VOLUNTEERING
To receive regular announcements about the work days and other volunteering opportunities, please contact us to ask to be on the email mailing list.
Volunteer work day dates for 2024:
Activities may change according to the weather / needs of the site.
THURSDAY
21st March – Path clearing, tree care and monitoring sapling survival rates, marking out mowing routes in the molinia
11th April – Path creation preparation, peat depth monitoring, bird survey preparation, set up fixed point photography
9th May – Path creation preparation, peat depth monitoring, bird survey preparation, set up fixed point photography
13th Jun – Tree care and bracken clearing
11th July – Tree care and bracken clearing
15th August
12th September – Heather brash collection and distribution
10th October
14th November
12th of December
SATURDAY
16th March – Ring barking larch to create standing deadwood in the PAWS site, clearing a path in the woodland, checking the electric fence ready for the cows, moving firewood to the wood shed
27th April – Ring barking larch, tree care, tree survival count, measuring peat depths
18th May – Community Open Day
29th Jun – Tree care and bracken clearing
27th July – Tree care and bracken clearing
31st August – Heather brash collection and distribution
28th September – Seed collection
26th October
30th November
If you’d like to join us, we’d appreciate it if you could let us know beforehand by contacting post@coetiranian.org
On the day:
9.45 a.m. – meet at the big lay-by (entrance to Y Plas) next to the roundabout on the outskirts of Machynlleth (A487 heading south.) What3words – folks.camp.aims
OR
go directly to Bwlch Corog by 10 a.m.- here’s how to find us.
Please bring suitable clothing for the weather, and suitable footwear for wet ground conditions.
Hot drinks and cake will be available but please bring food and drink as required for lunchtime.
4.00 p.m. – finish.