Being a volunteer
If you want to be part of our team of volunteers, here you will find all the information you need.
Visit the shelter
Visit our dog shelter from Monday to Sunday during our visiting hours:
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Sunday moorning closed)
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Schedule an appointment before visiting the shelter.
We need volunteers to help us at the shelter. There's a lot of work to do every day: taking care of a large number of furry friends that need to be fed, walked, cleaned, and given lots of love every day, from Monday to Sunday.
Do you want to join us? Would you like to come to the shelter and help us?
Fill out the following form and bring it printed to the shelter.
What are the tasks of a volunteer inside the shelter?
- Feeding the animals.
- Cleaning the facilities: cages, corridors, parks, garden, and office.
- Regularly bathing our dogs.
- Playing with them.
- Administering medication daily to those who need it.
- Taking dogs for daily walks.
- Maintaining the facilities.
- Taking photos and videos for subsequent publication on the website and social media.
- Assisting visitors to the shelter.
How can a volunteer help outside the shelter?
- Creating and distributing posters and donation boxes.
- Selling lottery tickets, t-shirts, organizing fundraising markets.
- Recruiting new members and volunteers.
- Secretary: creating, sorting, and updating dog profiles.
- Following up on adopted animals.
- Assisting with website and social media maintenance.
- Taking our dogs to the veterinarian.
- Ser casa de acogida temporal de algunos de nuestros animales.
History of Vedama
01/04/2008 - present
17 years.6256 days fighting for them.
Vedama is a nonprofit animal protection society located in Oliva (València).
The association consists of a group of people who, for many years, have been committed to working for the most disadvantaged animals.
July 15, 2010
The association, as we know it today, was founded on July 15th, 2010. For a while, Vedama exclusively worked with foster homes.
After managing to close the old municipal dog pound, Vedama was able to use these previously refurbished facilities.
Do you want to know more about our history?