Practical Volunteering

*****COVID 19 volunteering update - our riverfly monitors are back in action and our volunteering tasks are now back too. Current government guidelines for COVID - 19 are being followed. *****
If you have a few hours to spare and would like to get involved we run regular practical volunteering activities almost every week, some during the week and some at weekends. No previous experience is required and we supply waders and equipment. We usually meet up along different stretches of the River Kennet and its tributaries from Marlborough to Reading. Activities are often in the river, as well as on the adjoining habitats and include riverbank restoration, planting, habitat improvement, litter picking, Himalayan balsam removal and much more! 

We send out our monthly Volunteer Programme to our growing team, and activities are led by our Project Officer and Volunteer Co-ordinator Anna Forbes. Email anna@riverkennet.org if you'd like to get involved.
Please contact Anna in advance if you would like to attend a task, or if would like be on our volunteer database and receive the latest Volunteering Programme. 
Keep up to date with our volunteering activities by visiting our Facebook page (you don't have to be a registered Facebook user) or our Events pages. 


Scroll down to view some pictures from our volunteering tasks

 Practical river restoration                                                                    Planting

 Himalayan balsam removal                                                                 Water vole surveying

 Spiling                                                                                                  Hedge planting

 Stream water crowfoot planting                                                           Faggot making

  Litter picking                                                                                        Brushwood mattress creation