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Our volunteers come from all walks of life. Some have been out of work for a while, perhaps due to physical illness, mental health problems or commitments as a carer. Others may be retired from employment or university graduates and current students looking for work experience, sometimes even foreign exchange students.
Whatever your background, we can give you the chance to gain experience in a number of areas including community engagement, youth work, practical conservation work, environmental education, marketing, fundraising or environmental business advice.
Groundwork South West is currently running its Spring conservation programme for volunteers. Please see below for the programme details.
Please see below for 2010 conservation volunteering programme.
Date
Site
Activity
Suitability
Monday 1 March
Woodland Wood
Stream clearance
16-25 yr olds
Tuesday 2 March
Thursday 4 March
All
Friday 5 March
Concrete path repairs
Monday 8 March
Woodland Fort
Vegetation management
Tuesday 9 March
Thursday 11 March
Friday 12 March
Monday 15 March
Footpath construction
Tuesday 16 March
Thursday 18 March
Friday 19 March
Saturday 20 March
Nature reserve clean up day
Monday 22 March
Tuesday 23 March
16 – 25 yr olds
Thursday 25 March
Friday 26 March
Saturday 27 March
Ham Woods
Introduction to conservation volunteering
Monday 29 March
Bench construction
Tuesday 31 March
Minibus collects from Plymouth Volunteer Centre on Buckwell Street at 9:15 am. To book your seat on the minibus call Steve on 07816841196.
We asked a group of volunteers about their experiences of volunteering with Groundwork. Read about what they told us. Read more
Craig first got involved with Groundwork when we were working with residents in Paignton on proposal for new sports facilities. Read more
Read Graham's story on how he volunteered with us after graduating with a degree in Sustainable Environmental Management. Read more
