Volunteering Opportunities

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Alice Moore

Volunteer with Severn Rivers Trust

Join us on our upcoming practical volunteering days  - from river cleans to revetment building, there's plenty to get involved with.

 If you'd like to come to any of these volunteer tasks, please email volunteering@severnriverstrust.com to register.

Sunday 4th June - River clean, Worcester

Join Alice and the Open Canoe Association West Midlands to carry out a river clean and remove litter from our rivers. Volunteers will help provide vital bankside support for the canoeists.

Meet by Diglis Island on Diglis Dock Road at 10am.

Friday 9th June– Otter holt building & missing tree guard installation, Montgomeryshire (near Llanfyllin)

Join Dewi to help build an otter holt and install missing holly and standard oak tree guards in the new hedges of the Nant Alan and River Cain catchments.

Meet at Llanfyllin spar car park at 10.15am. Please bring lunch and come prepared for outdoor elements.

Tuesday 13th June - Balsam Bashing, Trysull (Wolverhampton)

Join Alice to carry out same balsam bashing in the Smestow Brook area and help control this invasive species.

Meeting location provided on sign up. Please bring lunch and come prepared for outdoor elements.

Friday 7th July - Revetment building, Montgomeryshire (near Llanfyllin)

Join Dewi for a day of revetment building to help protect the banks of the River Cain.

Meet at Llanfyllin spar car park at 10.15am. Please bring lunch and come prepared for outdoor elements.

Friday 4th August - Otter hold building, Montgomeryshire (near Llanfyllin)

Join Dewi to help build some otter holts, lying out the sturdy foundations and helping cover the otter cabins with piles of sheltering and protective brash.

Meet at Lanfyllin spar car park at 10.15am. Please bring lunch and come prepared for outdoor elements.

 If you'd like to come to any of these volunteer tasks, please email volunteering@severnriverstrust.com to register.