The RSPB and Ella’s Kitchen, are working together to restore wildflower meadows across the UK.
The project is part a new partnership between Ella’s Kitchen, the UK’s most-loved children’s food brand, and the RSPB, the UK’s largest conservation charity, which will see the two organisations join together to protect and restore 30 million square feet of UK wildflower meadows and grassland by 2030.
It follows worrying findings about the decline of wildflower habitats in the UK and the loss of our pollinators as a result. The UK has lost 97% of wildflower meadows in the last century; equivalent to the loss of 3 million hectares, an area larger than the size of Wales.
The partnership is part of Ella’s Big Pledge to Little People: its commitment to restore and protect the ecosystems on which we all rely, to help ensure that every little one can grow up on a healthy planet that is buzzing with life. These meadows will create new habitats for important pollinators like bees and butterflies as well as providing great spaces for families to explore.
Dove Stone in the Peak District National Park, a site owned by United Utilities and managed in partnership with the RSPB, has been included in this initiative with a plan to work alongside the local community to plant native wildflowers on the site over the next 3 years.
The Project Officer at Dove Stone will be running weekly wildflower planting events with willing helpers from the local community, schools and other groups and is looking for volunteers to assist with event and activity delivery.
There is always the opportunity to learn new things and gain skills through volunteering, by working outside on a site like this, you'll naturally learn all about how nature reserves are managed and the wildlife that is found there.
Start date: 1st June 2024
End date: 1st January 2027
When can volunteers volunteer? Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly
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Tasks the volunteer will be required to do: Tasks may include:
Welcoming people to site and directing them to where the planting is taking place
Assisting the Project Officer with putting up signage; handing out gloves and tools; showing people how to plant flowers
Litter picking around the planting area and route to it if needed
Helping to tidy up at the end of a session
Full training and support will be provide for this role but you do need the following skills and experience:
You must be a ‘people person’, who enjoys meeting new people, including families and young people and is a confident communicator.
Organisational skills, to help ensure events and activities are carried out safely.
You'll have a reasonable level of physical fitness
You'll be available on Tuesday and/or Thursday afternoons and/or the last Sunday of the month
This is a really rewarding and enjoyable role. You will be working with friendly staff on a beautiful site, with the opportunity to spend time outdoors and contribute to an important conservation project. You will get to meet loads of new people in this role, helping them to help nature and have a wonderful visit.
Training: No specific training
Requirements: Own vehicle required, Willing to travel by public transport or find own way to volunteering location
Areas of Interest: Event, Health and wellbeing, Wildlife
What activities will the volunteer do? Outdoors
DBS Check Required: No
About the host organisation
Hosted by: The RSPB
Organisation Profile: Passionate about nature, dedicated to saving it. Since the RSPB started on our mission in 1889, the threats to nature have continued to grow, but we've grown to meet them too. We’re now the largest nature conservation charity in the country, consistently delivering successful conservation, forging powerful new partnerships with other organisations and inspiring others to stand up and give nature the home it deserves.
Charity number: 207076
