Community Volunteering Opportunities
Help nature near you by volunteering with community groups across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire.
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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There are lots of different ways to get involved in the work of your local Wildlife Trust.
Surveying our community orchard and chasing butterflies
Rough Around the Edges project officer Katie Horgan gives an update on her groups' latest activities across the Chilterns, including surveying plants in a community orchard, an informal…
Orchard
A visit to a traditional orchard reveals gnarled old trunks of fruit and nut trees bursting with blossoms and young leaves in springtime, with wildflowers and insects populating summer’s long…
Thatcham Reedbeds
A great place for reedbed wildlife including a host of warblers and a variety of dragonflies and damselflies. You may also hear a cuckoo in spring.
Team Wilder Community Group Form
Is your community taking action for nature? Add your group or project to the Team Wilder map and help spread the word!
Community Groups
Find out how your community group can create a wilder world on your doorstep, with more nature everywhere in urban and rural areas. That is our bold vision for our three counties and we need you to be part of it.
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.
Returning to volunteering
Volunteer Hannah Webley describes how returning to volunteering after a long break due to the pandemic felt like coming home
Community Network spotlight: Cowroast Copse community project
At one of our guided walks with a community ecologist, I met Jean Hammond, a member of the Cowroast Copse community project – here’s what they’re up to.
Community engagement
The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust helps to connect and engage communities with nature across our three counties.
Setting up a volunteer group
Nigel Williamson explains how he came to set up and lead the volunteer group at Padworth Common