Volunteering with The
Countryside Service
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Being a volunteer has many great things to offer, the chance to
learn new skills, meet new people, get exercise and fresh air in
the outdoors, do something worthwhile, or perhaps gain experience
towards a new career.
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The Countryside Service has a range of
volunteering opportunities from being part of a work
party in a
country park carrying out practical work such as hedgelaying,
coppicing or tree planting, to individual volunteers in a variety
of roles.
There are also opportunities to be a volunteer in your own
community through the Parish
Paths Warden and Tree
Warden schemes or as a Health
Walks Leader, whereby local enthusiasts carry out valuable work
in their streets, town or parish.
Volunteers are given a full induction and will be trained in any
necessary skills.
If you have time to spare, however small, why not consider
becoming a volunteer.
The Worcestershire Warden Newsletter
The Countryside Service regularly produces a newsletter for all
our volunteers, keeping them informed of what's going on around the
county, special events, training days, work parties and lots of
other interesting items.
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Useful Links / Resources
Risk Assessments
The generic risk assessments here cover the
type of work both individual volunteers and volunteer groups carry
out.
These risk assessments should not be used
alone as it is important to look at the specific site you are
working at - a copy of this form is attached and contain prompts
for you to consider.
Whilst it is not necessary to print out the
activity risk assessments you should record on the site assessment
sheet the risk assessments appropriate for the tasks you are doing
on and make sure you've read them. Print out the site assessment
sheet and complete as necessary. Once the task is completed keep
the site assessment sheet on file.
This page was last reviewed 8 February 2012 at 16:31.
The page is next due for review 6 August 2013.