volunteering

We need your help at the Trust

For the Latest Volunteering Opportunities please click here

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Bird hide building at Wigan

Volunteering near you!

We have offices around the county with excellent opportunities in each, including administration work and helping at shows and events.

Please contact them to see what is currently on offer:

The Barn: Head Office
Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside
Berkeley Drive
Bamber Bridge
Preston
Lancashire
PR5 6BY
tel: (01772) 324129
email: info@lancswt.org.uk
fax: (01772) 628849

Burnley Office
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside
East Lancashire Voluntary Sector Resource Centre
Rachel Kay Shuttleworth Building
62-64 Yorkshire Street
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 3BT
tel: (01282) 704605
fax: (01282) 704609

For information on current project click here

Greater Manchester Office
Environmental Resource Centre
499-511 Bury Road
Bolton
BL2 6DH

tel: 01204 663754
fax: 01204 397800
email: bolton@lancswt.org.uk

For information on current project click here

Heysham Nature Reserve
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside
Moneyclose Lane
Heysham
Lancashire
LA3 2UW
tel: 07979 652138
email: rneville@lancswt.org.uk

Further information click here

Merseyside Office
Seaforth Nature Reserve
Port of Liverpool
Liverpool
L21 1JD
tel: 0151 9203769
email: seaforth@lancswt.org.uk

Further information click here

Mere Sands Wood
The Wildlife Trust
Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve
Holmeswood Road
Rufford
Lancs
L40 1TG
tel: 01704 821809
fax: 01704 822195
email: meresandswood@lancswt.org.uk

Further information click here

Penwortham Environment Education Centre
Howick Cross Lane
Preston
PR1 0NS
tel: 01772 751110
fax: 01772 751116
email: education@lancswt.org.uk

Further information click here

Productive Landscapes in Preston (PLiP) Project/Brockholes
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside
Preston New Road,
Samlesbury,
Preston,
Lancashire
PR5 0UL
tel:01772 877140
email: plip@lancswt.org.uk

For information on current project click here

Wigan Flashes
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside
Wigan Office,
Clifton Street Community Centre,
Clifton Street, Wigan,
WN3 5HN
tel: (01942) 233 976
email: wiganflashes@lancswt.org.uk

Further information click here

Conservation volunteers

Volunteers are often needed to assist the Conservation Officers and the Biodiversity Project Officer, who are based in the Trust headquarters. This includes reserve management; survey/monitoring work, data entry for biological databases, liasing with the local community and local authorities, dealing with planning matters and carrying out specific research projects and surveys. For further details contact the following:

Kim Wisdom
Conservation Officer for Northern Lancashire
email: kwisdom@lancswt.org.uk

Dave Dunlop
Conservation Officer for Central and Western Lancashire
email: ddunlop@lancswt.org.uk

Phil Dykes
Nature Reserves Officer for East Lancashire
email: pdykes@lancswt.org.uk

John Haddon
Nature Reserves Officer for South Lancashire
email: jhaddon@lancswt.org.uk

Reuben Neville
Nature Reserves Officer for Northern Lancashire
email: rneville@lancswt.org.uk

Martyn Walker
Conservation Officer for Greater Manchester
email: mwalker@lancswt.org.uk

Steve White
Conservation Officer for North Merseyside
email: swhite@lwildlife.cix.co.uk

Jane Ashley
Biodiversity Project Officer
email: jashley@lancswt.org.uk