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 – February 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.
Thursday 1st – Ruxley Gravel Pits, Edgington Way, Orpington, BR5 3HY
We will be clearing scrub and burning the arisings on a bonfire.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9:15am 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).
What3words:
Entrance: ///noises.sheet.reject
Parking: ///hopes.gender.gums
Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/S2NBZUfT2mTkbgX17
Wednesday 7th – No Task
Thursday 8th – Swanscombe Heritage Park, Greenhithe, Swanscombe DA10 0LP
We will be installing bird and bat boxes on site using ladders.
Led by: Lucy Sawyer-Boyd (07809334071)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am in the yard in Hall Place or 10am if meeting on site. Meet at the location as shown in the google maps link below. Toilets available in leisure centre next door.
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BsPEWgi78WtpLmiA9
Wednesday 14th – No Task
Thursday 15th – Trinity School, Erith Rd, Belvedere DA17 6HT
We will be constructing raised beds on site.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am if meeting at school. There is limited parking along Erith Road and we can also park inside the school car park as well. Toilets will be available at the school.
What3words: ///dizzy.cloth.slime
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Hpff46F4b3DioKwP7
Wednesday 21st – Woodbank, Pilgrims Way, Wouldham, Kent, ME1 3RB
We will be clearing scrub, cutting back encroaching sycamore and removing invasive species on site.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am if meeting on site at Woodbank (address above).
What3words: ///brand.them.united
Thursday 22nd – Trinity School, Erith Rd, Belvedere DA17 6HT
We will be constructing raised beds on site and potentially assisting the school with planting.
Led by: Nina Skinner (07816128553)
Meeting Time and Place: 9am if needing a lift from Hall Place or 10am if meeting at school. There is limited parking along Erith Road and we can also park inside the school car park as well. Toilets will be available at the school.
What3words: ///dizzy.cloth.slime
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Hpff46F4b3DioKwP7
Wednesday 28th – 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)
What3words: Meeting point: ///vital.star.late
Parking: ///miles.shiny.linen
https://goo.gl/maps/Xe2hN5BVraciSdB47
Thursday 29th – 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)
What3words: Meeting point: ///vital.star.late
Parking: ///miles.shiny.linen