Take part in monthly coastal monitoring to gather data and help inform marine conservation decisions. Do you live in Barrow and enjoy being by the sea? Would you like to meet new people, learn about rockpool species, and help marine conservation? Then come to marine surveys to help with our…

Do you live in Barrow? Are you able to spare a few hours a month to help conservation? Then join the Welly Brigade! This is a fantastic way to help nature through habitat restoration, for example scrub clearing and wildlife friendly gardening. It’s also a great way to meet new people, discover new…

Get the micro-volunteering bug today and join the biggest citizen’s science project that National Parks have ever undertaken. Look Wild uses a free nature identification app that will name plants and animals for you and contribute to a huge National Park-led project at the same time. It’s free to…

Volunteering on the Steam Yacht Gondola is a unique experience. Volunteers get involved with virtually all aspects of life on Gondola as a crew member, from welcoming people on board to keeping the vessel fit for sailing.

Volunteering as part of a team, Coast & Countryside volunteers help look after, improve and protect special outdoor places so that nature and wildlife can thrive and everyone can enjoy Ullswater.

Help to keep our beautiful Cumbrian beaches clean and free from litter that could harm wildlife.

Come and help us monitor this rare species that has been reintroduced to sites in Cumbria. You don’t have to be a wildlife expert, anyone can get involved!

Community event volunteers help to connect people to nature and also help people take action to protect nature. Events vary, and include rockpooling, guided walks, eggcase hunts, craft activities, and coastal foraging. Some events are for adults, whereas others are family events. Whatever your…

In a project funded by Sellafield Ltd, we are looking to improve young people’s access to nature by developing wildlife clubs. We are looking to build a bank of volunteers to help develop our ideas. Working with our West Coast Community Officer, we need friendly 2-3 volunteers to help set up and…

Wanted: volunteers to collect rockpool creatures and/or take the portable rockpool to groups, care homes, and events. But what about the people who don’t know that the rockpools are there? Or the people who aren’t able to go the beach? How can they discover and enjoy the rockpool life? The answer:…

The role will include collecting data from an upland peatbog site that has undergone restoration, within the Lake District National Park. No previous experience is necessary, though a willingness to spend time in the mountains where weather conditions can change very quickly is essential. Some…

An essential for anyone interested in fungi, what is edible and what is poisonous. Get to know your fungi day. You do not have to be a current Friends of the Lake District member or volunteer to attend, but we do ask that if you are trained, that you commit to helping survey our properties over the…

We are looking for volunteers to help our Squirrel Rangers get a better understanding of the squirrel population around Cumbria. In this case, in Staveley.This volunteer role can fit your lifestyle, you can monitor just your garden, along your dog walk route, your run route, your local park,…