Practical Conservation Volunteer Group at New Park Springs

Do you enjoy getting outdoors whatever the weather and want to make a difference at your local green space? Then come along to one of our Practical Conservation Volunteer sessions that take place every Wednesday of the month across our 8 Community Woodlands. This volunteer session will undertake a range of habitat management and access improvement tasks for people and nature across all the community woodlands that TCV South Yorkshire team manage.

Over the Autumn / Winter season we will be at New Park Springs on.

Wednesday 1st October 2025

Wednesday 19th November 2025

Wednesday 18th February 2026

Everyone is welcome to attend, no previous experience necessary as TCV staff will guide you through the activity. Under 18 year olds will need to be accompanied by a guardian / named responsible adult.

• packed lunch
• suitable outdoor clothing for the task and weather
• suitable outdoor toe covered footwear

Further details on where to meet and confirmation of the task will be sent out to everyone booked onto the session, via Eventbrite at least 24hrs before the session is due to take place.

Site Session Plan - there is a possibility that this may change if a priority job occurs.

The 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the Month will take place at one of our Barnsley sites (Phoenix Park (S63 0BD), New Park Springs, Ferrymoor Flash, Cudworth Common (S72 7BN))

The 2nd Wednesday of the month will take place at one of our Doncaster sites (Bentley Community Woodland (DN5 0PX) or Brodsworth Community Woodland (DN6 7FF))

The 4th Wednesday of the month will take place at one of our Rotherham sites (Kiveton Community Woodland (S26 6RP) or Dinnington Community Woodland (S25 4DY))

If there is a 5th Wednesday in the month this will be on one of the above 8 sites.

Each Community Woodland has a separate Eventbrite page, with the dates tasks are due to take place on that particular site.

For more information regarding locations of our Community Woodlands please via the Land Trust page at Spaces – The Land Trust

TCV welcomes volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds. At TCV, we have a duty of care to our volunteers, employees, and the wider community. For this reason, we are unable to offer volunteering opportunities to anyone who has unspent criminal convictions for a sexual or violent offence.

Also check out other Meetups in Barnsley.