Reasons to volunteer
People volunteer across the Peak District for different reasons; to learn new skills, to discover or build a new community of people, learn more about a particular area or to gain experience for future employment. Some volunteers are with us every week whilst some a few times a year. Both are equally valuable to us. Volunteers can often work across all of our sites or depending on where they live, choose to be based at just one area of the Peak District. Our three different areas:
- Ilam Park, Dovedale and the White Peak
- Kinder, Edale and the Dark Peak
- Longshaw, Burbage and Eastern Moors
Our volunteering roles are very dependant on the needs of our properties across the Peak District and our conservation projects, so there may be times throughout the year that we are unable to offer any opportunities. In this instance we encourage people to head to our central National Trust volunteering site where you can enter your postcode and view opportunities within a 20 mile radius to where you live.
With the Peak District National Park being such a vast area, it takes many different organisations to help look after it, so during times where we are unable to offer opportunities, it may be that our partner organisations/local conservation charities have projects they need some extra help with. Please visit Eastern Moors, Peak District National Park, Moors for the Future, Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
