North East of England voluntary vacancies: Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne & Wear, Cleveland, North, West and South Yorkshires and the East Riding of Yorkshire (formerly Humberside).

JOB: Cemetery Volunteers
BE4: Ongoing
IV: --
LOC: Hunslet, Holbeck, Cottingley, Harehills, Armley, Otley, cemeteries in these areas
PAY: Meeting people, helping maintain and preserve the cemetery, looking after the wildlife and flora, keeping healthy and fit. Can claim travel expenses up to daily limit.
FOR: Leeds City Council Ranger Team

Volunteering to help maintain cemeteries, vegetation management, path work, planting, weeding, litter picking and more. From a few hours to a few days each month. Please contact Heather Wagstaff (Ranger Heather) heather.wagstaff@leeds.gov.uk 07562439631.

JOB: Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey
BE4: Ongoing
IV: --
LOC: UK
PAY: Training
FOR: Butterfly Conservation

Walk pre-selected survey sites in your area and record butterflies twice between July and August. You will need to survey independently and have butterfly identification skills. An information pack and support is provided. Time: 2 days per year. For info visit the scheme website or contact Rachael Conway at rconway@butterfly-conservation.org

JOB: Community Advocate
BE4: 01-11-2024
IV: --
LOC: UK Wide
PAY: Expenses are paid. Full training provided.
FOR: The Vegan Society

Are you a passionate vegan, over 18 and UK based? We have an ever-growing Community Network of vegans just like you, who have a passion to volunteer and promote veganism where they live. Every month, our Network choose from a range of outreach tasks. These could include town centre stalls, writing to a councillor or MP, sharing our campaigns on social media or contacting local businesses. You're in control of how much or how little you do. We also provide our volunteers with leaflets, banners and workshops so that they are equipped to make the biggest impact possible. Time: Around two days a month to carry out actions, and this is usually spread out across the month. Apply: https://c-js.co.uk/3ur7wvz

JOB: Citizen Science Volunteer with DCRT
BE4: Ongoing
IV: --
LOC: Doncaster
PAY: Free training, travel expenses, refreshments, uniform
FOR: Don Catchment Rivers Trust

DCRT are restoring two wetland sites in Doncaster as part of the National Lottery Funded "All Hands on the Don" project. Volunteers with a passion for wildlife are needed to help survey the sites before and after the creation of two wetland conservation schemes. Take part in a monthly wetland bird survey, waterway bat surveys, moth-trapping, botanical surveys, water-vole surveying, re-introduction of plants, and more across the Doncaster area. Help us to survey nature, take part in free training courses and meet new people! All welcome, from beginner's wanting to learn new skills to nature-experts wishing to share their knowledge. Time: 2-4 hours a month. Volunteers can find out more by emailing volunteer@dcrt.org.uk or visiting https://c-js.co.uk/3HJnTXV

JOB: Catchment Volunteer
BE4: Ongoing
IV: --
LOC: Doncaster
PAY: Expense and training
FOR: Don Catchment Rivers Trust

With DCRT staff you will help to make physical improvements to the rivers in the catchment. This will include improving access, litter picking, removing invasive non-native species (INNS) and small scale works in rivers. You will be able to get outside, learn about local watercourses, develop skills and spend time in nature. This role will suit people who want to get outdoors and learn about their natural heritage, are willing to be part of a team, and share experience and knowledge with other volunteers. Various locations and dates in Doncaster. Training, support, uniform, refreshments and travel expenses. This role is a part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund project All Hands on the Don. Use this link to apply: https://c-js.co.uk/3HJnTXV

JOB: Marine Conservation Volunteer
BE4: Ongoing
IV:
LOC: Eyemouth, Scottish Borders
PAY: Training will be provided
FOR: Berwickshire Marine Reserve

This is an excellent opportunity for applicants to gain interdisciplinary experience while working with a unique marine conservation charity. Our volunteers will be an integral part of the BMR team ensuring delivery on our programme of events and supporting our Project Officer undertaking a variety of citizen science projects to engage our local community in robust data collection. Please email info@berwickshiremarinereserve.org.uk 01890 752509.

