Practical Conservation Volunteering
KHWP’s practical volunteer programme runs all year every Wednesday and Thursday on various sites in and around the Tunbridge Wells area. Anyone over the age of 16 is welcome to get involved, no experience or training is required. Under 16s can volunteer if accompanied by an parent/guardian.
Our volunteer tasks range from coppicing, hedge laying, tree planting and woodland management in the winter, to survey work, meadow management, fencing, and step and boardwalk construction in the summer, and much more.
All task days run from 10am to 3pm with tea and lunch break in between.
What you will need:
- Old clothes and sturdy footwear
- A packed lunch and water bottle
- Appropriate clothing for the weather (e.g. waterproofs in the winter and hats in the summer)
We provide:
- All tools, gloves, and training given by our qualified countryside staff
- Tea, coffee and biscuits
- All KHWP staff are outdoor first aid trained
Please read the volunteer handbook below for more in depth information.
If you wish to join us, please register as a volunteer using the sign up form link below.
Volunteer testimonials-
On a personal level, volunteering has proved very rewarding, I am working with like-minded people and built real friendships as result, I am also keeping active and healthy and it has helped me adjust to retirement.
I enjoy being out in the countryside, the physical activity, learning new skills and seeing at first hand the transformation KHWP is making to sites that have often been neglected for years.
The huge variety of tasks that they manage throughout the year have provided me with the opportunity to develop a wide set of skills which I would never have had otherwise.
The organisation and its very professional staff make a real difference to the spaces we all enjoy around Tunbridge Wells and is a valuable asset to the greater community.
To me I would much prefer spending a day volunteering with the Kent High Weald Partnership than going to the gym over a number of days. It’s a much better work out, far more sociable and allows me to put something back into my community
