Practical Conservation Task Days - Hetchell Wood

Practical Conservation Task Days - Hetchell Wood

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Would you like to get stuck into some outdoor conservation work?

Join us for a day of practical conservation and reserve management tasks at Hetchell Woods nature reserve, a wild woodland teaming with wildflowers and fungi.

We have the following Practical Conservation Task Days happening at Hetchell Wood:

Scrub clearance

  • Thursday 4th January
  • Tuesday 16th January
  • Wednesday 7th February
  • Tuesday 20th February
  • Thursday 7th March
  • Tuesday 19th March

Useful Information for Task Days

Things you need to know:

  • Task days start at 10am (9am at Potteric Carr) and usually run until 4pm
  • Sometimes task days may change because of adverse weather. Please check the website for updates https://www.ywt.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/practical-conservation
  • Booking is preferred for every task day, please contact the leader listed for the task day to book your place.
  • New volunteers will need to provide emergency contact details and relevant medical details before beginning, just in case of any incident or accident.
  • We ask those coming on task days to arrive with clean footwear, this should be done before arriving on site. This is to limit the spread and damage of invasive non-native species.
  • Many of our reserves are rural or remote with limited welfare facilities. Toilets and running water are only available at Potteric Carr, Spurn and Stirley Farm. Contact the leader listed if you require any information regarding welfare facilities near to your chosen task day.
  • We’ll provide hand washing facilities (where possible) and hand sanitiser but do bring your own supply of hand sanitiser/wipes.

What you should bring:

  • A packed lunch and plenty to drink.
  • Hard-wearing shoes, boots or wellies
  • Old clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.
  • Waterproofs, sunscreen and insect repellent when necessary, you never know what the weather will do!

Tools and gloves will be provided.

Corporate partners wishing to arrange use of their corporate volunteering allowance should contact fundraising@ywt.org.uk

Contact details

Contact: Peter Gurney

E-mail: peter.gurney@ywt.org.uk

Phone: 07741 662663