Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust

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Other volunteering opportunities

Employee volunteering

If you are looking for team building projects then there are opportunities for small groups (up to 8 people) to join existing conservation work parties taking place on our nature reserves carrying out a variety of tasks and activities throughout the year.

To discuss options further, please contact:
John Bristow, Reserves Officer, on 0116 272 8863 or email: jbristow@lrwt.org.uk

For team building projects at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, please contact:

Julia Fisher-Robins, Reserve Administrator, on 01572 770651 or email: awbc@rutlandwater.org.uk

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

There are opportunities at Rutland Water Nature Reserve to undertake activities that will help towards achieving an Award.

For further information please contact:

Julia Fisher-Robins, Reserve Administrator, on 01572 770651 or email: awbc@rutlandwater.org.uk

School work experience placements

We are able to offer a limited number of school work experience placements each year.

For further information, please contact:
John Bristow, Reserves Officer, on 0116 272 8863 or email: jbristow@lrwt.org.uk

For work experience placements at Rutland Water Nature Reserve please contact:

Julia Fisher-Robins, Reserve Administrator, on 01572 770651 or email: awbc@rutlandwater.org.uk

Biological recording: Recorder 6 database (requires some computer skills)  

• Transfer historical paper species records for Trust nature reserves onto the database
• Input new species records for Trust nature reserves onto the database
• Import electronic species records for Trust nature reserves and other sites onto the database
• Checking of inputted records
• Carry out maintenance tasks on the database

Training will be given in using the Recorder 6 program. Data entry requires relatively little computer knowledge but requires accuracy and attention to detail as does the checking.

For more information, please contact Andy Lear on 0116 272 8856 or email alear@lrwt.org.uk