Volunteering at Staunton Country Park
Volunteering
Conservation volunteer
Looking to volunteer outdoors and support your local community? This is an exciting time to join us at Staunton Country Park. This role will work alongside other volunteers and ranger staff to carry out a wide variety of tasks. Dependent on the season this could include clearing overgrowing vegetation, parkland grounds maintenance, coppicing and scrub management, as well as wildlife surveying/monitoring and keeping the park tidy and litter free.
No specific skills are needed but a willingness to volunteer in all weathers is appreciated! A basic level of fitness will be needed as tasks are physical and on uneven terrain. Flexible time commitment.
Meeting and greeting volunteer
We are looking for warm and friendly volunteers to welcome visitors to our visitor centre. In this role, you will welcome and introduce visitors to the park, answer queries, distribute leaflets and guides and encourage visitors to fill out the visitor survey. As the face of Staunton Country Park, we will teach you all about our history. So, we’d like you to have a willingness to learn about our park, its landscape, history and facilities.
This is a visitor facing role with a chance to interact with visitors of all ages from all backgrounds. Time commitment one three-hour shift weekly or two-weekly, ongoing.
Heritage Hub Host
We are looking for warm, friendly and approachable volunteers to welcome our visitors and highlight our history. You will bring Staunton’s history to life by delivering ‘walk and talks’ to the public and promoting our new facilities, such as the exhibition space, Staunton Explorer app and the Memory Bank oral history project. As the face of Staunton Country Park, we will teach you all about our history. So, we’d like you to have a willingness to learn about our park, its landscape, history and facilities.
This is a visitor facing role with a chance to interact with visitors of all ages from all backgrounds. Time commitment one three-hour shift weekly or two-weekly, ongoing
