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Volunteering Opportunities

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Sea Watch Observer Volunteer

Various locations, Yorkshire
This link will open on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website.

Are you passionate about protecting marine wildlife? Do you have a special interest in cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises)? Could you help us to learn more about Yorkshire’s cetacean…

Natterjack Toad Recorders

Cumbria, County wide
This link will open on the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website.

Dynamic Dunescapes is looking for volunteer recorders to take part in natterjack toad surveys in a number of locations around the Cumbria coast. This work is being done in partnership with…

Red Squirrel Project Volunteers - various roles

Various, Merseyside and west Lancashire
This link will open on the Lancashire Wildlife Trust website.

Our Red Squirrel Project needs your help! There are various roles available for those who can help us monitor, fundraise and more.

Young Ambassadors

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Head Office, Conservation Centre,
Robinswood Hill Country Park,
Reservoir Road,
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 6SX
This link will open on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust website.

Are you between the ages of 16-25? Are you resident in Gloucestershire? Are you passionate about the natural environment and willing to help Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust make the changes needed…

Toad Patrollers late Jan-April

Kings House, Kings Square, Gloucestershire, GL1 1RP
This link will open on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust website.

Save toads and frogs on our roads

Stock Watchers

Stroud Valley, Stroud area
This link will open on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust website.

We are looking for volunteers who can spare a few hours a week to monitor livestock in the Stroud Valleys

Learning volunteers

Greystones, Greystones Lane, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, GL54 2EN
This link will open on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust website.
Duration: Thursday 1 November 2018 - Thursday 31 December 2020

We're looking to expand our Learning Programme, ensuring the next generation of naturalists.
Please note due to lockdown we are not running groups but are taking interest for help in…

Campaigns Champion - MP's

Bickley Hall Farm, Malpas/Home Based, Bickley Hall Farm, Bickley Ln, Malpas SY14 8EF
This link will open on the Cheshire Wildlife Trust website.

We need a team of Campaigns Champions to attend MP surgeries and promote Wildlife Trust campaigns.

Visitor Centre opportunities - Thorndon Country Park - Start date to be advised

This link will open on the Essex Wildlife Trust website.

Do you have a few spare hours a week to help in our Thorndon Nature Discovery Centre?

Education Assistant - Countywide - Start date to be advised

All Visitor Centres, Essex
This link will open on the Essex Wildlife Trust website.
Duration: Friday 13 July 2018

Are you passionate about inspiring the next generation?

Weekend Centre Assistant - Belfairs

Belfairs Woodland Centre, Eastwood Road North, Leigh on Sea, Leigh on Sea, Essex, SS9 4LR
This link will open on the Essex Wildlife Trust website.

Can you help in our busy Nature Discovery Centre on the weekends?

Gillingham Royal Forest Volunteers

Gillingham Royal Forest, Gillingham, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4QR
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.

DWT would love to hear from volunteers who are interested in helping with our new venture in north Dorset. The Gillingham Royal Forest project will run for three years and aims to involve the…

Sydlings Copse volunteer work party

This link will open on the BBOWT website.

An opportunity to carry out practical conservation tasks around this nature reserve near Barton. This friendly group meets once a month on Fridays. No experience needed!

Campaigns Researcher

Bickley Hall Farm, Malpas /Home Based, Bickley Hall Farm, Bickley Ln, Malpas SY14 8EF
This link will open on the Cheshire Wildlife Trust website.

We are looking for a volunteer campaigns researcher to research ways of expanding the reach of our campaigns through relevant community groups and act as an ambassador for Cheshire Wildlife Trust…

Congleton living landscape volunteers

This link will open on the Cheshire Wildlife Trust website.
Duration: Tuesday 1 June 2021 - Thursday 30 September 2021

Conservation volunteering within our nature reserves

Food and Beverage volunteer - Brand new Nature Discovery Centre opening Spring 2021

This link will open on the Essex Wildlife Trust website.

This is an exciting opportunity to volunteer in our brand new Nature Discovery Centre at Langdon.

Vehicle, Plant and Tools Specialist Volunteer

Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum, Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0PY
This link will open on the Herefordshire Wildlife Trust website.

The opportunity to have ownership of and responsibility for maintaining a small but varied fleet of vehicles plant and tools that are essential to enable Herefordshire Wildlife Trust to deliver…

Bird and mammal box volunteer

Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum, Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0PY
This link will open on the Herefordshire Wildlife Trust website.

We're looking for volunteers to help to build a range of bird and mammal boxes for use on Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Reserves – and to sell to other groups and individuals to raise funds…

Practical volunteering

Various locations across Derbyshire , see programme
This link will open on the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust website.

*It is with regret that we will be cancelling some of our volunteer work parties in line with government advice. Please contact the Reserves Manager to see if the event you are interested in is…

Devon Wildlife Trust is seeking new Trustees

Devon-wide, All across the county
This link will open on the Devon Wildlife Trust website.

Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) is a welcoming community of people – members and supporters, volunteers, partners and staff - who share a love of Devon’s wildlife and who work together to protect it.…

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