What you can do
We have lots of opportunities for you to ‘put something back’ such as:
- Help the Rangers on work parties to repair walls or clear vegetation, surveying rights of way, footpath maintenance and doing patrols.
- Assist the Events team, leading walks and events out and about in the National Park.
- Support the Conservation team surveying wildlife and monitoring archaeological sites.
- Help the Planning team by carrying out village 'health checks'.
- Carry out visitor surveys and marshal events for the Access and Recreation team.
- Look after the gardens at the Lake District Visitor Centre with the gardeners.
- Work with our partners on projects such as Fix the Fells (opens in new window).
Team spirit
The Lake District Volunteers Service works with National Park Authority staff to involve volunteers in their work. We are supported by a Volunteers Forum and publish Volunteering News (opens Document Library), a newsletter written by volunteers, to keep people up to date with what’s going on.
Mentors support new volunteers and we regularly meet up around the National Park as well as holding an annual Volunteers Day to celebrate our achievements. There is also a training programme to help people get the most of out of their volunteering.
To find out what volunteering opportunities you can get involved with, please look at our Types of opportunities.
