Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)

As an individual

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At the WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre we have volunteers aged from 16 (the minimum age) upwards, and from all walks of life, working alongside and supporting staff in the various departments.  Those departments are

·        Grounds     

·        Education

·        Marketing

·        Catering

·        Retail and recruitment

·        Administration

From time-to-time volunteering vacancies occur, or new vacancies are created – see below.  We are always interested in filling such positions with committed and energetic people so, if you are interested, please contact our Learning Manager/Volunteer Co-ordinator (see ‘Contact us’ below).

As a company

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Why not escape the office for a day to do your bit for wetland conservation via the corporate volunteering opportunities at the WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre.  We can cater for corporate volunteering days where work groups help our wardens with jobs such as planting, digging, weeding, painting etc.  Please contact our Learning Manager/Volunteer Co-ordinator (see ‘Contact us’ below) for further details.

Employer supported volunteering

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Some employers operate an Employer Supported Volunteering scheme whereby they give one day of paid leave to staff who contribute a day of their annual leave to a volunteering activity. To find out if your employer operates such a scheme you should contact your Human Resources Department.

Current volunteering vacancies

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Admin Volunteer (reporting to Office Manager)

Tasks include:

• Keeping up to date stocks of photocopied materials eg booking forms, reports, gallery price lists, education trails/quizzes etc
• Answering phones (especially at weekends), transferring calls, taking messages.
• Keeping staff noticeboards tidy and up to date
• Updating databases especially in regard to events leaflets, exhibition launches etc
• Filing

Grounds Volunteers (reporting to Grounds & Reserve Manager)

We are looking for people with practical/DIY skills to undertake tasks such as: fencing, forestry, tiling, painting, bridge building, path making, hedge planting etc.  Ideally, we are looking for people who could help out on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays.

Grounds Volunteers (reporting to Grounds & Reserve Manager)

Piano player (reporting to Marketing Manager)

We recently acquired an upright piano and are looking for someone who could, on occasion, play it inside the Visitor Centre to provide a musical backdrop for our visitors.

Leaflet distributors (reporting to Marketing Manager)

From time to time we require volunteers to distribute leaflets. We are currently looking for volunteers to distribute/deliver bookmarks within a 30 mile radius of Belfast.

If you are keen to volunteer with us, but currently don’t see any suitable openings, do keep visiting the site as it is updated with vacancies as and when they occur.

Contact us

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If you have queries regarding any aspect of volunteering at WWT Castle Espie please contact John McCullough our Learning Manager/Volunteer Co-ordinator on (028) 9187 4146 or via john.mccullough@wwt.org.uk.