CJS Focus On: Volunteering
Running through May and June from 18 May to coincide with Volunteer's Week.
Volunteering is incredibly important to the conservation and environmental sectors. There is an ever decreasing pot of money to spend on practical conservation and help from volunteers means the thousands of organisations working across the UK can create and repair more areas of land and sea for nature and wildlife.
CJS has carried details of volunteering opportunities right from the start, over 30 years ago and for over 20 years we have highlighted volunteering atleast once a year within our Focus publications. The Focus on Series... is the latest way we will bring volunteering to the fore.
Details of the articles comprising the series will appear here as they are published.
Green Spaces Need Friends! - the why, what & how of Friends Groups, National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces
Find out how to set up a Friends Group and the great benefits these volunteers can bring to conservation organisations
Read the article here
Student Perspective - Volunteering in the Wildlife Sector, Merrist Wood College
Gemma Luxton is a student in the final year of BSc (Hons) in Wildlife and Conservation and has used volunteering to improve her employability but it’s given her so much more than this.
Read the article here
Supporting successful volunteers and opportunities in the New Forest, New Forest National Park Authority
The National Park has developed a successful annual volunteer fair, they explain how the fair is run and what has made it such a success.
Read the article here
Enthusiasm, passion and curiosity: What Shapes me as a Green Volunteer
Millie Gates is studying a BSc Wildlife and Conservation at Merrist Wood College & University Centre, she volunteers in her spare time and has used volunteering to guide her through studying and figuring out where she wants to go in life.
Read the article here
Where to find everything:
Find all the information about the CJS Focus on series here.
Find adverts for Volunteer opportunities across the UK here, adverts are posted all year round not only during the Series.
Employers: Advertise your Volunteers as basic text here free and here for full online adverts, remember to tick the box to receive your 50% discount.