Volunteer

Volunteer with Green Allotments!

Green Allotments is a charity on a mission to create new allotment sites in England and Wales. 

Volunteers are at the heart of our charity and are involved in everything we do. All of the people here at Green Allotments have been involved in volunteering from a young age, believing in the value of the ideas volunteers bring.

We welcome people interested in volunteering for our charity. Our current volunteer roles and How to Apply are shown below.

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Current volunteer vacancies

  • Accepting applications: Social Media Supporters. Share our posts on your socials, less than one hour per week, no long-term commitment. Our easiest and lowest time commitment volunteer role. Great for you if you are new to volunteering or have only just a little time to donate to us.
  • Now Closed: Volunteer Desk-based Researchers: Up to 1-2 hrs per week to look up information e.g. we might ask you to look for details about allotments in a given area, we will show you how to do this. This role is now full and we are no longer accepting applications, we will advertise again on here when this role becomes available again.
  • Accepting applications: Occasional professional/specialist micro-volunteers. For example, Landscape Architecture, Human Resources and other specialist areas. We have recently inducted specialist volunteers in the areas of Marketing/PR and Geographic Information Systems. Our specialist volunteer roles involve one-off (short) specialist tasks.  We will ask you for advice or signposting on a specialist topic. This role can be tailored to your circumstances to suit you, e.g. by email, phone or zoom.
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About our volunteer roles

All of our volunteer roles are home-based. There are no set hours when volunteering for us and you can turn down anything that you are offered. Obviously, we will treat you with dignity and respect.

 

At present we are unable to accept applications from under 18s, although we hope to be able to do so in the future as our charity grows.

How to apply

Contact us for a no obligation discussion. In the interests of diversity, we are open to receiving enquiries by whichever method you are most comfortable with, e.g. you can message us on social media, send us a video or voice snippet, or type a message in our Contact Form.

Volunteer with Green Allotments and you will be helping to towards a more sustainable future for all.

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