Outdoor team building
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Corporate volunteering is a fun way for you or your staff to spend time outdoors undertaking physical work on one of the stunning wildlife reserves we manage. Jeremy Miles, Deputy …
The average day in the life of a volunteer
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Tom Behrens, from Germany, spent three months in Dumfries and Galloway, from August until November 2023, helping to manage our diverse sites in the area, each with their own unique …
Young Leader Libby’s volunteering journey
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Libby Smith joined the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Young Leader programme in January 2021 after graduating in earth and marine sciences at university. She wanted to continue learning about wildlife and …
Transparent burnets on Isle of Eigg
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Maya Saunders, a volunteer on the Isle of Eigg shares her butterfly and moth survey work to save some of our species who live on our western coasts. The transparent …
Helping Handa- a collective journal
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At the beginning of April, a fantastic volunteering opportunity arose for our members of staff to visit and volunteer at Handa Island. Three members of staff joined Rab Potter (Reserves …
The Fairy Forest
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Elisabeth Baudoul is a European Solidarity Corps volunteer from Belgium. She started her placement in the North of Scotland in July and will finish at the end of October. She …
A Short But Wonderful Experience on Handa
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Sergio Garcia Taboada is a European Solidarity Corps volunteer from Spain. Working with Reserves Project Officer Beth Harwood, he is spending two months volunteering on our wildlife reserves in the …
A Week to Remember
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Camille Vallette is a European Solidarity Corps (ESC) volunteer from France currently working with Reserves Project Officer Chris Archbold. He is spending 10 months volunteering on our wildlife reserves in …
The benefits of taking a gap year
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Thomas Dubos from France is a European Solidarity Corps volunteer working with Reserves Project Officer Chris Archbold. He is spending five months volunteering on our wildlife reserves in South West …
Nine things I (quickly) learned while volunteering on Handa
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Living and working on Handa Island Wildlife Reserve is an exciting challenge. In this blog Ellie Berry shares a few of the things she has learned about the island, and …