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 – April 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 3rd – Linton Mead Primary School and Harris Garrard School 

We will be starting with the installation of a planter at Linton Mead Primary School. After this we will be moving onto Harris Garrard School to install a planter there.  

Led by:) Nina Skinner (07816128553) 

Meeting Time and Place: 9am at our yard in Hall Place if wanting a lift, otherwise 10am at Linton Mead Primary School, Central Way, London SE28 8DT. There is parking available in the school grounds.
Afterwards we will move to Harris Garrard School, Yarnton Way, Thamesmead, Erith DA18 4DW. There is parking available in the school grounds or on street parking on Yarnton Way.  

What3words: ///fall.apple.paint (Linton Mead Primary School) https://maps.app.goo.gl/HutCc1jtebtEnxSZA 

 ///labs.front.guess (Harris Garrard School)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4y1fo8BajvUVCo67 

Thursday 4th – Oveny Green Farm/Combe Bank Farm in Sundridge 

We will be installing a new farm gate on site.   

Led by: Mark Gallant (07740185228) 

Meeting Time and Place: 9am in the yard in Hall Place if wanting a lift, otherwise meet on site at 10:15 at Oveny Green Farm/Combe Bank Farm, Ovenden Road, Sundridge TN14 6AH. There is limited parking on Ovenden Road, however weather permitting we may be allowed to park on the farm track with the farmer’s permission.  

What3words: ///mirror.admits.speeds 

Wednesday 10th – Rectory Meadow, Hartley, Banckside Road, DA3 7RD 

We will be cutting the meadows on site and raking up the arisings. 

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 

Thursday 11th – Rectory Meadow, Hartley, Banckside Road, DA3 7RD 

We will be cutting the meadows on site and raking up the arisings. 

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 

Tuesday 16th April (10:00 – 15:00) – Hedgerow Survey Training, Tea Barn, Castle Farm 

We are looking for volunteers to survey the hedgerows in the Darent Valley this spring and summer. This will involve independently surveying the hedgerows assigned to you. You would only be assigned as many as you feel you have time for. Anyone interested in signing up to become a hedgerow survey volunteer can take part in our hedgerow survey training.
Please book your place here: Darent Valley Hedgerow Survey Training Tickets, Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite.
If you would like more information, please contact Nina Skinner (07816128553) nina.skinner@kent.gov.uk). 

Wednesday 17th – Rectory Meadow, Hartley, Banckside Road, DA3 7RD 

We will be cutting the meadows on site and raking up the arisings. 

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 

Thursday 18th – Long Pond, Westerham, Westerham High Street, TN16 1RG 

We will be assisting with the management of the historic mill pond.  

Please let Mark know your wader size (shoe size) by the 17th of April.  

Led by: Mark Gallant (07740185228) 

Meeting Time and Place: 9am in the yard in Hall Place if wanting a lift otherwise meet on site at 10:15am. There is a carpark to the west of the Long Pond (map available). If you are travelling west along the A25 from Brasted, the car park is located on the left approx. 200 metres after passing Mill Lane. 

What3words: ///cloth.joined.master 

Wednesday 24th – Trinity Church of England School, Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HT 

We will constructing a small pond dipping platform at the school. 

Led by: Mark Gallant (07740185228) 

Meeting Time and Place: 9am in the yard in Hall Place if you want a lift otherwise meet on site at reception at 10am. There is plenty of parking in the school grounds or on the surrounding roads.  

Thursday 25th – Trinity Church of England School, Erith Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6HT 

We will constructing a small pond dipping platform at the school. 

Led by: Mark Gallant (07740185228) 

Meeting Time and Place: 9am in the yard in Hall Place if you want a lift otherwise meet on site at reception at 10am. There is plenty of parking in the school grounds or on the surrounding roads.