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
Please find below a copy of this month’s volunteering tasks:
Volunteer Project Programme – October 2024
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 2nd – Hollows Wood, Chelsfield Lane, Sevenoaks, BR6 7QT
We will be managing the invasive laurel on site by cutting it back and digging up the roots.
Led by: Stephanie Johnson (07816128570)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting directly on site. There is very limited parking on site in a small loading bay area. The parking/meeting site is where Chelsfield Lane is intersected by a small path (see google maps).
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xrFY5ddyiFvTpTg58
What3words: Parking: ///humid.ending.limbs
Thursday 3rd – Rectory Meadow, Hartley, Banckside Road, DA3 7RD
We will be cutting the meadows on site and raking up the arisings.
Brushcutter operators needed.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am in the yard in Hall Place if wanting a lift, otherwise meet on site at 10am at the entrance to Rectory Meadow (gate at the end of Banckside Road).
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Dsv8fXVPMJh1soYw5
What3words: ///grain.funny.drain
Wednesday 9th – St Mary’s Churchyard, Manor Road, Bexley, DA5 3LY
We will be cutting the grass on site and raking. Brushcutter operators will be needed.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 10am, at the churchyard (black gates at end of Manor Road, there is limited parking on site). There are no facilities on site. Please enquiry with Lucy as to whether she can provide a lift from Hall Place or not.
https://goo.gl/maps/2Czb3X9qMs6KcPLg9
What3words: Meeting point = ///sheep.buzz.codes
Entrance gate = ///sushi.mole.washed
Thursday 10th – Trinity Church of England School, Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HT
We will be working on the construction of the steps in the nature area at Trinity School.
Led by: Mark Gallant (07740 185228)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting directly on site.
Parking is available inside the school car park but it can become congested. There is plenty of parking on Erith Road and the other nearby residential roads.
Wednesday 16th – Platinum Way, St Mary’s Platt, Sevenoaks, TN15 8FH
We will be doing scrub management for reptiles. Brushcutter operators needed.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if meeting at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if travelling directly to the memorial hall car park (parking available at the Platt memorial hall car park) https://goo.gl/maps/Xe2hN5BVraciSdB47
What3words: Meeting point: ///vital.star.late
Parking: ///miles.shiny.linen
Thursday 17th – Platinum Way, St Mary’s Platt, Sevenoaks, TN15 8FH
We will be doing scrub management for reptiles. Brushcutter operators needed.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if meeting at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if travelling directly to the memorial hall car park (parking available at the Platt memorial hall car park) https://goo.gl/maps/Xe2hN5BVraciSdB47
What3words: Meeting point: ///vital.star.late
Parking: ///miles.shiny.linen
Wednesday 23rd – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be cutting and raking on site. Brushcutter operators needed.
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.
https://goo.gl/maps/8vWyixCV1959683E9
What3words: ///useful.plus.ranked
Thursday 24th – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be cutting and raking on site. Brushcutter operators needed.
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.
https://goo.gl/maps/8vWyixCV1959683E9
What3words: ///useful.plus.ranked
Wednesday 30th – Swanscombe Heritage Park, Craylands Lane, Swanscombe, DA10 0LP
We will be creating a dead hedge on site and possibly building a stag beetle stumpery.
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.
https://goo.gl/maps/ZgttMt45nap8y3rs8
What3words: ///charm.supply.runner
Thursday 31st – 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. https://maps.app.goo.gl/qjmMnQwoVsotGTaB9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7eicQXnXJBtUgEWw9
What3words: Meeting point: ///cling.sweep.milky
