Volunteering

Volunteering is a fantastic and flexible way to support your local park, meet new people and gain new skills. You give whatever time you are able to and we offer free training for volunteers across a variety of areas relevant to each role. There will also be opportunities for progression within the volunteer system. 

The type of activities carried out by volunteers can include:

• Wildlife monitoring - helping us look for reptiles, amphibians, water voles, bats and other creatures
• Planting, pruning, cataloguing and propagating seeds
• Helping maintain our gardens, meadows and orchards
• Creating places for animals to take refuge and hibernate
• Building fences using natural materials

There are many benefits to volunteering, such as:

• Connecting you to your community. You can make new friends and contacts.
• Helping you to stay physically active. It can help counteract the effects of stress and anxiety, whilst also increasing your self-confidence.
• Providing you with valuable, transferrable job skills. It can help further develop existing specialist skills and helps you gain experience for your career.
• Being a fun and easy way to explore new interests. It creates more time for your hobbies out of work, and provides new opportunities to develop creative and practical skills.

 If you would like to volunteer, please complete the Volunteer Application Form via the link below. We will get in touch with you within seven days about upcoming opportunities you could take part in (if you do not receive an email within this time, please check your spam/junk folder). 

Volunteer application form

 If you have questions you would like answered about the role then contact parkvolunteers@ashford.gov.uk and we will get back to you as soon as we can.