Job Opportunities

Andover Trees United is a growing and dynamic charity working in partnership with schools, environmental organisations, local authorities, community groups and artists to promote conservation and improve responsible access to natural wild spaces.

Volunteer Posts

If you are interested in volunteering with us please get in touch by email terri.forbes@andovertrees.org.uk

Alternatively, if you have already been in touch and are keen to start, please complete a Volunteer Registration Form here.
Please do not be put off by the questions. Although it is helpful to have the information, if you only complete your name and contact details and let us know when you are available and the sort of things you are interested in, that will suffice. The rest we can find out later.

Opportunities include:

  • Practical work in the Diamond and Harmony Woods and on allotment – physical

  • Practical work in the Diamond and Harmony Woods and on allotment – less physical

  • Helping to set up for regular practical workdays (requires arriving half an hour before the work session begins)

  • Helping to set up and support community events

  • Helping with refreshments (workdays and community events)

  • Craft-related activities

  • School and youth group sessions in the wood (supporting or leading)   

  • Ecological surveying, citizen science

  • Supporting growing activities in schools

  • Behind the scenes e.g. event/activity planning, admin, fundraising, publicity, management team, and more

Our regular practical conservation workdays:

  • Every Monday (except bank holidays) 10am – 1pm (setting up 9:30)

  • 2nd Saturday of each month 10am - 1pm (setting up 9am)


Gardeners and Growers

We support more than 25 schools in tree planting.

From the outset we have encouraged schools to have their own tree nursery bed for teaching purposes and to connect the children to the wood in advance of them coming to plant, and afterwards.

Some schools are already well-supported in this from their own school communities, but many are not and we are increasingly aware that more help is needed.

We are therefore looking to put together a gardening team, members of which would support one school, or a number of schools, for a couple of hours either regularly or occasionally. The minimum would be 3 times a year but there is scope to do this once or twice a month if you have more time to spare.

All work is done with and to support the teacher or teaching assistant and the pupils and students.
Tasks could include:

  • Digging over the nursery bed

  • Adding compost to condition the soil

  • Planting tree whips

  • Weeding

  • Identifying and labelling

  • Wildflower seed sowing, pricking out, potting up and planting

DBS checks
We currently have funding for DBS checking volunteers and will arrange this for you if you do not already hold a current certificate.

No experience?
If you are not an experienced gardener but are keen to learn and have time to spare, we can team you up with those who are.

How to get in touch
To find out more or to offer your time as a gardener, please email joanna.oliver-hawkins@andovertrees.org.uk