Volunteering Opportunity: Green Aiders with Groundwork East

Before you can register your interest for this opportunity you must be registered as a volunteer.

Help transform a garden and change a life!

Could you volunteer a few hours a week or month to help someone reclaim their garden and improve their health and well-being? You could be helping to bring a garden back to life, giving a vulnerable person access to their outdoor space, reducing the risk of injury and also their risk of being a target of crime.

We’ll provide you with all the necessary training, equipment and transport (spaces limited from our Hatfield office), all you need to bring is yourself, sensible outdoor clothes and your enthusiasm!

There is no obligation and you can give as much or as little time as you can.

Opportunity Type: Long-term Commitment

District: Broxbourne, East Herts, Hertsmere, St Albans, Welwyn/Hatfield

Location: Outdoor

Time of day: To Be Discussed

Practical Considerations: Why is the project needed?

Research shows that having an unkempt garden can increase the likelihood of a house being broken into or vandalised. Not only does Green Aiders help protect residents against this, it is also a preventative to unnecessary hospital visits as unkempt gardens can cause trips or falls. It also gives vulnerable residents the chance to reap the health and wellbeing benefits of being outdoors.

Suitable for: 18 – 25 year olds, Aged 26 and over, University students, Older People

Suitable for volunteers interested in: Gardening & Horticulture, Health and Wellbeing, Voluntary & Community Action, Wildlife & Conservation

Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: No

Full Description:
What happens in a visit?

During a Green Aiders visit, gardening work is completed by a team of volunteers recruited from the local community, who are given training and are supported by an experienced Groundwork Project Officer. These links to local volunteers provides the vulnerable householder with social support from people in their community.

After the visit

After the visit, Green Aiders clients can begin to enjoy the benefits of being outdoors. To help clients maintain their garden and to ensure problems don’t resurface, Groundwork’s project officers give them advice and tips for future support.