Volunteering & Volunteer Students

Woodland Trust volunteers in the gardens of No. 10

It’s not very often that you get to stroll about the gardens of 10 Downing Street but for eight specially invited Woodland Trust volunteers this was just the case last Thursday. They were part of a select group of 100 or so environmental volunteers who attended a reception in the presence of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

The one off event showcased the extraordinary efforts of volunteers in the environmental sector every year. Believe it or not the value of the Trust’s 1,000 active registered volunteers has recently been calculated as the equivalent of 117 full time employees – roughly half the Trust’s work force. During 2008 they freely gave over 228,364 hours of their time, the financial equivalent of £1.96m over the year.

So if you fancy following in the well trodden footsteps of the Trust’s volunteers then visit the website to find out how you can become a volunteer with us – and who knows maybe you’ll get to meet the Prime Minister!