Welcome to our volunteer opportunities page!
Here you'll find some of the volunteering opportunities we have available.
Please note that most of our opportunities are seasonal, so even if you don't see something available right now but listed in the General Volunteering Opportunities section please do still fill in an application form and check back later.
We look forward to welcoming you to the team soon!
Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
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Balsam bashing: Dubwath | 1 | 8/4/2025 | 8/4/2025 | |
Balsam Bashing: Mosser Gully | 1 | 7/24/2025 | 7/24/2025 | |
Balsam Bashing: Mosser Gully | 1 | 8/21/2025 | 8/21/2025 | |
Balsam Bashing: near Maggies Bridge | 1 | 8/7/2025 | 8/7/2025 | |
Cocker catchement volunteer group- Balsam Bashing | 1 | 8/14/2025 | 8/14/2025 | |
Including the middle and lower Derwent
Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
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Balsam Bashing: Great Wood | 1 | 8/2/2025 | 8/2/2025 | |
Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
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Glenderamackin Volunteer Group - Activity tbc | 1 | 9/17/2025 | 9/17/2025 | |
Glenderamackin Volunteer Group - Tree Maintenance | 1 | 7/16/2025 | 7/16/2025 | |
Glenderamackin Volunteer Group - Tree Maintenance | 1 | 8/20/2025 | 8/20/2025 | |
Activity | Shifts | Start | End | |
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Citizen Science | 1 | |||
Event Volunteers - Summer Family Fun Day | 1 | 8/13/2025 | 8/13/2025 | |
Green Gyms - Activity tbc | 1 | 9/25/2025 | 9/25/2025 | |
Green Gyms - Hedge and tree maintenance | 1 | 7/24/2025 | 7/24/2025 | |
Green Gyms - Path clearance | 1 | 8/28/2025 | 8/28/2025 | |
Learning & Engagement Volunteer | 1 | |||
Saturday's at Walkmill - Activity tbc | 1 | 9/13/2025 | 9/13/2025 | |
Saturday's at Walkmill - hedge and tree maintenance | 1 | 8/16/2025 | 8/16/2025 | |
Wednesday's at Walkmill - Activity tbc | 1 | 8/6/2025 | 8/6/2025 | |
Wednesday's at Walkmill - Bench construction | 1 | 9/3/2025 | 9/3/2025 | |
Our objectives
West Cumbria Rivers Trust has a crucial role to play in raising awareness and increasing understanding of West Cumbria’s rivers and lakes. We do this by connecting with people locally to make a positive difference to the health of rivers, lakes, people and wildlife. To this end we have three core objectives, each with a specific set of goals.
Connect
Engaging communities and partnership organisations to enjoy our rivers and lakes by connecting people with rivers and nature.
Goals:
Improve
Restoring natural processes within the catchment and making changes on land to optimise the passage of clean water for flood mitigation and water quality whilst improving habitat and connectivity.
Goals:
Protect
Protect the unique biodiversity of our catchments by connecting habitats to protect wildlife at a catchment scale.
Goals: