Gardening & Community Clean Ups

The role of the Gardening volunteer is to look after the outdoor area around the pool. You may be volunteering by yourself or with other volunteers to remove litter, clear away weeds and cut back vegetation or prune at appropriate times of year.

This opportunity would suit volunteers that have some experience of gardening/horticulture and are keen to pursue an interest in the therapeutic benefits that gardening can bring.

We are also interested in hearing from people who may be able to help maintain the outdoor area surrounding the pool e.g. watering, weeding, dead heading, litter picking etc.

• Help make the outdoor area welcoming and tidy
• Help prepare tools and equipment are ready for use share your knowledge of gardening in order to teach and motivate others
• Remain aware of health and safety
• Help clear away after session

We hope that by engaging in the gardening role people  will have the chance to improve their physical or mental health needs, by sharing a love of gardening and engaging them in a wide range of outdoor gardening activities.
If you wanted to be more involved you good support with maintenance tasks around the site such as repairing broken fixtures and fittings and maintaining our infrastructure.

Skills

• Looking after garden equipment
• Helping to maintain a tidy environment with a place for everything and everything in its place
• Manual tasks so you need to be able to physically able to complete tasks around the garden area
• Looking after the hand tools and keeping them in a good condition
• We need a team member that can follow guidance on maintaining and storing equipment after sessions