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 – June 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 4th – No Task Day Planned
Thursday 5th – Twenty Acre Shaw Wood, Luxted Road, Cudham, TN14 7QA
We will be removing the invasive Small Balsam plant which is growing on site. Brushcutter operators will be required to help clear the site.
Led by: Stephanie Johnson (07816128570)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10:20am at the maintenance gate along Luxted Road. There is only parking for a NWKCP vehicle here so I would advise anyone meeting on site to park at the carpark at Cudham Recreation Ground (next to the Blacksmiths Arms Pub). I can then pick people up from here in the landrover at 10am and take them to site. Please let me know if you need picking up from the carpark in advance.
Luxted Road entrance What3words: ///simply.solo.flops
Wednesday 11th – Moat Cottage, Station Road, Otford, TN14 5QU
We will be installing a series of coir rolls planted up with native aquatic plants to improve the wildlife value of the historic moat which is said to have been constructed in the roman times.
Please let Mark know by the 10th at the latest what your shoe size is so he can bring waders for you.
Led by: Mark Gallant (07740185228)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10:15 at site. There is no parking on site but there is parking available at Otford Station (£5.90 all day before 10am, £5.40 all day after 10am) which is a 2-3 minute walk away. Alternatively there is the Otford Village carpark which is approximately a 7 minute walk from the site and it costs £3. If you keep your parking receipts you can claim them back by sending them to Steph.
Thursday 12th – Twenty Acre Shaw Wood, Luxted Road, Cudham, TN14 7QA
We will be removing the invasive Small Balsam plant which is growing on site. Brushcutter operators will be required to help clear the site.
Led by: Stephanie Johnson (07816128570)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10:20am at the maintenance gate along Luxted Road. There is only parking for a NWKCP vehicle here so I would advise anyone meeting on site to park at the carpark at Cudham Recreation Ground (next to the Blacksmiths Arms Pub). I can then pick people up from here in the landrover at 10am and take them to site. Please let me know if you need picking up from the carpark in advance.
Luxted Road entrance What3words: ///simply.solo.flops
Wednesday 18th – Moat Cottage, Station Road, Otford, TN14 5QU
We will be installing a series of coir rolls planted up with native aquatic plants to improve the wildlife value of the historic moat which is said to have been constructed in the roman times.
Please let Mark know by the 17th at the latest what your shoe size is so he can bring waders for you.
Led by: Mark Gallant (07740185228)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10:15 at site. There is no parking on site but there is parking available at Otford Station (£5.90 all day before 10am, £5.40 all day after 10am) which is a 2-3 minute walk away. Alternatively there is the Otford Village carpark which is approximately a 7 minute walk from the site and it costs £3. If you keep your parking receipts you can claim them back by sending them to Steph.
Thursday 19th – Twenty Acre Shaw Wood, Luxted Road, Cudham, TN14 7QA
We will be removing the invasive Small Balsam plant which is growing on site. Brushcutter operators will be required to help clear the site.
Led by: Stephanie Johnson (07816128570)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10:20am at the maintenance gate along Luxted Road. There is only parking for a NWKCP vehicle here so I would advise anyone meeting on site to park at the carpark at Cudham Recreation Ground (next to the Blacksmiths Arms Pub). I can then pick people up from here in the landrover at 10am and take them to site. Please let me know if you need picking up from the carpark in advance.
Luxted Road entrance What3words: ///simply.solo.flops
Wednesday 25th – Hall Place and Gardens, Bourne Road, Bexley, DA5 1PQ
We will be performing a tool maintenance day down in the yard at Hall Place. This will involve checking tools and sharpening any that require it.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 10am at the yard in Hall Place.
Thursday 26th – Twenty Acre Shaw Wood, Luxted Road, Cudham, TN14 7QA
We will be removing the invasive Small Balsam plant which is growing on site. Brushcutter operators will be required to help clear the site.
Led by: Stephanie Johnson (07816128570)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10:20am at the maintenance gate along Luxted Road. There is only parking for a NWKCP vehicle here so I would advise anyone meeting on site to park at the carpark at Cudham Recreation Ground (next to the Blacksmiths Arms Pub). I can then pick people up from here in the landrover at 10am and take them to site. Please let me know if you need picking up from the carpark in advance.
Luxted Road entrance What3words: ///simply.solo.flops
