Want to encourage your employees to volunteer?
Northumberland Wildlife Trust can take small groups out on practical conservation tasks for an altogether different volunteering experience. Your group can enjoy a challenging, motivational, team-building event away from the office; a day to remember, in which you learn about and help protect local wildlife. Northumberland Wildlife Trust runs group volunteering work days throughout the year, across a variety of locations.
We provide:
- Full training
- Safety equipment
- On-site briefing
- Equipment & materials
We ask that companies pay £350 + VAT per day or £30 per person, whichever is the greater, to cover the costs of organisation, tools, materials and staff supervision. We can occasionally offer some activities with a subsidy if it's part of a funded project.
What tasks can we get involved in?
Wildlife Work Days vary with the seasons and work that needs doing. Some typical tasks are detailed below.
Available tasks
When | Task | Group size |
---|---|---|
September - February | Woodland management Tree felling, tree planting or hedge maintenance |
Up to 12 |
June - August | Invasive species removal Ragwort pulling to control the spread on grassland, or Himalayan balsam pulling, a non-native species which out-competes native wildflowers and leads to river bank erosion |
Up to 15 |
June - September | Bracken control Cutting bracken to minimise spread |
Up to 15 |
July - October | Hay meadow cutting Cutting and raking hay meadows, maintaining a diverse array of wildflowers |
Up to 15 |
Throughout the year | Litter picks Clear the nature reserve from any unsightly litter |
Up to 15 |
Be part of it
To get involved, please complete the enquiry form below, and a member of our team will contact you to discuss options.
Support us
Discover the other ways your business or company can support our work, such as corporate membership.