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Nature Conservation Volunteering

Come and make friends, learn new skills, gain experience in the environmental sector and have fun! There are a variety of volunteer opportunities at St Nicks to suit everyone.

Help out on Green Corridors York sites and habitats across the city. Tasks can include a range of habitat management methods such as mowing grasslands, tree work, invasive species control and managing wetland habitats including rivers, ponds and scrapes. We also work to create new, and restore existing, sites for nature through techniques including seed sowing and planting, thinning and coppicing woodlands and reprofiling river channels.

Regular Nature Conservation volunteering sessions:

Fulford Ings Corridor: As part of St Nicks’ Green Corridors York project help with the management and restoration of Millennium Fields and connected sites along the Fulford Ings Corridor. Sessions run every Monday from 9:30am-12pm. Contact Nicola at nicola@stnicks.org.uk, or 07708834817

St Nicks Local Nature Reserve: Help with the management and maintenance of the former landfill site turned 24 acre local nature reserve. Sessions run every Tuesday from 9:30am-12pm. Contact Eithne at eithne@stnicks.org.uk, or 07955311449. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SESSION IS CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY AND IS NOT TAKING NEW VOLUNTEERS.

Student Action Volunteering: These sessions are designed for university students who would like to help with wildlife surveying and gain practical conservation experience. Activities take place Wednesdays during term time, 2-4pm. Contact Eithne at eithne@stnicks.org.uk, or 07955311449
Tang Hall and Osbaldwick Becks Corridors: Help out with the management of the becks and their connecting habitats along Tang Hall and Osbaldwick Becks. Sessions run every Thursday and Friday from 9:30am-12pm. Contact Maria at maria@stnicks.org.uk, or 07912432826

Sunday Conservation Sessions: Join us for weekend volunteering sessions held across the range of sites we manage. Have a look on our Events page to find out when the next one will be held and what the task will be.

Corporate Volunteer days

Gather up your colleagues and join us a team volunteer day across the Green Corridors sites across the city.

If you have a smaller group of colleagues (less than 10) please feel free to contact the project leader of the named sessions in the section named “Regular Nature Conservation Volunteering Sessions” to let them know you’d like to join in.

If your group will include more than 10 people please use the contact form below with more information so we can get you booked in. We don’t charge a set amount for our corporate volunteer days but do ask for a donation towards staff time, tools and any items like tree saplings or seeds we’ve used.

Volunteer Park Rangers

Our Volunteer Park Rangers supervise the Conservation sessions and help us to record and monitor the different wildlife species that we have on site. It’s an incredible experience (see our testimonies page!) and can help you on your way to a promising career in nature conservation. For current vacancies click here, or for further information, including stories from previous Volunteer Park Rangers please click here.

Please submit this form to enquire about corporate volunteering with groups with more than 10 people

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