People can benefit from volunteering in many different ways. Some of the benefits to be gained from volunteering with English Nature include:

	Giving valuable support to the conservation of special habitats and species - your contribution makes a difference!
	Generating local pride in a national asset - by helping to preserve a national asset, your local community benefits
	Using your existing skills and developing new ones
	Keeping active - volunteering is a good alternative to the gym!
	Meeting people - volunteering can be a very sociable activity
	Adding valuable work experience to your CV - whether you want to follow a career in nature conservation or elsewhere
	Working as part of a team, for example, with your work colleagues or with members of your community group. Volunteering can help to build team spirit and encourage people to work better together
	A great sense of achievement from being involved and seeing a task through to completion

You might think that you don’t have the time or the skills to be a volunteer with English Nature, but you’d be wrong! Our volunteers come from many different backgrounds and are involved in a wide variety of tasks - from scientific surveying to enthusing visitors on our National Nature Reserves. There is no minimum time commitment - you choose how much you do.

For more details of the benefits our volunteers receive please click here.