If your new year’s resolution is to give back, make friends or get fit, you should think about becoming a volunteer – but where do you start? What sort of volunteer do you want to be?
Why not try our fun quiz below to find out which volunteering...
Seven years ago, in a fit of abstraction, I moved, bag and baggage, from a miniscule village in the depths of Cardiganshire to the city of Hereford. After I arrived it dawned upon me that I knew not a single soul in this mighty emporium of a place. In...
Week 2 of Brian’s Coquettish blog – Brian McCullen blogs about his time volunteering with our Residential Volunteering scheme on Coquet Island. Isolation, Gulls, Terns and the arrival of the Puffins . . .
THE COQUET EXPERIENCE Cont . . .
Ever wondered what it would be like to volunteer on a beautiful remote island?
In the first of our two part spotlight on Coquet Island, Brian McCullen blogs about leaving Brighton behind, dealing with complete isolation, challenging himself, Terns and...
This week is National Volunteers' Week 2013
Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK – and it’s taking place from the 1-7 June 2013. Every year, over 20 million people across...
A volunteer’s tale!
My name is Rosie, and for some years
I’ve been one of Titchwell’s volunteers.
Titchwell Reserve which is the toast
Of Birders to the Norfolk coast.
So visit us, do come and see
us ladies in the servery.
Don't fancy volunteering outdoors? There are plenty of roles for volunteers to help out in RSPB reserve cafes. We have reserves throughout the UK and we are always in need of extra help… in roles that you might not immediately associate with volunteering...
We have many volunteers involved in the RSPB’s pin badge scheme who make sure that all our badges are displayed in shops all around the UK. So it’s no surprise that the public are coming across the badges and wanting to use them for parties, schools...
If you would like to be part of our local volunteer fundraising teams, we have activities that you can do all year round, or for just two hours once a year.
If you'd like to go one step further and get your adrenaline rush while fundraising for us, how...
Every year, the fantastic energy and enthusiasm of supporters like you help us raise over £1.5m of donations to help nature and wildlife.
Whether you'd like to fundraise alone, with friends or with colleagues, or whether you're a teacher or business...
In my last blog we told you about what our children get out of their involvement with the RSPB and our youth groups. This time we asked our volunteers ‘what inspired you to become a youth leader?” Read on to find out what they had to say ........
Children and young people are inherently curious about the world around them, and for many that includes nature. That interest is fanned by experience, the more direct and frequent the better. As children become progressively more urban and biodiversity...
We have a guest blog this week from Carol Waller, one of our Date with Nature volunteers, last week she volunteered for the first time at a Date With Nature event in Verulamium Park, St Albans;
“My role involved talking to visitors about the herons...
Love is in the air! What would be your ideal date with nature?
Dates with Nature are a great opportunity for the RSPB to connect people with nature, where they live, work and play. From glimpses of basking sharks in Cornwall to puffins on Shetland there...
Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)
What's your new year's resolution? By the time the last few Brussels have been eaten and we can’t stand the site of another mince pie, I am already struggling with my inner willpower to stick to my chosen promises...
So you want to get involved but don’t have the experience?
Well look no further volunteer internships are the solution! There are practical placements and placements involving our visitor and education work.
99% of previous Residential Volunteer...
Its been just over a year since the RSPB launched its Campaign Champions programme, which aims to mobilise people to step up, campaign and take action for wildlife. In this time over 200 people in over 130 constituencies have registered as campaigners...
Falling in love with Pagham by volunteer co-ordinator Roger Johnson
I’m not sure when I first fell in love with Pagham Harbour but it was certainly more than 20 years ago when I was bringing up my then young son as a single parent. Although very much...
This months' guest volunteering blogs come from the beautiful Sussex coast as Rob Carver tells us what volunteering at Pagham Harbour means to him....
Many years ago (I won’t say quite how many!) I worked as a volunteer on my local waterway – a...
Further to my colleague Josie's blog i thought i would add a few more words from our amazing group volunteers.
Paul Barrett from the Airedale & Bradford Local Group says "I never volunteered for anything. My work/life balance was just fine. That...
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the prestigious RSPB President’s Awards which were presented at the Society’s AGM in London on Saturday 6th October.
The RSPB President’s Award is our chance to recognise those volunteers who...
I remember being blown away when I first found out about the amazing contribution that Local Groups make to the RSPB. Local Groups are spread all across the UK, working in their local areas to promote and support the work of the RSPB. I’m always impressed...
Many thanks to all of you who helped make Love Nature Week a great success this year. Over 600 of you stepped up and donated almost 2,200 hours of your time to take part in our street bucket collection. You collected over £35,600 in total!
That...
Interested in helping The RSPB with their Together for Trees collection? Gabrielle Layzell let us know what its like holding a collection bucket...
The first time we collected for the RSPB, we thought it would be a good idea to dust off the fancy dress...
