Volunteering With Us
NORTH WEST KENT COUNTRYSIDE PARTNERSHIP
NWKCP simply could not continue without the support of our amazing, multi-award-winning volunteer team, some of whom have been volunteering with us for over twenty years! The team has a great feeling of camaraderie and nothing beats the feeling of working outdoors and having fun.
Our volunteering teams, go out on Wednesdays and Thursdays and meet us at Hall Place in Bexley between 9:00 and 9:30 or can go directly to the site. A typical day usually finishes around 16:00 and plenty of breaks, drinks and biscuits are supplied. All you will need to bring are suitable clothes for the weather conditions and a packed lunch. All tools and equipment such as gloves and steel toe capped boots will be provided and any training in tool use will be given.
We work in Bexley, Dartford, Sevenoaks and Gravesham on a huge variety of projects which include path clearance, coppicing, creating nature areas in schools, hedge laying, restoring river banks using traditional techniques and many more.
If you are keen to keep fit, connect with nature, make new friends and improve spaces for both wildlife and people then why not join us and become one of our invaluable volunteers?
If you think you would be interested in joining us then please contact Stephanie Johnson at: Stephanie.Johnson@kent.gov.uk
If you are under 18 and interested in volunteering or thinking of work experience please follow the link to find out more:
Work Experience and Under 18s Volunteering
We can also offer practical, outdoor volunteering activities for employee teams. Follow the link to find out more:
Employee volunteering
Please find below a copy of this month’s volunteering tasks:
Volunteer Project Programme – January 2025
Reminder: Please let the staff member leading the task know if you plan to attend so they can bring enough tools on the day.
Wednesday 8th – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY
We will be pollarding willow trees growing in the reed bed.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting on site. The gate must be kept locked, if there is no-one there to open it, please call Lucy’s mobile. Follow the track and park underneath the A20. Plenty of parking. Toilets are available at the local Tesco (but it is far from site).
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Thursday 9th – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY
We will be continuing to pollard willow trees and also having a bonfire.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting on site. The gate must be kept locked, if there is no-one there to open it, please call Lucy’s mobile. Follow the track and park underneath the A20. Plenty of parking. Toilets are available at the local Tesco (but it is far from site).
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Wednesday 15th – White Hill, Shoreham Road, Shoreham, TN14 7RU
We will be cutting the meadow on site and raking up the arisings.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place if requiring a lift, otherwise please meet at the layby on Shoreham Road at 10am. There is limited parking available at the layby on Shoreham Road or otherwise there is parking on Station Road. Google Maps
Google Maps
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Thursday 16th – White Hill, Shoreham Road, Shoreham, TN14 7RU
We will be continuing to cut the meadow on site and rake up the arisings.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place if requiring a lift, otherwise please meet at the layby on Shoreham Road at 10am. There is limited parking available at the layby on Shoreham Road or otherwise there is parking on Station Road. Google Maps
Google Maps
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Saturday 18th – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY
We will be working with Kent Wildlife Trust volunteers to create amphibian pools in the reed bed. Please bring your own refreshments if joining on this day.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 10am meeting on site. The gate must be kept locked, if there is no-one there to open it, please call Lucy’s mobile. Follow the track and park underneath the A20. Plenty of parking. A portaloo will be on site and toilets are also available at the local Tesco (but it is far from site).
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Wednesday 22nd – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be coppicing on site.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or if travelling directly to site 10am in the car park behind the Long Valley Hall and Social Centre (parking can be limited at times). Alternative parking can be found on the residential roads nearby.
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Thursday 23rd – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be continuing the coppicing on site.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or if travelling directly to site 10am in the car park behind the Long Valley Hall and Social Centre (parking can be limited at times). Alternative parking can be found on the residential roads nearby.
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Wednesday 29th – Swanscombe Heritage Park, Craylands Lane, Swanscombe, DA10 0LP
We will be installing interpretation boards on site.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or if travelling directly to site 10am in the car park next to the Swanscombe leisure centre on Craylands Lane, DA10 0LP. Toilets are available at the leisure centre.
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Thursday 30th – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be continuing the coppicing on site.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or if travelling directly to site 10am in the car park behind the Long Valley Hall and Social Centre (parking can be limited at times). Alternative parking can be found on the residential roads nearby.
What3words: ///useful.plus.ranked
