Various Researchers
One or two days a week
Girton
"BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habits and global diversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources."
who? variable
when? no minimum commitment
where? Cambridge Botanical Gardens
There are plenty of opportunities for volunteers to help: organising our monthly ‘drop-in’ family art event; helping with our schools programme; event planning; compiling exhibition materials; producing publicity materials and data collation.
Healthy Walks, conservation work, office volunteering, running the Healthy Walks programme
* helping with conservation work
* joining one of our Working Groups
* providing support in the office
* everything in between!
Volunteers bring a wide range of invaluable skills and interests from all walks of life. "
"Cambridge Past, Present & Future (CambridgePPF) - a charity working to keep Cambridge and its surroundings special by positively influencing planning developments, delivering environmental education and managing the Green spaces and historic buildings in its care – for the benefit for all."
Midweek Conservation Group
Conservation volunteers
Normally Thursdays 9.30am - 4pm
free transport
Conservation group working in local nature reserves etc.
Tuesday Conservation Group
Conservation volunteers
Tuesdays 9.30am - 3.30pm
Various around Cambridge
The City Greenways Project works in the same way as the Cambridge Green Belt Project, but is solely based within Cambridge City boundaries. Cambridge City Council help set up and fund the project. Work needs to be carried out on the wildlife sites of Cambridge to protect the wildlife present.
Taking the Cambridge Carbon Footprint stall with our carbon footprint calculator and other activities, to public events
* Helping organise Low Carbon Network events
* Facilitating Carbon Conversations groups
* Carrying out home energy surveys"
We provide free training for all of the above.
We would also like to hear from you if you have special skills or experience such as design and layout, media work, fundraising, IT, etc, and also if you have specialist knowledge in the field of climate change, carbon reduction or communicating about climate change.
Cambridge Carbon Footprint is a local, voluntary organisation concerned with climate change. Our aim is to help people work together creatively to make real reductions in their CO2 emissions.
We aim to raise awareness about climate change whilst encouraging and supporting people to take personal responsibility for reducing carbon emissions. We run several projects including Carbon Conversations Courses, stalls and workshops in the community and the Akashi project.