Volunteer with West Cumbria Rivers Trust. Riverfly are an important part of the river ecosystem providing food for all the larger organisms that live in and around the rivers. Riverfly encompass all small invertebrates that live on and in the sediment at the bottom of the river, from snails to mayflies to worms. Riverfly can be used to detect pollution events and show how a river is changing through time, without the need of catching the larger organisms such as fish and birds, or expensive laboratory testing. Our Riverfly volunteers attend volunteer training events before heading out independantly to survey their own river patch.
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…
Lancaster University Open Days 11th July, 12th September, 17th October 2026
Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery Site Visits 12 and 28 July
Myerscough College Open Days 3 October and 21 November 2026
