Volunteering
I’ve always enjoyed coming to Bwlch Corog to volunteer. The work can be hard going at times, but you always feel that it’s time well spent. And it’s a good way to help wildlife recover too.
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us. Volunteers are invaluable in helping the project to happen, and the project provides a range of interesting volunteering opportunities. The main way to get involved is with practical tasks on site at Bwlch Corog – we hold two work days per month, generally on the middle Thursday and last Saturday of the month.
Due to the nature of the site, and the necessity to walk moderate distances over challenging terrain for many of the tasks, our work days are unfortunately not suited to everyone. If you’d like to join us but aren’t sure whether our work days are right for you, please do get in touch to discuss your concerns.
If you are interested in helping with other aspects of our work, for example office type work, then please contact us to discuss possibilities.
To receive regular announcements about the work days and other volunteering opportunities, please contact us and ask to be on the email mailing list.
Upcoming volunteer work days:
Listed are the most likely activities – but they may change according to the weather / needs of the site.
If you’d like to join us, we’d appreciate it if you could let us know beforehand by contacting post@coetiranian.org
Thursdays
10th September – TBC – possibly step building; possibly vegetation monitoring
8th October – Tasks to be confirmed
12th November – Tasks to be confirmed
10th December – Tasks to be confirmed; end of year gathering
Saturdays
22nd August – Vegetation monitoring; mammal footprint tunnel monitoring
26th September – TBC – Likely to be tree seed collection
31st October – Tasks to be confirmed
28th November – Tasks to be confirmed
On the day:
Lifts are available from Machynlleth. Please let us know if you’d like a lift, and for how many people.
OR: go directly to Bwlch Corog by 10 am – here’s how to get there. Please share vehicles if possible in order to minimise our impact.
Please bring suitable clothing for the weather, and suitable footwear for wet ground conditions. Parts of the site are very exposed, and it can be much colder and windier than down in the valley.
Hot drinks, biscuits and sometimes cake will be available at the start of the day, but please bring food for lunchtime, and a drink for during the work.
We finish around 4 pm, (sometimes earlier if the weather gets the better of us).
If there’s anything else you’d like to know, please get in touch, and we’ll answer any questions you have.
