Heritage Volunteers

Volunteering was a vital part of efforts to conserve and enhance the natural and cultural heritage of the Garnock Connections landscape. From nature reserves to historic buildings, the importance of volunteers cannot be underestimated. For many people however, significant barriers to volunteering remain, whether it is difficulty in travelling or simply being unable to find the right opportunity.

This project aimed to tackle this issue by providing links between existing volunteer groups and communities throughout the landscape. We delivered a series of volunteering events, enabling people to find out about what opportunities were, and still are, available in the landscape, and actively supported groups by providing equipment and putting them in touch with new volunteers.

We also created a digital volunteering hub on our website, and a dedicated Facebook page, helping volunteers to connect with different groups, and each other, within the landscape. This helped tackle some of the barriers to volunteering that existed in the Garnock Connections area. 

This project was also funded through the Green Infrastructure Community Engagement Fund.