Want to get involved with our project and help with practical ecological restoration? Volunteer days are open to all and are a great opportunity to socialise and to learn about forest restoration, as well as contribute to creating more native woodland in Cumbria. Tasks include removing non-native trees, planting native trees, collecting and propagating seeds, and the protection and maintenance of native trees.
Want to get involved with our project and help with practical ecological restoration?
Volunteering
Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. Coppicing is a manual method of tree maintenance to encourage new growth from old trees. A great way of managing our woodlands and ensuring they last for generations to come.
Volunteering
Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. The following years after young trees have been planted they need maintenance to ensure they get the best possible chance! This includes removing competition, checking on tree guards and laying hedges.
Volunteering
Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. Throughout the winter months we plant trees and hedges along riverbanks and across the catchment. This helps to increase biodiversity, create a haven for wildlife and provide great habitat as well as protects riverbanks, helps to slow the flow and reduce…
Apprenticeship
Level 3 Forest Craftperson (Coming Soon) - register your interest for September, 2025. Location: Workplace Delivery supported with Online Lectures and Tutorial Support
Apprenticeship
Level 6 Professional Arboriculturist (Coming Soon) - Register your interest for September, 2025. Location: Workplace delivery supported with Online Lectures and Tutorial Support
Apprenticeship
Level 4 Arboriculturist Apprenticeship Standard. This occupation is found in arboricultural, utility, facilities management and grounds maintenance organisations. These include local authorities, arboricultural consultancies, estates, commercial organisations and charities. The broad purpose of the…
Apprenticeship
Landscape Supervisor Level 3 Apprenticeship. A Landscape Supervisor can be employed to oversee work in public parks and gardens, green spaces and historic gardens, private gardens and estates or in production nurseries and retail outlets. Many businesses will be specialised in their activities,…
Apprenticeship
Level 2 Arborist Standard (CUMBRIA). The arboricultural industry manages trees for their benefits and values in diverse urban and rural locations from city parks and urban woodlands, to country estates and private gardens. The industry manages trees adjacent to highways, railways, watercourses and…
Volunteering
Get stuck in to practical task on a hands-on conservation day. There's plenty of wildflower planting to do, scrub and bramble removal, bracken bashing, and invasive plant removal, as well as path, bridge and boundary repairs. Lace up your boots and come and join us!
Introduction to Lichens in Temperate Rainforest
Volunteer Day - Nature Rich Miterdale
Rainforest Tree Planting Days