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Tree Planting Volunteer Co-ordinator

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Tree Planting Volunteer Co-ordinator
Zero Carbon Harrogate
Description of the role:

To organise volunteers to do nature-based activities that support nature recovery and connect people with nature in Harrogate District, including:
1. Supporting Rotary of Harrogate’s Trees for Nidderdale tree planting scheme with Zero Carbon Harrogate volunteers to work with Rotary of Harrogate volunteers. https://www.treesfornidderdale.org.

2. Supporting White Rose Forest's ancient oak acorn collection scheme with ZCH volunteers to work with KindleWoods CIC. https://www.kindlewoods.com/acorns

3. Becoming one of WRF’s 1000 Tree Challenge partners which aims to increase community involvment with tree planting. Training and support provided. This will involve recruiting volunteers, maintaining a list of volunteers, organising work days, briefing volunteers, recording activities/progress, ensuring risk assessments are completed.

Skills and qualities needed for the role:

Enjoys outdoor activities
· Is interested in nature and the role nature recovery plays in resolving the climate emergency
· Enjoys working with people and planning and organising nature based activities
· Is mobile and can get themselves to sites
· Is willing to take First Aid training which ZCH will pay for and any other training that will help the role, for example from Whiet Rose Forest.
· Has the time to give to the role, its existing work, and over time develop the role and the number of activities supported.

Practical information:

First Aid training provided. GDPR training. Health & Safety / Risk Assessments.
Time Commitment: This will likely be five to ten days a year of on-site activities, with additional time planning and organising. With the activity types mentioned in this document the time of year with most activity would be October to March.


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Additional Information
DBS check needed: Yes
Driving licence needed: Yes
Car owner: Yes
Open to: Over 18s
Is this role wheelchair accessible?: No
Address
White Rose Forest
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1
Last updated: 01.11.2023
Organisation Information

ZCH is bringing together individuals, community groups, local businesses and our politicians to work collaboratively to transform our district and become one of the first low carbon economies in the UK. We are developing and supporting low carbon projects in the district and celebrating local success stories, which showcase how businesses and individuals can significantly reduce their carbon emissions. We currently have groups focusing on food and food waste, buildings and energy, transport and carbon capture (typically through forestry management and tree planting).

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