Cumbria Seed Bank Support Volunteer

Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Gosling Sike, Carlisle, Cumbria
Voluntary
Part Time
Closing date not specified, apply soon!

Conservation & WildlifeFood, Farming & Horticulture


Help us grow the next generation of horticulturists! Join us as a support volunteer and make the magic happen.

Come and help inspire young people to learn all about wildflower meadow restoration, why it's so important, how we are doing it, along with behind the scenes work at the Cumbria Seed Bank itself.

Working with the Lottery Heritage Fund, we are a special outreach project with the Kew Millennium Seed Bank, designed to gather and store plant species in Cumbria to protect the genetic diversity of vulnerable species, along with restoring endangered wildflower meadows.

By getting involved you will be at the forefront of delivering this unique project out in the field, through ID surveys and seed collecting and storage, to propagation in the nursery and plug planting in the field.

This unique project aims to train people in these vital heritage skills, to ensure these endangered meadows can get the restoration boost they badly need, with a 97% decline in these habitats since the 1930s.

Saturday, weekly between Thursday 1 May 2025 - Saturday 31 October 2026

Full training, materials, support, travel expenses.

Want to learn more about the role? We would love to hear from you.

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About Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Cumbria Wildlife Trust is the only voluntary organisation devoted solely to the conservation of the wildlife and wildplaces of Cumbria. The Trust stands up for wildlife, creates wildlife havens, and seeks to raise environmental awareness. Formed in 1962 and supported by thousands of members and supporters, the Trust cares for 40 nature reserves, campaigns for the protection of endangered habitats and species such as limestone pavements and red squirrels, and works with adults and children to discover the importance of the natural world.

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