Green volunteers
We want local residents to help us make lasting improvements to
your local environment. We provide volunteers with training,
equipment, protective clothing and everything else they need to
volunteer. All you need to do is turn up, give it a go and
enjoy yourself.
What have volunteers done so far?
The Green Volunteer scheme started in December
2007. Since then, volunteers have:
- Created a sensory garden in the back yard of
a nursing home
- 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
- Started to restore derelict herbaceous flower
borders in Denehurst and Springfield parks
- Helped deliver environmental education
activities at Hollingworth Lake
Are you interested in getting involved?
We have over 60 volunteers. They 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.
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.