We have a wide range of volunteering opportunities to support the local community and look after our local nature!
Head to the BCVS website to find out more about our opportunities:
Do you have an interest in the natural environment, want to get out into the great outdoors and don’t mind getting your hands dirty? We need volunteers to join our conservation work on the Woodlands and Coachwood Green that offers you the chance to try your hand at a wide variety of tasks and helping to maintain the site. Activities range from scrub clearance, tree planting, hedge laying, pruning through to repairing signs, cleaning and maintaining nesting boxes, litter picking - all depending on the season.
Practical conservation volunteers meet on a monthly work day to carry out a wide range of tasks on the Woodlands and Coachwood Green. Volunteers help conserve, enhance and maintain the habitats of the site by supporting the Site Management Plan and assisting Nottinghamshire County Council with the practical management of the site with varied tasks. You will be working as part of a fantastic team of volunteers of diverse ages and backgrounds who come together to work towards improving the environment, either through organised events such as tree planting or through regular monthly workdays.
Friends of Woodlands and Coachwood Green are an established Community Group based at Shireoaks, that works to develop, maintain and enhance the former Shireoaks Colliery now known as Woodlands and Coach Wood Green. We do this in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council and we have recently leased an area which is being developed as a Wildlife Discovery Area, to create a place where people can visit to learn about the habitats and species.
We are solely funded by grant funding and we have an exciting opportunity for a volunteer to support with fundraising, This primarily involves:
1. Researching grant-making organisations
2. Contribute to bid writing for grant/trust applications
3. Outreach to community funds and trusts
4. Develop and broaden corporate support where applicable
5. Bringing new and innovative ideas for fundraising to the group
We would like to find volunteers to help with our community event planning, organising and delivering. We normally hold a monthly conversation volunteer day on site and have a small budget to provide community events to engage local schools, community groups and the community as a whole in nature.
We are looking for a volunteer to help with:
Supporting the development and delivery of a programme of activities to be delivered during the year;
Co-ordinating events, including - promotion and advertising, inviting community groups and local schools, ensuring all event equipment and material for the event are available, arranging any outside help as needed;
Ensuring events are inclusive to all members of the community.
The Friends of Woodlands and Coachwood Green is a volunteer group who helps maintain and enhance biodiversity and nature on the Woodlands and Coachwood Green. We are currently looking for a volunteer Treasurer to join our management committee along with the Chair person and the Secretary. We hold an annual general meeting and meet two other times a year remotely. As a committee there will also be email and whatsapp correspondence. As a voluntary treasurer you will be responsible for these kinds of tasks:
Preparing a financial summary for the Annual General Meeting of the group.
Keeping an ongoing record of all group income/expenditure using a Monthly Account Spreadsheet and ensuring all expenses and invoices are paid on time.
Administering the group’s bank account, including potentially banking any cash or cheques, and acting as a card holder.
Holding all paperwork and records relevant to the group’s finances and submitting to Companies House annually
Owning the groups financial procedure in the Group Handbook and updating as required.
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