Volunteering Schedule
Saturday 24th September 9.30am – 12.30pm
Orleans Park gardens, Twickenham. Path laying and autumn tidy up:
We will be helping to lay woodchip on the sometimes muddy footpaths, and also doing some light Autumn clearance.
Orleans Park gardens car park, near the art gallery, Twickenham.
Saturday 22nd October 9.30am – 12.30pm
Kew towpath, Kew. Tree and bulb planting:
We will be helping to remove some scrub near to the railway bridge, and replanting with new trees and bulbs.
Meeting point tbc.
Saturday 12th November 9.30am – 12.30pm (date tbc)
Twickenham riverside. Annual draw-off:
Richmond half-lock is opened for its annual maintenance, and so we will be taking advantage of the unusually low tide to have a bit of a tidy up of Twickenham’s normally inaccessible riverbed. Meet at the Eel Pie Island footbridge.
Saturday 26th November 9.30am – 12.30pm
Richmond riverside. Annual draw-off:
Same as above, except we’ll be on the Richmond foreshore collecting litter and meeting the wildlife that inhabits the riverbed!
Meeting point tbc.
Saturday 17th December 9.30am – 12.30pm
Tbc – watch this space!
All are welcome at these events. They usually last 2 - 3 hours.
We kindly ask that you let us know in the week prior to the event if you plan on coming – this ensures that we bring enough tools and biscuits!
Please arrive promptly at the start for the initial briefing and stay for as long or as little as you like. All you need to bring are a pair of tough boots or shoes, some old clothes and a robust sense of humour!
Gloves and tools are provided.
For further information and to be added to our circulation list to be kept up to date of further volunteering opportunities, please contact the office.
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See the Environment Trust's Volunteering Diary for reports on all the latest activities, with pictures, and a list of upcoming volunteering events.
Ivybridge in Bloom initiative
Clearing the Melancholy Walk at Ham42 volunteers braved the hostile weather to work on the clearance:
See the Difference: Helping Londoners look after their environment
Watch our volunteers in action, and learn how you can help support our volunteering and education programmes.
Volunteering: It’s fun!
Do you like to spend time outside? Why not take part in our regular practical work mornings. You can help us to maintain and improve valuable public sites and local landmarks for the benefit of the whole community. You too can help to promote and enhance the diversity of plants, insects, and aquatic life. At the same time, you can pleasantly improve your practical skills in safe use of tools and learn more about our environment, the river and its ecology. We all benefit from the greater awareness of the natural environment and sense of responsibility for its care and protection amongst local residents and interest groups. It’s easy too!We have lots of different opportunities for supervised practical work and instruction as needed. You don’t need any special knowledge or skills and everybody is welcome. All you need is to be reasonably fit, dress to get wet and dirty and have a good sense of humour! Tools, equipment and gloves are supplied. Children and young people under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. The datesYou can choose from regular gardening and maintenance at Kilmorey Mausoleum and Vineyard Passage Burial Ground. Or you can take part in monthly events around the Borough, often with a focus on the Thames and its immediate surroundings. We work closely with BTCV, Richmond Council, Thames Landscape Strategy and other landowners like the Royal Parks and Friends of Strawberry Hill who welcome the contribution our volunteers make. View the latest schedule on the right-hand side of this page. Corporate volunteering
The company benefits, the environment benefits and we do too. The income this provides helps us to employ a part time Volunteer Coordinator so we can extend the work we do. In particular, we will provide more opportunities for a wider range of volunteers including people with physical or learning difficulties. View our corporate volunteering leaflet here. See the current Volunteering Schedule on the right-hand side of this page.
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On a freezing January day the Environment Trust launched its Ivybridge in bloom initiative in partnership with Hounslow Homes and BTCV. Over 80 local people braved the cold and planted a total of 1500 bulbs. This is part of a new initiative for the Trust to run environmental, community projects in areas of relative deprivation outside the borough of Richmond. We are grateful to the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation for funding this project.
It’s not just for individuals! We run corporate volunteer days during normal working hours for companies who wish their staff to undertake conservation work as part of their internal programmes.
