Community Events
Join us helping with the management of nature reserves around the city. All tools are provided. Please bring a drink for breaktime and work gloves if you have them. For further information please contact Felicity.davies@gloucester.gov.uk. We look forward to meeting you!
Friends of Horsbere Brook Work Days
Horsbere Brook FAS, what3words //frosted.rooms.apple
Tree Care and Mulching - The Mound Hedge
- Friday 1 May - 9.30 am to 12:30 pm
Tree Care - The Community Woodland
- Monday 11 May - 9.30 am to 12:30 pm
'Odd Jobs' - The long Meadow
- Monday 18 May - 9.30 am to 12:30 pm
- Fencing, trimming and tree care.
Friends of Hucclecote Work Days
For sessions at Hucclecote Meadows meet by the signboard on Lobleys Drive (what3words ///sang.parks.hiking), for sessions at Green Lane meet at the kissing gate off Laxton Road (what3words trim.jets.intervals), for Appleton Way (what3words ///good.hers.rice).
Path Trimming - Green Lane
- Friday 15 May 9.30 - 12.30 pm
'Odd jobs' - Hucclecote Meadows
- Friday 22 May 9.30 - 12.30 pm
- tasks include fencing, trimming and removing rose from the grassland.
Further updates and details can be found on Facebook @FriendsofHucclecoteMeadows
Friends of Robinswood Hill Working Party
We help the Rangers with their conservation work on the hill - from scrub clearance and trail clearing to oiling wood sculptures. We meet on the first Thursday of the month (except July and August) at 2pm (except in December and January when we meet at 1pm). Tea/coffee and cakes are provided at half time! For further information please contact ForHill2022@gmail.com
Volunteering at Robinswood Hill
Trail Trimming - Robinswood Hill
- Wednesday 6 May - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Park in Fox Elms car park what3words //speeds.orbit.wipes . The task will depend on ground conditions. Please bring a drink and snack for breaktime, all tools provided.
Spring Tidy Up - Robinswood Hill
- Wednesday 13 May - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Meet in main car park, Reservoir Road. Please wear old clothes we will be sorting fencing supplies for reuse.
Path Trimming - Robinswood Hill
- Wednesday 20 May - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Wednesday 27 May - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Meet in main car park, Reservoir Road.
For further details please email felicity.davies@gloucester.gov.uk
Volunteering at Alney Island
Trimming Footpaths - Alney Island
- Friday 8 May - 9:30 - 12:30 pm
Meet at the reserve car park what3words //bonus.corner.codes. Please bring a drink.
Fencing - Alney Island
- Friday 29 May - 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Meet at the reserve car park what3words //bonus.corner.codes. Please bring a drink.
For further details please email felicity.davies@gloucester.gov.uk
Green Abbey Volunteers
Meet to help nature around Clock Tower Park
For further details please see Green Abbey or contact Cate Williams greenabbey.gl4@gmail.com or Beth Sweet greenabbeysecretary@gmail.com
Volunteer Litter Pickers
Our aim is to make Gloucester a clean and pleasant place for our residents to live. We are proud to say we have more than 100 volunteers who help us keep the City clean and tidy.
Our volunteers really enjoy being able to make a valuable contribution and a positive impact in their local area.
Why not join them and help us make a difference?
Countryside Unit​ - Robinswood Hill Country Park Reservoir Road Gloucester, GL4 6SX Tel: 01452 303 206 or email us at countryside@gloucester.gov.uk