JOB: Volunteer Helper
BE4: 24-07-2024
IV:
LOC: Leeds Cemeteries
PAY: Travel expenses up to £5 maximum with receipts or mileage
FOR: Leeds City Council

Come along to help out at one of our volunteering sessions as and when for a few hours. Meet new people and old friends. You will be helping to look after the site with all tools, training and light refreshments provided. Each session lasts for the morning from 10am to 12:30pm with a mid-morning break. Sites are Hunslet Cemetery, Holbeck Cemetery, Hawksworth Wood, Becket Street Cemetery, Pudsey, Cemetery, Otley Cemeter, Lawnswood Crematorium, Armley and Wortley Cemetery, Horsforth Cemetery, Morley Cemetery, and Guiseley Cemetery. Email heather.wagstaff@leeds.gov.uk for more information and dates. Everyone welcome regardless of age or ability but under 18s email for details.

JOB: Volunteer Ranger
BE4:
IV:
LOC: Nature reserves across Sheffield and Rotherham
PAY: Training, expenses and patrol kit are provided
FOR: Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust

Do you love talking to people and have a passion for looking after your local green space? We’re looking for a dedicated team of Volunteer Rangers to patrol our busiest sites. You will be responsible for talking to visitors about how to look after the site, monitoring the site's condition, recording visitors and completing patrol reports. If you have a well-behaved dog who is comfortable walking on a lead who could join you on a patrol, please let us know. This is a very flexible role and can be done at any time. This role will involve volunteering on your own. Time: 4 hours/ 2 patrols a month. We have a number of reserves with Volunteer Ranger teams, so please contact volunteering@wildsheffield.com to find out more and arrange a visit.

JOB: Volunteers
BE4: Ongoing
IV:
LOC: Various
PAY:
FOR: Sustrans

Volunteers are what makes Sustrans special. They help look after their local communities by engaging with schools, supporting wildlife conservation, caring for the National Cycle Network and much more. Sustrans volunteers are helping create happier and healthier lives for everyone. We'd love your help too. Take a look at our website for current opportunities - Volunteer - Sustrans.org.uk Can’t find a volunteering opportunity in your area? Take a look at our quick ways to volunteer and ways to get involved pages.

JOB: Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) Volunteer
BE4: 30-05-2024
IV: --
LOC: Stirley, Huddersfield, HD4 6RP
PAY: Full training and support towards travel expenses can be provided
FOR: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) are the second largest threat to global biodiversity (just below habitat loss. All along Yorkshire’s waterways we see the colonisation spreading every year. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are on the front line, battling Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed and American skunk cabbage. To win, we need volunteers to help us! We're looking for passionate volunteers within the West Region INNS Team. You will have the opportunity to assist staff with INNS surveying, treatment, and post-treatment restoration, and to learn how to identify key native and INNS species, biosecurity, and surveying techniques including the use of our GB-wide app INNS Mapper. There's also the opportunity to assist staff within the West Region Projects team and attend skills training days with the volunteer team. This role operates across the Calder and Colne catchments around Huddersfield and Ripponden. Time: 1-2 weekdays per month between June and November. For more information and to apply, visit our website

JOB: Breeding Bird Volunteer Surveyor
BE4: 30-04-2024
IV: --
LOC: Yorkshire-wide
PAY: Full training and support towards travel expenses can be provided
FOR: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Are you a keen birder who could put their skills to use contributing to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust monitoring? If you love birds, being out in nature and exploring, then the Volunteer Breeding Bird surveying opportunity is perfect for you! Breeding Bird Surveyors monitor the status and trends of bird populations. The data collected helps us create maps of bird populations, but more importantly for YWT it helps the work we do on our nature reserves. Data collected can indicate a species in decline, helping us manage a reserve to tackle this. Or it could be that we find out a species is thriving, prompting more research into why that might be. If you're able to identify birds by call, song and sight throughout spring and summer, we'd love to hear from you. Time: Fortnightly between the start of April and the end of July. We are looking for volunteer surveyors for a number of our reserves, to see locations please visit our website

