Join a conservation work party

To enable the Trust to manage its nature reserves to a high standard, we rely very much on volunteer assistance, both for practical work in the field and with office-based administration and management planning.

There are several ways in which you can get involved in the work of the reserves section of the Trust, depending how much time you have available and what type of work you are interested in:

You can help with practical work on most days of the week with our reserves team under the supervision of our Reserves Project Officers. No experience is necessary as all aspects of the work and tool usage will be explained to you. Please contact Trust Headquarters to find out what work we are planning. Transport is always available from Five Acres at about 9.00am, or alternative pick-up points can be arranged in advance.

Opportunities for office-based voluntary work are rather more limited, but there are occasions when an extra pair of hands would be welcome. If you are interested in helping with general administration or other office-based work, please contact the Trust prior to when you are available.

The Cornwall Wildlife Trust is a member of a consortium of organisations in south-west England that provides vocational training for long-term volunteers in environmental work. The consortium is called Tap Routes, and is funded by the European Social Fund. Member organisations include the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV), the Silvanus Trust, The Lost Gardens of Heligan and Slapton Ley Field Studies Centre as well as the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Long-term volunteers on this scheme work towards an NVQ in Environmental Conservation (Landscapes and Ecosystems) at either Level 2 or 3, and a range of training courses is provided free of charge. If you are interested in a long-term voluntary placement with the Trust, please send a copy of your CV and a brief letter of application to Callum Deveney at Trust Headquarters.

Cornwall Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves

List of reserves ... Armstrong Woods Bakers Pit Beales Meadow Bissoe Valley Bosvenning Common Cabilla and Redrice Woods Caer Brân Carn Moor Chûn Downs Churchtown Farm Chyverton Devichoys Wood Downhill Meadow Fal-Ruan Estuary Five Acres Fox Corner Greena Moor Halbullock Hawkes Wood Helman Tor Kemyel Crease Kennall Vale Lanvean Bottoms Loggan's Moor Loveny Lower Lewdon Luckett Maer Lake Nansmellyn Marsh North Predannack Downs Park Hoskyn Pendarves Wood Penlee Battery Phillips's Point Priddacombe Downs Prideaux Wood Quoit Heathland Redlake Cottage Meadows Ropehaven Cliffs Rosenannon Downs St Erth Pits St George's Island Swanvale Sylvia's Meadow Tamar Estuary Tincombe Trebarwith Tresayes Tywardreath Marsh Upton Meadow Upton Towans Ventongimps Moor Welcombe & Marsland Windmill Farm

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Reserves Handbook

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