Community Volunteering Opportunities
Help nature near you by volunteering with community groups across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire.
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All volunteering opportunities
There are lots of different ways to get involved in the work of your local Wildlife Trust.
New volunteer opportunities at the Nature Discovery Centre
Our Engaging with Nature project, based in Thatcham, is looking for volunteers. Project officer, Carrie Starbuck explains more about the role and how to get involved.
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Whether you have just an hour, a day or a week to give, and whatever your skills, there’s an opportunity for you to volunteer with the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) near where you live.
West Berkshire Living Landscape Volunteers (WBLLV)
Working on a variety of habitats including wetland, heathland, ancient woodland and meadows, you’ll assist the BBOWT reserves staff in the practical habitat and infrastructure management of the…
Wild Verges in West Berkshire!
The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is excited to announce a new initiative which will create ribbons of wildflowers along West Berkshire’s roads and roundabouts…
Bird ringing in West Berkshire
Volunteer bird ringer Jan Legg explains how a lifelong love of birds led to learning to survey the local bird population through bird ringing
Engaging with Nature West Berkshire
Engaging with Nature (West Berkshire) was a BBOWT project for harnessing the healing power of nature to support mental health.
West Berkshire Wild Verges
A project with West Berkshire Council to improve rural road verges for wild plants, ground-nesting birds and mammals.
Wildlife Trust response to possible extension of badger cull into Oxfordshire and Berkshire
The Government is now considering applications for shooting badgers in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, although new evidence shows that many badgers in these areas do not have bovine TB.
Volunteer Opportunity Closed
This vacancy has closed, please see our volunteer pages for current opportunities.
West Berkshire Living Landscape
The West Berkshire Living Landscape scheme covers 27km2 including the river valleys of the Enborne and the Kennet which are separated by the higher gravel plateau and heathland mosaic of Greenham and Crookham Commons. A quarter of the project area is designated as important for wildlife, either locally, nationally or internationally.