Volunteer – Community Participation
Around 40,000 people live in the Colne Valley Park, and more than three million live within ten miles of it.
We are committed to promoting community participation through volunteering, organising educational programmes, leading walks, and running conservation work parties etc.
If you have some spare time, want to learn new skills or share talents of your own there are plenty of volunteer opportunities in the Colne Valley Regional Park. Come along and get involved with a variety of important conservation tasks to help us look after the Park. See positions below for more details.
River Ranger
Become a River Ranger to help conserve, survey and champion your local watercourses across the Colne Valley Regional Park. All levels of expertise are welcome, with no previous experience required!
River Rangers play a key role in monitoring and reporting on a small stretch of river. Find out more about what they do here:
Corporate Volunteering
Are you looking for corporate volunteer opportunities? Is your company interested in helping preserve and protect your local countryside both for wildlife and people? Then you have come to the right place. We can organise volunteer days out for your company, and we have loads of exciting outdoor work available; river work, controlling invasive species, litter picking, woodland management to encourage biodiversity and more. Send us an email to find out more on [email protected]
We have two methods of corporate supporting, the corporate volunteering days, and corporate supporters.
Volunteer Jobs
Join our friendly and growing team of volunteers. Check our volunteer job page for current opportunities to get involved; find out what River Rangers and Cattle Checkers do for the environment. You can also send us an email and enquiry about upcoming volunteer jobs at [email protected]
One day Volunteer Event
We run many one day volunteer events throughout the year. It’s a great way to learn new skills, meet new people and make a difference to your local environment. Check our events page for scheduled events. You can also send us an email and enquiry about upcoming volunteer events at [email protected]
Volunteer Groups in the Colne Valley
The Colne Valley proudly present many different volunteer groups who all work on the same objective; to protect and enhance the local environment. If you are looking to join a local volunteer group, or want to donate to a volunteer group local to you, you have come to the right place. In following page you will find volunteer groups that regularly organising events.
Become a Colne Valley Park Trustee
The Colne Valley Regional Park Trust are champions of the Colne Valley Regional Park working with 100 member organisations and managing agents, Groundwork South, to maintain, protect and enhance this precious, wildlife-rich landscape.
We are looking for new trustees to join our enthusiastic and dedicated team to help us continue our vitally important work.
