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We've prepared some frequently asked questions about volunteering with Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
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About Us
Cornwall Wildlife Trust is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working across the UK. With the invaluable support of our volunteers, members and corporate supporters we manage over 50 nature reserves, including an island for wildlife and people in Cornwall. We also work with other organisations and landowners to protect and connect wildlife sites across the county and inspire local communities and young people to care for wildlife where they live.
Volunteering Opportunities
Browse our current volunteering opportunities and help wildlife in your local area. There are volunteering opportunities across the UK, from supporting events, to community gardening and species surveying.
Learn about Cornwall’s dolphins and porpoises
Cornwall is among the best places in the UK to see dolphins and porpoises, and is home to one of the few resident pods of bottlenose dolphins left off the British Isles.
Rewilding - it's not all about wildcats and wolves
The concept of rewilding has grabbed traditional nature conservation by the shoulders and given it a much-needed shake.
HedgeBlog: why we should be concerned about the decline of hedgehogs
Ella Lazic, Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Conservation Apprentice, talks to us about the importance of hedgehogs as an indicator species, explaining why their decline should concern us.
Volunteer for Wildlife
Volunteers work with us to create a Wilder Cornwall
Sophie’s Wild Life: Using adventure to share stories about nature
Sophie Pavelle, a wildlife presenter, and adventurer is the latest to feature in Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s successful My Wild Life campaign on the anniversary of her epic 300-mile walk of Cornwall…
Autumn Seed Search - let us know about the seeds you have collected
Let us know which seeds you collected below and you will be added to the map which shows an ever-growing community of seed searchers across Cornwall.
Power of the people: the volunteers transforming Helman Tor
Mid-Cornwall Reserves Officer Alex reports on the incredible impact that a small team of volunteers has made on Cornwall Wildlife Trust's largest nature reserve
Volunteers lay hedges for Cornish wildlife
Volunteer groups from Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Cornwall Council have teamed up to lay a stretch of new hedge at Millennium Woods near Penzance. The result is a dense, living hedge which…