Volunteering in our parks and green spaces

Volunteering is great for:

gaining experience
your wellbeing and mental health
helping your local community
meeting new people

We are always looking for volunteers to support our parks and green spaces.

Ways to get involved

We can offer signposting to local community groups if you have skills that you want to use, but are not sure where to start. We offer regular training opportunities alongside partners to improve the knowledge and skills needed for volunteering. Contact us to find out more.

Community activities

You could volunteer to become one of our community health walk / Nordic walking or Couch to 5k leaders. We provide full training and support to help you become qualified and to start a new session. For more details, please contact us.

Conservation

Walsall Conservation Volunteers have fortnightly meetups on Saturday mornings, with tasks happening across various countryside sites in Walsall. To add your name to our mailing list of volunteers and to sign up to upcoming tasks, contact the Healthy Spaces Team to receive an application form.

Litter picking

You can give your support individually or by taking part in group events. Find out more about our litter picking scheme or contact us.

Walsall Arboretum user group

If you're passionate about Walsall Arboretum, you could join the Arboretum User Group. This is a volunteer group involved in the management and development of the park. Find out more about the group and do your bit to make the Arboretum a better place for everyone.

Friends of green spaces

If you'd like to support one of our other parks, you could join a friends group. They help organise regular activities and events, whilst helping to improve their local site. The following parks have active groups:

Blackwood Park - find out more about the Friends of Blackwood Park group
Clayhanger Park - find out more about the Friends of Clayhanger Park facebook group
Stubbers Green (swan patrol) - find out more about the Friends of Stubbers Green group
Merrions Wood - find out more about the Friends of Merrion Wood Facebook group
Palfrey Park - find out more about the Palfrey Park Friends facebook group
Pelsall Village Common - find out more about the Friends of Pelsall Common Facebook group
Pleck Park - find out more about the Friends of Pleck Park Facebook group
Willenhall Memorial Park - find out more about the Friends of Willenhall Memorial Park group

We would like to support the development of friends of:

Find out more

To find out about any of these opportunities, contact the Healthy Spaces Team.

To learn more about community volunteering in Walsall, contact One Walsall.