Volunteer

If you fancy spending a couple of hours doing something active and finding out more about the community land, why not join the Tarras Valley volunteers?

As a small team of staff, our volunteers are absolutely vital to help us to look after the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve, and really appreciate all of the help from those already involved. There are a range of different ways to get involved, and activities to suit all interests and abilities, everyone is welcome!

Volunteering Opportunities

Local Volunteer Group

If you fancy getting out and about, meeting other people, spending a couple of hours doing something active outdoors, we have a regular volunteer group that does a range of different practical conservation tasks. These include everything from tree planting, looking after our tree nursery, invasive species control, removing old fencing, and repairing drystone walls.

To keep up to date with volunteering activity on the reserve, please join our Facebook group – Tarras Valley Volunteers | Facebook or email kat@tarrasvalleynaturereserve.co.uk

Work Experience and Volunteer Placements

We are able to facilitate some work experience or other volunteering placements. If you are interested in this, please get in touch with us directly at kat@tarrasvalleynaturereserve.co.uk

Please be aware that as a small team with limited resources, we may not be able to fulfil all requests for a placement. We also have no volunteer accommodation at present, so the participant would need to either live locally or is otherwise responsible for organising their own travel and/or accommodation.

You can read about one of our work experience placements here.

Wildlife and Biodiversity Surveying

As we survey the reserve for the biodiversity levels to help us establish a baseline, there is also an opportunity to get involved with, or undertake self-led, ecological surveys. To help develop our ongoing understanding of the nature reserve, we welcome all survey results, from birds and mammals to mosses and lichens, and everything in between!

Corporate Volunteering

We welcome group bookings for corporate volunteering or team away-days. You can find out more information here.

If you have other interests, or can think of another way you would like to be involved, please get in touch with us!