Green volunteers
You can help us make lasting improvements to your
local environment by becoming a Green Volunteer. We provide
training, equipment, protective clothing and everything else you
need to be on the team. All you need to do is
turn up, roll up your sleeves, give it a go and enjoy
yourself!
The story so far...
The Green Volunteer scheme started in December
2007. Since then, volunteers have:
- Re-opened local countryside paths that had
become blocked with overgrown vegetation
- Kept countryside traditions alive by learning
about and doing hedge-laying and dry stone walling in Middleton and
Pennines
- Created a sensory garden in the back yard of
a nursing home
- Started to restore derelict herbaceous flower
borders in Denehurst and Springfield parks
- Helped deliver environmental education
activities at Hollingworth Lake
Want to get involved?
We're well on our way to getting our 100th
Green Volunteer now! Our volunteers are all ages, male and
female, some with disabilities. Whoever you are, you will be
made welcome as a Green Volunteer. You can attend volunteer
activities during the week or at weekend and at a variety of sites
from Hollingworth Lake in the north of the borough to Alkrington
Woods (Middleton) in the south.
To find out more, contact the Green Volunteer
Coordinator on 01706 922073 or email ian.trickett@rochdale.gov.uk
You can also get involved with several local
friends groups who are working hard to protect and improve specific
areas of local countryside.
Friends of Alkrington Woods
For details of events and meetings please telephone 0161 643
7073
Friends of Healey Dell
Meetings: First Tuesday every month, 7.30pm at the Healey Hotel
Events
Working Parties - please ring for details. Tel: 01706 645 347
Friends of Hopwood
Meetings: Last Thursday every month, 7.30pm, at The Old Grammar
School, Boarshaw Events
Working Parties throughout the year - please ring for details. Tel:
0161 624 5953 or 0161 643 9906.