Conservation Volunteer (Become part of the Wednesday Uplifters Team!)

Canal & River Trust; Northwich; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team of volunteers at the Anderton Boat Lift, supporting vital maintenance and conservation activities in your community. This role offers a chance to learn new skills, meet like-minded individuals, and contribute to the improvement of local waterways. Help keep the canals well-maintained and accessible while enjoying the outdoors.

Benefits

Spending time outdoors

Learning new skills

Keeping fit

Meeting new and friendly people

Being part of a supportive team

Improvements to your wellbeing

Qualifications

• Desire to engage in community service.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Weekly maintenance at Anderton Boat Lift.
• Heritage restoration activities.
• Environmental enhancements.

Skills

Willingness to learn new skills

Ability to travel to remote locations

Job description

Want to become a regular volunteer team member at Anderton Boat Lift?

As a regular team member of the ‘Wednesday Uplifters’, volunteers will meet on Wednesdays at Anderton Boat Lift to help with grounds maintenance, including weeding, planting, looking after veg plots, and landscaping. There is no requirement to attend every Wednesday. You will work alongside our existing team of volunteers, make new friends, and gain new skills.

Why we want you

Our Conservator volunteers help maintain our network by carrying out heritage and nature conservation activities, as well as tasks like painting or litter picking to improve the local environment.

They help tackle challenges on the waterways, ensuring the canal is accessible and well-maintained. Your support will help us manage our popular space and keep canals alive.

Some tasks are project-based, such as rebuilding stone walls or mass planting, allowing flexibility in how volunteers contribute.

What you will be doing

• Day-to-day maintenance
• Heritage restoration
• Graffiti removal
• Environmental enhancements like hedgelaying
• Creating new access points with building or improving steps and ramps
• When registering, we will ask about any unspent convictions for risk assessment

The skills you need

• Willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to travel to remote locations

What's in it for you

• Spending time outdoors
• Learning new skills (some with external accreditation)
• Keeping fit
• Meeting new and friendly people
• Being part of a supportive team
• Seeing improvements to your wellbeing