We hold regular weekday volunteer sessions:

• Wednesday afternoon: 1:30pm – 4:30pm
• Thursday morning: 9:30am – 12noon

We also hold monthly Saturday events, usually the first Saturday of the month, from 9.30am – 4pm.

We ask you to let us know if you are coming to a volunteering session so we can plan appropriate activities.

At Compass you will be offered volunteering activities that match your interests and skills.
During your first session, one of our Compass team will go over Compass Health & Safety, explain more about the project and discuss the type of activities that you will be involved in.

Activities are generally outdoors so will vary according to the weather and the season. Some examples include:

• Gardening: preparing ground, planting, potting up, watering, weeding, harvesting
• Woodland care and monitoring: counting trees, pruning, collecting fallen branches, chipping wood, stacking logs
• Painting: sheds, fencing, plant/tree markers and signage
• Constructing: raised beds, compost bins, green pathways
• Equipment maintenance: cleaning and storing handheld tools
• Refurbishment: helping strip out buildings prior to refurbishment

We hope in the future to offer further indoor activities: for example, upcycling furniture, candle making, food processing. 

We also welcome volunteer drivers to support access to the site using our 8-seater e-vehicle.

We have a volunteer hub with space for snacks / lunch in comfort, and toilet facilities. There is no drinking water onsite so please bring your own.
Please don’t bring any valuables with you as there are no secure storage options onsite.

You can come along to any of the above weekday or monthly Saturday volunteering events. If these times are not suitable, please speak to us and we will try and arrange a time that suits.

Find out more about Young Volunteers here