Volunteering

We hold a wide range of volunteers tasks on a Wednesday and Thursday each week. If you would like to volounteer with NWKCP, please contact us on 01322 294 727 or email isabel.sturdy@kent.gov.uk.

                 
                          Volunteer Project Programme – May 2013


Wednesday 1st - Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Thursday 2nd  - Castilion Primary School
We’ll be finishing up the palisade fence, raised beds and vegetation clearance.
Meeting place on site: Castilion Primary School, Copperfield Road, Thamesmead, SE28 8QA.
Parking is very difficult there – no on-street parking and the school car park is usually full, so best to avoid meeting there.
Led by Isabel Sturdy (07740 185 210)

Wednesday 8th – Milestone School
Shifting soil into raised beds and some other jobs at this special needs school where you have worked previously.
MEETING PLACE ON SITE: Milestone School, Ash Road, New Ash Green
Kent, DA3 8JZ
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile (07740 185 228)

Thursday 9th – Milestone School
Shifting soil into raised beds and some other jobs at this special needs school where you have worked previously.
MEETING PLACE ON SITE: Milestone School, Ash Road, New Ash Green
Kent, DA3 8JZ
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile (07740 185 228)

Wednesday 15th - St Mary’s Churchyard, Bexley
We will be managing this historical churchyard on behalf of the L.B. of Bexley, to implement changes which will benefit the churchyard’s wildlife such as the common lizard and yellow meadow ant.
Meeting place on site: Manor Road, Bexley.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile (07740 185 228)

Thursday 16th - Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Wednesday 22nd  – Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Thursday 23rd – Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Wednesday 29th - Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Thursday 30th - Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)


                       Volunteer Project Programme – June 2013

Wednesday 5th – Mayplace Primary School
Pond vegetation clearance – this is the pond you created with Mark about 3 years ago! It is now very well established and full of exciting wildlife, but rather overgrown.  
Meeting place on site: Woodside Rd, Bexleyheath, DA7 6EQ (if there’s no room in the car park you can park on Woodside Road or nearby).
Led by Rob Oxley

Thursday 6th - Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Wednesday 12th – Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Thursday 13th – Cruden Road Allotment, Gravesend
We’ll be doing some vegetation clearance, putting in 3 benches, making a pallet compost bin, putting up some guttering and painting a fence.
MEETING PLACE ON SITE: Cruden Road, Gravesend, DA12 4HR (post code is as close as I could get – look out for the Landrover on the road and let Katherine know beforehand if you'll be meeting her there so she can look out for you).
Led by Katherine Meade (mobile (07717 507 177)

Wednesday 19th – Hillview Cemetery, Welling
We will be putting some coir sausages with native aquatic plants in the cemetery’s pond to enhance that area for wildlife, and building some bird and bat boxes.
Meeting place on site: Wickham Street, Welling, DA16 3DA. There is a very small car park there but this is really for the use of visitors – you should be able to park on the surrounding residential roads if need be.
Led by Louise Smith

Thursday 20th - Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Wednesday 26th  – Cray River Restoration
Meeting place on site: Please call the office to check as the location will change as we progress with the work. It will be in the rough vicinity of Hall Place.
Led by Mark Gallant (mobile 07740 185 228)

Thursday 27th – Hillview Cemetery, Welling
We will be putting some coir sausages with native aquatic plants in the cemetery’s pond to enhance that area for wildlife, and building some bird and bat boxes.
Meeting place on site: Wickham Street, Welling, DA16 3DA. There is a very small car park there but this is really for the use of visitors – you should be able to park on the surrounding residential roads if need be.
Led by Louise Smith


If there are any updates or changes with the programme we will let you know as soon as possible. The programme will be updated regularly on the volunteer page on our website (www.nwkcp.org).

Please remember to bring with you suitable clothes for the weather conditions, a packed lunch and suitable footwear (we insist working boots with steel toecap and mid sole are worn at all time to comply with health and safety and insurance considerations). We will supply all other equipment, gloves and safety equipment and also hot drinks and biscuits throughout the day.

Each project will be led by a NWKCP member of staff who will be more than happy to answer any questions that you have throughout the day. A health and safety talk will also be given at the beginning of each project. If you are planning to come out on a project for the first time this month then please let us know beforehand which day that will be.

We write a risk assessment for each task day, and a copy of this will be brought to the site and available for you to read if you wish.