South Cumbria Rivers Trust


If you would like to join us for a day to lend a helping hand, we are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers. There is plenty to do including electrofishing, invertebrate sampling, reedbed planting, tree planting and many more.

Please sign up using the application form. This will log important information for us, including emergency contact details, shoe size and any relevant training. 

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Volunteer activities

Riverfly Surveys

Survey invertebrates as an indicator of water quality on a monthly basis between April and September. Full training and equipment will be provided by South Cumbria Rivers Trust.

Fish Surveys

Join us on some fish surveys throughout the summer months. 

Invasive Species Control

Join us to 'balsam bash' throughout the summer months. 

Invasive species like Himalayan Balsam outcompete native species and can cause erosion and flooding. Help protect our riverbanks.

Habitat Creation & Restoration

Support some of our project work by helping to restore or create habitats around South Cumbria. Typical activities include tree planting, leaky dam creation and reedbed restoration. 

Priority Habitats - Narturalness assessments

Join the movement of people getting out and about, discovering all about priority habitats and naturalness. 

Water Quality Monitoring

Project dependent, there may be opportunities to carry out water quality monitoring.

Reedbed Restoration

Join us for the Reed Revival - we will be planting new sites and maintaining older sites around Lake Windermere.

Tree Planting

Activity Shifts Start End
Tree Planting Rathmoss Beck 1 12/12/2025 12/12/2025

Our objectives

Our aim is simple. To monitoring, protect and conserve the aquatic environments of South Cumbria. 

We do this through practical delivery, monitoring, partnership working and education and engagement.