Conservation Volunteer (Central Wolverhampton)

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

Job summary

A community-focused environmental organization in Wolverhampton seeks volunteers for their Towpath Task Force. Responsibilities include day-to-day maintenance, heritage restoration, and engaging with the public. This role offers the chance to learn new skills, stay active outdoors, and connect with friendly people. Ideal for those looking to improve their wellbeing while contributing to the community.

Benefits

Spending time outdoors

Learning new skills

Keeping fit

Meeting new and friendly people

Being part of a supportive team

Seeing improvements to your wellbeing

Qualifications

• Volunteers must be over 18 years old.

Responsibilities

• Day to day maintenance of the area.
• Heritage restoration tasks.
• Graffiti removal activities.
• Environmental enhancements, such as hedgelaying.
• Creating new access points by building or improving steps or ramps.

Skills

Willing to learn new skills

Ability to travel to remote locations

Job description

Overview

Our local HQ at Minerva Wharf sits on an underused stretch of the Main Line Canal. Surrounded by an industrial landscape and building works, this stretch provides a surprisingly peaceful haven for both people and wildlife.

This part of our network needs lots of love and care from our volunteers and is overdue some much needed rejuvenation.

As a member of our Towpath Task Force you will work alongside Trust operatives and Volunteer Lock Keepers, managing vegetation (pruning, clearing, planting), clearing litter and general maintenance tasks. You will also act as our eyes and ears, reporting any issues that need to be dealt with by us. Finally, as highly visible members of the team, our Towpath Taskforce Volunteers are the friendly, helpful face of the Canal and River Trust, engaging with the general public, making our waterways a more welcoming place to visit.

This is a new session and will run on a midweek morning, but we will be arranging weekend and summertime evening sessions to enable volunteering from the whole community. Our existing Towpath Task Force volunteers rate this role highly for making friends, gently keeping fit and active and for general wellbeing.

Volunteers must be over 18 years old.

What you will be doing

• Day to day maintenance
• Heritage restoration
• Graffiti Removal
• Environmental enhancements such as hedgelaying
• Creating new access points by building or improving steps or ramps
• When you register as a volunteer, we will ask you about any unspent convictions which you need to declare and risk assess these as needs be.

The skills you need

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

What87;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 of colleagues and volunteers
• Seeing improvements to your wellbeing