Sign up to volunteer with the Canal and River Trust in Birmingham, to help revive the towpaths and make a real difference for everyone who enjoys the canals!
You can join as a volunteer or step up as a volunteer lead. Volunteer leads will receive full training prior to the day.
📍 Location: Central Birmingham (precise location to be confirmed)
📅 Time and date: 9:30am on 1st October 2025
Hi All, I know this is more a national post but I'm based in the West Midlands (HMCTS) and after the Discussion Group Event yesterday about Climate and Environment Action at a Local level we talked about Citizen Science and two inspiring projects. I thought I'd share the information here; Would you like to be an Observatree volunteer?
Being an Observatree volunteer involves conducting a minimum of 12 tree health surveys a year. We provide pest and disease identification training but ask that volunteers can identify common tree species at the time of application. We recruit on an annual basis, typically in the new year. Outside of this time we can add you to our waiting list for when recruitment opens. Please note, some years we only recruit from certain regions in the UK, this allows us to maintain good geographical coverage. Please email us to find out more. (Observatree@woodlandtrust.org.uk) This…
This is great - thank you. I've nudged my West Midlands HMCTS colleagues, I think they are part of CSCEN (well I plug it enough so I hope so! haha)