around the Child, we are regulated by the UK Charity Commission and Fundraising Regulator. By joining our programmes you will be directly supporting our work. Volunteer programme fees go towards providing you with a safe, organised and structured volunteer placement and are reinvested directly back into our project partners in Africa and India.
We work with partner organisations that are specialists in the areas they operate. Our partner organisations are selected because of the important work they are doing and they are run by impressive humanitarians and professionals in their fields. We are committed to providing essential funding to support our partner’s community programmes and development projects, as well as creating reliable and sustainable funding plans.
VI invest straight back into the projects we send volunteers to; helping them grow, access skilled local staff, and provide crucial funds for projects like women’s empowerment, child protection, mental health, legal aid, education, healthcare and community development initiatives.
We are passionate about building sustainable and ethical volunteer programmes where our project partners receive educated and eager-to-learn students and professionals, while volunteers will gain valuable work experience, career-enhancing opportunities and life-changing personal growth.
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