Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. From July-September we monitor the health of our rivers through carrying out juvenile fish surveys every day. We couldn't carry out this monitoring without the help of our volunteers. These days are long and can be physically demanding, so a certain level of walking carrying heavy kit is required.
Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust
Apprenticeship
United Utilities offer apprenticeships at all different levels so there will be something for everyone. Although entries for 2026 are closed, you can sign up to be notified when their 2027 opportunities open. You can also take their Match Me quiz to help you to understand their 2026 apprenticeship…
Volunteering
Citizen Scientists play an important role in collecting, recording and analysing data about our rivers, lakes, surrounding habitats and wildlife. All of this information can help us to establish the overall health of rivers and habitats and can influence future work and projects.
Volunteering
West Cumbria Rivers Trust offers a wide range of volunteering opportunities. Please note that most of our opportunities are seasonal, so even if you don't see something available right now but listed in the General Volunteering Opportunities section, please do still fill in an application form and…
Volunteering
Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. To keep tabs on our work and how successful projects have been we run various different monitoring and surveying programmes that we sometimes need volunteer help with. This can be anything from helping to download time lapse footage, to downloading…
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