As NILMDTS Ireland is under the umbrella of the international NILMDTS charity, initial sign up and training will be on our American Website.

• Visit the website here and click on ‘Submit application’

(Please note that in Ireland the majority of sessions do allow the use of natural light photography. It is necessary to be able to utilise basic flash skills in case of certain environments but it is not necessary to be advanced with lighting skills. Our photographers are a mix of professional and skilled amatuer photographers)

• When it asks you for a sign up fee please be aware that this is not required for volunteers based in Ireland. Please use the code IRELAND to remove this fee. 

• The NILMDTS Volunteer Application Committee will review your application within 2-4 weeks of submission. (You may be asked for additional images as part of this process)

Once you are approved you will be sent the link to the training catalogue. This is available online and can be completed at times that work for you.

Your training Dashboard is available here

The following training is required in order to unlock further training:

• Volunteer Service Agreement

• Introduction to NILMDTS

You will then move onto role specific training for Affiliated Photographer

There are lots of additional training available which can be very useful when preparing for specific session types. Visit the Photography resources for a link to these resources. 

There is also a library of retouching resources which are very useful to support your post processing 

Once you are logged into your volunteer portal you will be able to click on training and see the full list of training resources as well as your progress.

Once your training points reach a green level you are considered a trained volunteer photographer! 

Well done!

From expression of interest in joining us and throughout your training you will be in touch with our Irish volunteer onboarding team. Please contact us at any time through our website or call our photography volunteer co-ordinator Cathy on 087 7453884 directly with any questions or issues. 

Once online training is completed you will be assigned a buddy of an experienced volunteer photographer. This buddy will be an additional contact with you for support, and if preferred shadowing, on your initial sessions, to review and feedback on images and to support in any way they can. You will also be asked at this stage if you are ready to go live on the system so that you can be contacted if a session is required in your area. 

We will also organise your ID badge, business cards etc.

Please don’t hesitate at any time in the process to reach out with questions or requests for support. We all understand how daunting the process of signing up can be and we would love to make it as simple and supported as possible. We are so looking forward to welcoming you onto our team.

Thank you so much for volunteering to provide this wonderful, meaningful gift to families in their grief. Thank you for helping us honour these precious babies.