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Establish, develop and maintain a healthy and thriving community nature reserve, by protecting, improving, and conserving the natural environment, and enhancing the biodiversity of the ...
Outdoor Learning Volunteer
Contact person
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Summary
Assisting our Outdoor Learning Officer to set up and run outdoor learning activities for schools, groups and families within and around Tewkesbury.Detailed description
Assisting our Outdoor Learning Officer to set up and run educational activities for schools, children's groups (e.g. rainbows, brownies, guides, scouts), community groups and public events. You would be helping run workshops and activities such as pond dipping, invertebrate sampling, river measurements, mapping activities, art and craft activities and more.
It would be helpful to have experience engaging groups but it’s not essential as we can give you some in-house training. You will need to be enthusiastic and comfortable working with children and young people and have an interest in outdoor learning, wildlife and conservation. You need to be over 18 to volunteer for this role. There are lots of different opportunities within this, to suit all availabilities and time commitments.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required and some basic safeguarding training needed, which will organised by Tewkesbury Nature Reserve at no cost to you.
About Tewkesbury Nature Reserve
Establish, develop and maintain a healthy and thriving community nature reserve, by protecting, improving, and conserving the natural environment, and enhancing the biodiversity of the site.
Make the reserve accessible to the public as a place for recreation, education, and the promotion of health and wellbeing, while balancing the needs of visitors with those of the natural environment.
Develop the reserve as an outdoor learning environment, and promote an understanding and appreciation of freshwater wetlands, nature and wildlife across all age groups through active community participation.
Reinstate and support natural hydrological processes, re-naturalise watercourses and create new wetland areas, creating new spaces for nature and improving the site’s ability to retain water, and playing a part in reducing flooding.