Conservation Volunteering

[2naughtycats]

Hi,

Am shortly to be made redundant and thought this would be a perfect opportunity to do some conservation volunteering. It's something that I've always wanted to do but have never had the time.

Though it is proving to be a little harder than I expected to find any opportunities in my area (I live just outside of Newport, South Wales).

I have tried:-
1. Gwent Wildlife Trust
2. The Forestry Commission
3. The National Trust
4. RSPB
5. Local Animal Sancturies
6. BCTV
7. Keep Wales Tidy
8. Torfaen Voluntary Alliance

They either don't need anyone or I don't get any reply. Has anyone else has this problem? I thought that maybe it's because of the current jobs market, and everyone is trying to gain new experiences this way.

Any help or advise would be great!

Cheers

[eeyore]

try looking in the countryside jobs service - which advertises volunteer vacancies too

also rspb , national trust and btcv are all looking for volunteers - so its possible you didnt contact the right person so its worth trying them again

look here for links etc http://www.volunteering-wales.net/li...?category=8352

[Johnny Redgate]

Do the BTCV not have long-term conservation volunteer centres anymore? There used to be one up near Llanberis in N Wales.

[tufftie]

As far as I know the old long term vol centres have gone TS (the Llanberris one) went quite a while ago... I was there in the early 90's and it was a great place to be

As for anything else have you tried just googling it? I don't know your area, sorry.

[BTCV]

Hi 2naughtycats,

BTCV are active in South East Wales. I don't know which contacts you tried in the first instance, but please try

The Conservation Centre
Forest Farm Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 7JJ

Tel: 029 2052 0990
Fax: 029 2052 2181
Email: wales@btcv.org.uk

or view our South Wales volunteering opportunities here

Definitely worth phoning our Cardiff branch to find out what the team are doing in your area.

Good luck!

Katie
PR Officer, BTCV

[RangerSarah]

Have you tried your local council nature reserves? I am the only Ranger on mine and rely on vols to keep the park going - 110 acres. People often overlook council nature reserves because they expect them to be fully manned.

If anyone is looking for volunteer opportunities in North Lincolnshire...............

[tom00_uk]

could well be up for some vol time in North Lincolnshire, am currently based near Selby so not far