Trevor Stevens plays an important role as the voice of Earth Trust in the community, engaging with visitors at our green spaces.
Andy Heelas joined Earth Trust as a volunteer in February 2020 and leads guided tours of Earth Trust’s green spaces.
Earth Trust’s land management volunteers share their time and passion to help care for our natural green spaces for everyone to enjoy. Steve is a butterfly counter and Volunteer Warden at Wallingford Castle Meadows.
Gemma is a Volunteer Photographer at Earth Trust. If you follow us on social media channels you will probably have seen some of her beautiful images. We are privileged to have such a skilled artist on hand to capture and share some of our activities and landscapes.
Mental Health Awareness Week is happening between 9 to 15 May 2022. The official theme is ‘loneliness’ and, across the week, we are being encouraged to build meaningful connections with our friends, family, colleagues and communities.
You may have seen Earth Trust volunteers out and about at our places, but we’re also fortunate to work with individuals who give up their time to support our office-based teams. This week we caught up with Julia, who works with Volunteer Officer Nicola as a clerical and administration support.
At Earth Trust, most of our hedges are maintained by volunteers who lay them every few years. Although the process might look destructive, their work will allow our hedges to thrive for generations to come. In this post, volunteer Paul tells us more.
Around the Earth Trust Farm, community reserves and even in our car parks you may notice that many of our hedges are “laid”. We spoke to three of our hedgelaying volunteers, Bill, Martin and Mike, to find out more.
Volunteers are the lifeblood and the backbone of Earth Trust, helping to champion for better access to wildlife-rich green spaces. So, this Volunteers’ Week we’re celebrating what our volunteers do every week of the year for all of us.
From the buzz of bolder insects, to fleeting views of some of our shyer mammals, seeing and photographing wildlife is one of the great joys that can come from spending time in green spaces.
Earlier this year Nikki, who supports the Earth Trust Education Team, shared her story with other volunteers. To mark Volunteers’ Week we asked if we can share her inspiring story again here for more people to read – we hope you enjoy it.
Volunteers’ Week is a time to reflect on what volunteering means to us. Bill Clinton once said that ‘volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale’ that ‘matters profoundly’. This is true for Earth Trust as it is for many organisations and individuals across the country.
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