Hattersley Station Gardeners and Litter Pickers
Friends of Hattersley Station are looking for new volunteers to join their team and get involved in gardening, maintenance, litter picking tasks to help keep the area in and around the station looking tidy and inviting. The team meet Saturdays, 11am - 2pm, weather permitting. We provide Hi vis vests, gloves and light refreshments
Flat areas maintaining flower beds and helping to litter pick are accessible for wheelchair access.
Volunteers will need sturdy footwear and waterproofs if bad weather.
Please be aware that there may be no shelter.
When can volunteers volunteer? Weekly
Availability:
This grid shows when you can volunteer for this organisation. E.G Monday morning.
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Tasks the volunteer will be required to do:
Gardening, general maintenance and DIY, litter picking
Training:
Areas of Interest: Community, Community centre, Conservation, Environment, Health and wellbeing
What activities will the volunteer do? DIY/odd jobs, Gardening, Lending a helping hand, Outdoors
DBS Check Required: No
About the host organisation
Hosted by: Friends of Hattersley Station
Organisation Profile: Our group, working with volunteers, residents and other agencies, has undertaken various projects in and around the station that have improved and enhanced its appearance as well as making its environs safer for users.
Main areas of work are painting, litter picking, gardening, environmental work such as building compost heaps, putting up bird boxes and building insect homes.
We are actively involved with local schools through art and poetry competitions.
Currently we have a very large ongoing gardening project that will take several years to complete. This involves digging, clearing and improving the soil, planting out plants and seeds. We will be installing several large planters and some benches to create a 'park' area as well as creating a wildflower garden.
We organise community events, such as Santa's Grotto, a Carol Service, Easter Egg Hunt and Teddy Bears' Picnic to involve families, commuters and visitors.