JOB: West Reserves Voluntary Traineeship
BE4: 29-04-2024
IV: --
LOC: Stirley nr Huddersfield - HD4 6RP
PAY: Competitive training programme and support towards travel expenses
FOR: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

The West Reserves Team at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust look after a total of 25 nature reserves across the whole of West Yorkshire. These sites vary in size, have many different habitats including woodlands, grasslands and wetlands, creating a whole range of challenges and opportunities. From beautiful magnesian limestone meadows at Brockadale, to Broadhead clough's fungi rich grasslands and the urban oasis of Kirkstall Valley, as a West Reserves Voluntary Trainee you can expect to gain valuable experience across a broad range of fascinating habitats and locations. You'll be involved with a site that is developing into a nature reserve too, with wildflower meadow re-seeding, new hedges and tree planting, and experience a varied and important programme of both outdoor practical delivery and office-based work. Time: 2 or 3 days per week for a maximum of 12 months. For more information and to apply, please visit Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website.

JOB: Waves of Waste Volunteer Coordinator
BE4: Ongoing
IV: --
LOC: Yorkshire Coast
PAY:
FOR: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

As part of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Living Seas awareness and research work, we want to raise the profile of marine litter and encourage people to take direct action to combat it. Marine litter is one of the biggest threats facing the global marine environment, not only does it look unpleasant but the build-up of plastics in our seas causes the death of marine creatures that ingest it as well as disruption to the delicate food chains that everything (including us) rely on. We are currently looking for Volunteer Coordinators to lead our Beach Clean days. We clean regularly at Spurn, Flamborough, Bridlington and Filey. However, along the 45 miles of Yorkshire’s coastline are countless other sites we'd love to reach by building up a network of coordinators covering more sites, with coordinators organising at least quarterly cleans of sites with volunteers. Time: Approx 5 days per year. For more information and to apply, please visit our website

JOB: BDS Youth Panel
BE4: 05-05-2024
IV: --
LOC: Britain
PAY: BDS membership, mentoring, expenses and more
FOR: British Dragonfly Society

We are excited to be launching our first Youth Panel and applications are now open. We hope to inspire young people to join the team and help influence our work. We want to connect these young people with our dragonfly hotspots so they may have the opportunity to volunteer and connect with their local wetlands. We are looking for young people who are passionate about insects (especially dragonflies!) and wetlands, who want to join a small charity and have a big impact for dragonfly conservation! You should apply if you: Are between 16 and 24; Are passionate about nature (don’t worry you don’t need to know everything about dragonflies!); Enjoy being a part of a team; Can commit to attending online meetings; Want to inspire other young people to connect with dragonflies. Full details can be found here.

JOB: Butterfly Volunteer Surveyor
BE4: 30-08-2024
IV: --
LOC: Yorkshire Wide
PAY: Full training provided
FOR: Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

We are currently looking to recruit Volunteer Butterfly Transect Surveyors across our Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Reserves, particularly: Ashberry (North-east Yorkshire); Brae Pasture (North-west Yorkshire); Fen Bog (North-east Yorkshire); Spurn Point (East Yorkshire); Askham Bog (North Yorkshire); Sprotbrough Flash (South Yorkshire); Staveley (North Yorkshire); Wheldrake Ings (North Yorkshire). Ideally you will be able to commit to a survey once a week, however because the surveys can only be carried out in fine, calm weather volunteers will need have some flexibility if conditions aren't suitable. You don't need to be an expert for this role as long as you are willing to learn. You will also need to have reasonable physical fitness and be comfortable walking around 2km on each visit, sometimes across uneven terrain. For more information and to apply visit Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website