There are lots of ways you can get involved with IMPACT through part-time volunteering opportunities, placements and taster sessions. If you are aged between 16 and 25 and want to develop a wide range of skills you can get involved in our part-time volunteering opportunities or come along to a taster session.
Part-Time Volunteering
Our part-time volunteering opportunities will help you develop your skills and give you the opportunity to get involved with longer term projects, boost your CV and meet new people. Here are just some of the projects we have been working on:
Greater Manchester
Together Project in Bolton - working with IMPACT and Bolton Council's RAP, young people have developed a fantastic allotment facility, gaining accredited awards (v50)
Dads, Lads and Lasses - Young people have been trained to deliver eco-playschemes to the local children at Oldham's UCAN centre in Bolton
IMPACT Design Group - working in partnership with PRESCAP and students at University of Bolton, young people designed the publicity material for IMPACT, working within the ethos of the Wildlife Trust
Green Generation, Bolton - Working in partnership with Bolton Council, young people meet each month to campaign on environmental issues
North Merseyside
Transformers - A practical conservation group, working every Tuesday to transform areas across Merseyside.
The Mudpack Merseyside - Meeting on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month, this group has been involved in lots of conservation tasks. They have helped to clear Rhododendron in Croxteth Park, thin trees and build paths in Fazakerley, and helped the Tree O'Clock event with the Friend of Millwood, where they planted 500 trees in an hour!
Taster Sessions
Our taster sessions will give you the chance to try different things and find different ways to get involved with environmental issues. There is a wide range to choose from including:
- Introduction to Ecological Surveying
- Recycled Art
- Habitat Studies
- Practical Conservation
- Natural Beauty Products
- Charocoal Burning
V Placements
There are also opportunities to gain a placement supported by V for a 20 week period. These placements will give you fantastic experience in a wide range of areas, including community and conservation.
Practical Conservation Work Parties
We run a wide range of practical conservation groups throughout the year where you can pull on your wellies and get stuck in to some conservation work on Trust reserves, community allotment work and much more.
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