Now published: CJS Focus on Volunteering in association with Chester Zoo

8 articles and 96 voluntary roles along with lots of volunteering opportunities across the UK so have a look through the regions for something you can get involved in.

Articles on: the various volunteering opportunities in a zoo in the lead from Chester Zoo. Our great friend Brian Heppenstall teaches the next generation of conservation professionals and gives us some insight in to how to nurture volunteer management skills. CIEEM have a Volunteer Achievement Award they tell us about so we also find out from Kate Lewis why she volunteers with wildlife even though she has a full time job. Many of the staff at Loch Lomond & the Trossachs Countryside Trust started out as volunteers, read about some of them. The benefits of volunteering are covered by Kent Wildlife Trust and if you’re thinking of setting up a Friends Group learn all you need to know from National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces. The last article is another one for those managing volunteers – best practice and duty of care as your role as a manager of volunteers from the Association of Volunteer Managers. Read it here