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Corporate Days

Benefits of volunteering

  • Improved Mental Health
  • Team bonding
  • Giving back to the community

What we provide

Testimonial

Contact details for enquiries

Cost?
We welcome donations, please contact us to discuss.

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Duke of Edinburgh

Over the years, hundreds of students have completed their Bronze, Silver or Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award volunteering with us. They have made a huge contribution to protecting and restoring the countryside in Reigate and surrounding areas.

By volunteering with us, you can learn practical countryside skills, have fun outdoors with your friends, and make a real difference to your local nature. It may even inspire a future career in countryside management!

Testimonials go here

Volunteers under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult or have a designated adult responsible for them. This can be the task leader if your parent or guardian has signed this consent form.

Consent form

Parents may also volunteer if they wish to do so! Our safeguarding policies can be read on our health, safety and safeguarding page. 

Health, Safety, Safeguarding Documentation

We are also happy to work with schools looking for more regular Duke of Edinburgh Award volunteering opportunities.

Contact us to discuss your needs and what we can offer

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Useful Information

  • Who can Volunteer?

    Everyone is welcome!

    Children aged 13 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Children aged 14-17 must have written consent from a parent or guardian. Please contact us if your child wants to volunteer with us.

  • Can I do my Duke of Edinburgh Volunteering with you?

    Yes! Please contact us for more information about the opportunities we can offer you.

  • What Time do task days Start and Finish?

    We begin at 10am and normally finish by 4pm.
    You are welcome to leave early.
    Please arrive on time at the start of the task, as this is when instructions and guidance are given to everyone.

  • Do I have to take part every week?

    You do not need to show up every week.

  • What about the Weather?

    What about it? 😊
    We work in all weathers.
    If the weather is particularly bad, we may cancel or finish early.

What To Bring

  • Enthusiasm!
  • Suitable work clothes. These should be comfortable, but hardwearing and close fitting while allowing ease of movement. Most experienced volunteers work on a layered clothing principle to keep you warm in winter, cool in summer.
  • Good waterproofs – just in case! A jacket or cagoule and over-trousers made of waxed cotton, or breathable fabrics such as Gortex is ideal. Don’t rely on thin nylon cagoules as they don’t keep you warm or dry.
  • A pair of work gloves. (We supply these if you don’t have them!)
  • Stout footwear such as boots or wellies. If you’re buying a new pair, get steel toe capped ones for extra protection.
  • A packed lunch and water. Many of our volunteers also bring a flask of hot water for tea or coffee.
  • Sun hats and sun cream in summer.
  • A warm hat in winter.
  • Anti-tetanus jabs. Not compulsory, but if you come out regularly, we strongly recommend you keep your immunisation up to date.

Membership

If you decide to regularly attend our task days then become a member!  Membership fees help cover the costs associated with running the group and you'll have a say in how the group is run. 

Become a member

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Reigate Area Conservation Volunteers - RACV

We are an independent voluntary group, dedicated to undertaking practical nature conservation tasks around the Reigate Area.

Reigate Area Conservation Volunteers - RACV

We are an independent voluntary group, dedicated to undertaking practical nature conservation tasks around the Reigate Area.

Conserving nature in the Reigate area since 1985

Download Our Task Programme

We are a group of enthusiastic and like-minded local people, who want to do something positive for their local environment.

RACV run practical tasks most Sundays, as well as occasional midweek tasks.

Volunteer with us

local conservation volunteers
Volunteering with us is a great way to help nature, make friends and learn new skills.
Weeds in Reigate Moat
Everyone is welcome — no experience necessary.
We provide tools and show you how to use them.

Our Aims & Objectives

  • To encourage and involve people to care for their local environment.
  • To undertake and promote practical management tasks which conserve and improve the character and wildlife value of the local environment.
  • To promote and develop a greater understanding of, and need for, wildlife conservation.
  • To maintain and promote traditional countryside skills and practises.

  • Sally

    I love meeting up with the friends I've met through volunteering with RACV.

  • Bill

    Helping with RACV gets me out and doing something that's really worthwhile.

  • Charlie

    Getting out and helping really helps my mental health and fitness.

We are affiliated to The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) but are independently run by a Committee elected at our AGM.

Volunteer

The Beautiful Places We Work

  • Mercers West

  • Glebe Lake

  • Kitchen Copse

  • Redhill Common

  • Reigate Heath

  • Reigate Moat

Project Sites

  • 51.24718111004675,-0.12800645070168895

    Glebe Lake

  • 51.25549430921511,-0.09841728465393593

    Kitchen Copse

  • 51.25086126670283,-0.13863368406395438

    Mercers West

  • 51.23161194296218,-0.1784589863808818

    Redhill Common

  • 51.23831309741336,-0.20884247474555243

    Reigate Castle Moat

  • 51.2367900868267,-0.23226026226947963

    Reigate Heath

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