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Volunteering and community work on Brownsea Island
We have finished recruiting volunteers for the current season on Brownsea Island.
Volunteering on Brownsea
Thank you for your interest in volunteering on Brownsea Island, We have now finished recruiting new volunteers for this season, please check back with us in January 2025. If you are interested in volunteering at any other National Trust sites, please follow this link.
Why join us?
There are lots of reasons to join us; making the move to volunteer could be the best decision you ever make.
- Become part of a friendly and dedicated team
- Meet people from all walks of life and forge new friendships
- Utilise your existing skills and learn new ones
- Strengthen your CV and help to develop your career
- Enjoy the great outdoors
- Learn about the history of this special place.
Community engagement
Throughout the past year, we've cultivated stronger community ties by forging strategic partnerships with the local councils and organisations. These collaborations have expanded opportunities, particularly for young people and people with disabilities in our community to access nature, beauty and history and to develop life skills.
Work experience programme
Working closely with schools and local universities, we've welcomed numerous work experience placements with a number of opportunities for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Applications go live in November for the following year. You can also speak to us at the annual careers and apprenticeship show in Bournemouth.
Upskill programme
This incredible initiative is tailored for individuals aged 16-18 who are currently not engaged in formal education or employment. Working in collaboration with UP in BCP, (Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole local authority), the programme offers a unique opportunity for young people to gain valuable, practical experience in a real work environment. Over the course of 6 weeks, participants will have the chance to enhance their existing skills and develop new ones, setting them on the path to success.
Urban Places Strategy
The overall aim of the work is to address unequal access to nature, beauty and history, focused in and around towns and cities:
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We will work with others to increase access to parks and green spaces in, around and near urban areas, so eventually everyone can easily reach places of quiet with wide open skies.
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We'll share our skills and develop new ways to protect cherished local heritage sites, working with the communities that care about them.
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We will work in new places in towns and cities, growing our partnerships
Brownsea Island is pleased to help support the delivery of the National Trust Urban Spaces Strategy alongside our partners at BCP. This includes joint working around the Stour Valley Project, Littledown Greenway and wider support of BCP's Green Strategy.
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