Girl Guides help to save the Great Crested Newt

Location: Peak District

Rare amphibians are to enjoy a brand new home and safety after the 6th Dronfield Guides got together and worked hard to restore one of the many Great Crested Newts’ habitats in the Peaks.

Muck In4Life with Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Location: Suffolk

Counting sheep has nothing to do with sleeping in the Lodge family! Phil and Lynne Lodge and their three daughters from Martlesham Heath, Suffolk are regular volunteers for the Suffolk Wildlife Trust with special responsibilities for counting the flock of 500 Hebridean and Speckle Face Beulah sheep and twelve Exmoor ponies.

The Doonan Family

Location: Norfolk

Volunteering is a way of life for the Doonan family from Little Melton, Norfolk. John and Fiona and their two children Rebecca, 16, and Callum, 12, have been volunteering for conservation work at NWT Lower Wood, Ashwellthorpe Nature Reserve for the past six years.

The Great Fen Project, Cambridgeshire

Location: Cambridge

The Great Fen Project aims to restore over 3,700 hectares of fenland habitat between Huntingdon and Peterborough. Read how 56 year old Barbara gets involved in being a Volunteer Warden for the Fens of Holme and Woodwalton, and helping children in the Wildlife Trust’s Countryside Classroom.

Ashford Community Woodland Group

Location: Ashford, Kent

Jenny is the Chairperson of the Ashford Community Woodland Group which for the past ten years has planted thousands of trees, restored wildlife habitats and created open areas for people and wildlife to enjoy.

Sedgemoor Conservation Volunteers

Location: Somerset

Norman and Anne Lees are dedicated volunteers who love doing their bit for the countryside. The couple run Sedgemoor Conservation Volunteers in mid-Somerset which does conservation work in the Somerset Levels area for the RSPB, Natural England, Sedgemoor District Council and the Somerset Wildlife Trust.

Dorset Countryside Volunteers

Location: Dorset

Dorset Countryside Volunteers are a lively group of dedicated people who carry out important conservation work across the county.

Forest of Marston Vale

Location: Bedford

Bedfordshire-based volunteer June Rogers describes the benefits of volunteering at the Forest of Marston Vale.

Forest of Marston Vale

Location: Marston Vale, Bedfordshire

Volunteer Joan Ferguson shows how volunteering at her local forest project has given her and her husband a new lease of life.

Fairburn Ings

Location: Castleford, West Yorkshire

Local families are encouraged to get involved in the conservation of the site and a team of volunteers ensure the Ings – former spoil heaps from the local minefields between Leeds and Selby – are not only kept in excellent condition, but that they protect the complex of wetland habitats, which flood regularly.

Gatwick Greenspace Partnership

Location: Sussex

As Forest Schools Coordinator for the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership, Tom Forward is busy organising opportunities for young people to join in bushcraft and conservation tasks in local woodland.