Heart of the Forest Volunteers

As the first Forest to be created at scale in England for over 1000 years, the National Forest has transformed swathes of landscape scarred by coal mining and heavy industry into varied woodland habitat.

The Heart of the Forest encompasses an area in the centre of the National Forest of around 10 square miles, and we are now looking for volunteers to help us enhance some of our sites in this area including Albert Village Lake, Diana Memorial Woodland, Conkers, and more, with the aim of making these more accessible, raising their profile, and managing and protecting the wildlife for future generations to enjoy.

• Woodland management (including selective thinning and coppicing)
• Pond restoration
• Path management
• Citizen science projects (for example, species recording)
• Site furniture building (including woodworking or building using natural materials)
• Meadow management
• Litter picking

Regular volunteer days will be held on a fortnightly basis, from 10.00am to 2.30pm on Fridays, and there will also be occasional weekend sessions.

For more information or to discuss joining us, please contact us on:

01283 551211
enquiries@nationalforest.org

Alternatively, please fill in the Volunteer Registration form - you can either download this below and email or post it back to us, or complete it online at: 

https://forms.office.com/e/tAKfQJtJFU