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, typically go out on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 9:00 and 16:00 across a range of different sites in Bexley, Dartford, Gravesend and Sevenoaks. They work on a huge variety of projects which include path clearance, coppicing, creating nature areas in schools, hedge laying, pond creation, 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?
For more information on volunteering with us please click on the following link: Volunteer Handbook
To sign up as one of our volunteers or to find out more please contact: 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 2026
Wednesday 7th – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY
We will be cutting buddleias and willow growing on site and possibly 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. DO NOT block the gate by parking in front of it while you wait! Follow the track and park underneath the A20. Plenty of parking. Portaloo available, but usually far from work site.
Google Map for Ruxley Gravel Pits
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Thursday 8th – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY
We will be cutting buddleias and willow growing on site and possibly 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. DO NOT block the gate by parking in front of it while you wait! Follow the track and park underneath the A20. Plenty of parking. Portaloo available, but usually far from work site.
Google Map for Ruxley Gravel Pits
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Wednesday 14th – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be uprooting scrub, and if cold enough grass cutting and raking which will require brushcutter operators. We may also do some coppicing.
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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Google Map for Longfield Chalk Bank
Thursday 15th – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be uprooting scrub, and if cold enough grass cutting and raking which will require brushcutter operators. We may also do some coppicing.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
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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Google Map for Longfield Chalk Bank
Saturday 17th – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY
We will be cutting buddleias and willow growing on site and possibly having a bonfire. Please bring your own refreshments on this date.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 10am on site. The gate must be kept locked, if there is no-one there to open it, please call Lucy’s mobile. DO NOT block the gate by parking in front of it while you wait! Follow the track and park underneath the A20. Plenty of parking. Portaloo available, but usually far from work site.
Google Map for Ruxley Gravel Pits
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Tuesday 20th – Hedgerow Heroes, Preston Farm, Shoreham Rd, Sevenoaks TN14 7UD
This task will involve hedge laying and also a bonfire. This task might also include help from corporate volunteers and other volunteer groups.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting on site
Plenty of parking on site but there are no toilets.
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Wednesday 21st – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be uprooting scrub, and if cold enough grass cutting and raking which will require brushcutter operators. We may also do some coppicing.
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
Google Map for Longfield Chalk Bank
Thursday 22nd – White Hill, Shoreham Road, Shoreham, TN14 7RU
We will be clearing scrub on site along with cutting and raking the meadow. Brushcutter operators required.
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 Map for White Hill
Google Map for White Hill
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Friday 23rd – Hedgerow Heroes, Preston Farm, Shoreham Rd, Sevenoaks TN14 7UD
This task will involve hedge laying and also a bonfire. This task might also include help from corporate volunteers and other volunteer groups.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting on site
Plenty of parking on site but there are no toilets.
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Wednesday 28th – Longfield Chalk Bank, Long Valley Hall, W Shaw, Longfield DA3 7QJ
We will be uprooting scrub, and if cold enough grass cutting and raking which will require brushcutter operators. We may also do some coppicing.
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
Google Map for Longfield Chalk Bank
Thursday 29th – White Hill, Shoreham Road, Shoreham, TN14 7RU
We will be clearing scrub on site along with cutting and raking the meadow. Brushcutter operators required.
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 Map for White Hill
Google Map for White Hill
What3words: ///cling.sweep.milky
Friday 30th – Hedgerow Heroes, Preston Farm, Shoreham Rd, Sevenoaks TN14 7UD
This task will involve hedge laying and also a bonfire. This task might also include help from corporate volunteers and other volunteer groups.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am at the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting on site
Plenty of parking on site but there are no toilets.
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