Join in the fun!

Volunteers at Stirley Farm (credt : Matt Womersley)

If you want to help, then think about volunteering!

Volunteers are at the heart of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s vision of a Living Landscape and Living Seas; where both people and nature benefit from joined up, thriving countryside, coast, and wildlife rich urban areas.

Volunteers are invaluable to our work. Volunteers can be our eyes, ears and hands at the local level where we don’t always have enough resources for staff or a permanent base. They bring specialist skills and knowledge to the Trust. Volunteer commitment and belief in our work also strengthens our profile in the local community: volunteers are often the local voice of the Trust.

Do you want to save our special species like water voles or the leatherback turtle?
..or protect an ancient woodland with bluebells and woodpeckers?

Could you inspire a child who’s never seen a frog before?
… or maybe you can help raise the money to buy and save a beautiful wildflower meadow?

On the left hand menu you can find out more, explore our current opportunities and make an enquiry

Latest news

For all the latest news and a calendar of practical work days on our Nature Reserves from April - June 2013, please download the most recent copy of the YWT volunteering newsletter Volvox.

Contacts

Volunteering Trainee Development Officer: Jo Meays - jo.meays@ywt.org.uk

Volunteering Development Officer South and West: Cassa Townsend - cassa.townsend@ywt.org.uk

Volunteering Development Officer North and East: Harriet Linfoot - harriet.linfoot@ywt.org.uk

News

  • Stirley cows out to pasture

    Thursday 23rd May, 2013

    Cattle from Stirley Community Farm graze nearby Stocksmoor Common Nature Reserve

    Read full story

  • Sixty per cent of UK species in decline, groundbreaking study finds

    Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    David Attenborough

    Read full story

What's on

Photographic Event

Sunday 26th May 2013,
10.00am - 12.00pm

Venue:

Digi-Scoping for Beginners Potteric Carr, Doncaster An expert from Opticron will host a 2 hour class on the basics of digi-scoping, there will be a slide show presentation, some one to one work and a practical demonstration. If you want some one to one help please bring all your equipment for digi-scoping, Chris works with both point/shoot and SLR format.

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