Join our fantastic Durham County Council Rangers in maintaining our sites for biodiversity and access. Learn skills such as woodland and meadow management, invasive plant species removal, fencing and more!

What You'll Do: 

This is an amazing opportunity to learn a variety of skills. Depending upon your choice you could be based at Hardwick Park, Sedgefield or within our Ad-hoc team who look after sites across the county including Wingate Quarry and Blackhall Rocks. Task are seasonal and site dependent. Some examples include; shrub removal, dead hedging, coppicing, creating paths and wildflower management. 

 

Our sessions run every Wednesday 10am -1:30pm. It is not compulsory to come to every session and you dont have to stay the whole session, just let staff know if you plan on leaving early. We also have Saturday sessions which run on the second Saturday of every month 10am -1:30pm. Other opportunities include 1:1 volunteering with our Countryside Rangers.

Why You'll Love It: 
Great way to learn countryside management schools Keep fit and burn calories de-stress by spending time in nature chat with people who have similar interests to you
What You'll Learn: 
You will learn a wide range of  practical skills including identification of invasive plant species, coppicing and wild flower management to name a few. Whilst at our sessions, feel free to pick our rangers brains when it comes to identifying plants, mushrooms and birds. You will also learn transferrable skills such as dedication, team work, adaptability and time management. 
What We're Looking For: 
someone who is: passionate about the environment will work in all weather conditions has access to transport in order to reach the sites required for the post works well in a team
Summary
Volunteering
Animals
Environment
Durham
0 Weeks Minimum
0 Hours / Week
Skills you will develop: 
Organisation
Teamwork/Collaboration
Time Management
Adaptability
Requirements: 
Over 18
Phone Interview

Similar Opportunities

 
Do Good, Feel Good - RDA Unicorn Centre - Save our Centre - Fundraising Group
Volun-tees
Min. 0 Weeks Minimum weeks
Do Good, Feel Good - RDA Unicorn Centre - Save our Centre - Fundraising Group
Volunteering
Community

Save the Centre from the threat of closure - it’s going to be a massive challenge. £100,000 would give us time to increase our activities, buy more horses, carry out maintenance projects, apply for more grants and arrange fundraising events

 
Do Good, Feel Good - TU Sport - Gym and Cornell Quarter Gym Promotional Film
Volun-tees
Min. 0 Weeks Minimum weeks
Do Good, Feel Good - TU Sport - Gym and Cornell Quarter Gym Promotional Film
Volunteering

Filming, producing and editing a promotional film for the Gym and Cornell Quarter Gym - brief to be explained by TU Sport

 
Volunteer Supervisor (Saturdays)
Oxfam Darlington
Min. 16 Weeks Minimum weeks
Volunteer Supervisor (Saturdays)
Volunteering
Refugees, Poverty, Disaster Relief, Environment, Hunger

Saturday Volunteer Supervisor, assisting the shop manager in leading, managing, and developing the shop team.

Related Articles

Girlguiding Cleveland
GIRLGUIDING UK
Find your place in our team of inspirational women, sharing their skills and passions with girls. Enjoy the opportunities guiding has to offer.
Samaritans
SAMARITANS
Volun-tees were approached by a group of Interior design and architecture students keen to work on a live project. Samaritans was chosen for a room...
Volun-tees
Heather Carabine
"Volunteering was essential - it gave me the knowledge I needed about working with patients so that I could answer the questions fully at my job...