You can stay just for a couple of hours, or all day – every contribution is gratefully accepted!  Please check the Events page for further details!

If you would like to get involved or require more information ring Sue on 07984 665958 or email ruperra@gmail.com.

Alternative Volunteering

Other activities that don’t involve manual work on the site, such as attending shows as a stall representative, helping with simple clerical work, or with producing and mailing the newsletter, are also valuable services that help spread our considerable workload. We would be very glad to hear from you if you are interested in getting involved – again, email us or phone the number above.

Volunteer Group Visits

Volunteers are very welcome from all sorts of organisations. We have had corporate, college, civil servant, church, school, Duke of Edinburgh and Girl Guide groups accomplishing all sorts of site tasks. Woodland tasks are a great team-building exercise; for example we have had groups who created a pond complex for us or cleared or made a path to improve public access.

If you would like to arrange a volunteering session for a group that you have a link with, or are not certain whether it would be suitable for the people you have in mind,  then please enquire on the above phone number or email link.

All through the year the volunteers are busy doing a multitude of tasks to maintain and enhance the site. For example there may be trees to plant or weed, paths to be maintained, bracken to be cut down, new ponds excavated or a variety of other projects. We supply hand tools, gloves and if necessary the knowledge of how to accomplish the job in hand, all in a relaxed and sociable environment. The participants range from teenagers to the over eighties, and come from absolutely all walks of life. Some newcomers have had little experience in working in this type of woodland countryside environment but everyone usually settles in very quickly and we all happily rub along together. Be prepared for inclement weather with your waterproofs on standby, and if you are staying for the day you may like to bring along some food and refreshment to help keep you going. On a sunny day suntan lotion and a hat might not go amiss.

Volunteers normally meet at the site on the first and third Sunday of every month as well as the second Wednesday.  The usual meeting place is the main Car Park, on the Draethen-Michaelston road, at around 9.45am on Sundays and 9:30 on Wednesdays.  

Coed Craig Ruperra Volunteers