Community Nature Guardians delivers a programme of capacity building activities with community groups to create and improve local greenspaces and bluespaces.
The team works with a local community for up to 12 weeks, tailoring the project timeline to local needs and delivering a programme of formal and informal activities.
We offer informal community wide conservation volunteering opportunities and conservation skills workshops.
Community members join activities on a flexible basis, supporting local conservation needs e.g. tree planting, litter picks, balsam bashing, habitat creation, citizen science, bushcraft. We also engage with local primary and secondary schools to involve children, young people and families in activities after school, at weekends, or during school holidays, raising awareness of environmental issues and developing practical conservation skills and knowledge.
"I’ve really enjoyed volunteering and learning new skills. I am 75 and I’ve learnt how to use a drill to make bee poles which I never thought I would."
Volunteer, Beaufort Hill Woodland and Ponds, Blaenau Gwent