The parks and countryside service is very grateful for the support of the hundreds of volunteers who work with us every year. With their help we can achieve so much more in our mission to protect, promote and enhance the green spaces of Leeds.
We always welcome new volunteers so if you are interested in working with us, read on.
There are three main types of volunteer opportunities in parks and countryside:
- Longer term volunteer roles for individuals (including work placements for over 18s)
- Volunteer groups that are affiliated to particular sites or service areas (e.g. ‘Friends of’ Roundhay Park, Leeds Wildlife Volunteers).
- Outside organisations that want to volunteer on a one off (or infrequent) basis (e.g. corporate groups on team building days)
The kinds of work that volunteers do for the parks and countryside service varies greatly. Some examples include:
- Practical work to improve green spaces for people and wildlife including gardening, nature conservation and maintaining site infrastructure such as paths and fences
- Fundraising for site improvements
- Organising community events
- Being the ‘eyes and ears’ of a site
- Administration work
- Marketing
- Surveying wildlife
- Running community cafes in parks
For more information, contact the ranger service on 0113 3367548 or 0113 3957457 or countrysiderangers@leeds.gov.uk.
Volunteer days in community parks
We are excited to have launched volunteer days in 10 community parks in April 2012. The volunteer days will take place on the first Wednesday of the month and are open to everyone who wants to make a difference to their local green space. See the download on the right for more information.
