Practical Reserve Work (Wednesday work party - Stour Woods and Cattawade)

We are looking for enthusiastic people to join our Wednesday Work parties across the Stour Estuary reserves.

Our friendly bunch of volunteers meet up on a Wednesday and carry out practical tasks throughout the year at Stour Wood near Wrabness, Cattawade Marshes near Manningtree, and occasionally at Flatford wildlife garden too.

As a Reserve Work Party Volunteer you will be joining a regular practical work party team to undertake practical habitat management tasks:

• Cutting and clearing vegetation.
• Maintaining and managing tools and equipment.
• Creating and maintaining visitor infrastructure, such as paths and benches.
• Following annual work plans.
• Following Health and Safety protocols.

If you enjoy being outdoors, meeting new people and hands on conservation work, then this role could be the perfect opportunity for you. This role does involve a reasonable amount of physical activity, so will enable you to keep your fitness levels high, as well as helping your mental health and wellbeing. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are making a genuine contribution to nature conservation, and you might find it rewarding to safeguard nature in the area you are working to protect.

We are a friendly and supportive team. If you are volunteering to learn new skills and gain knowledge about wildlife conservation work, you will find that our team will be more than happy to help you on that journey.

It might seem like these wild places have always just been there. But quite often we have to work really hard to maintain habitats to be in the best condition for wildlife. We have lost a lot of wild landscapes, so the small places that we do have, need a bit of extra care - you can be the person to help with that!