Volunteering and Events

Find out more about Croydon’s wildlife and countryside.

Walk Croydon
Into the Great Green Yonder
Free guided wildlife walks and events, lead by Croydon Council Park and Countryside Rangers as well as Friends of Park Groups.
For full listing of events please visit
www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/walks  Or email biodiversity@croydon.gov.uk  to request a paper copy or add your contact details to the mailing list.

Downlands Countryside Management Project
The project offers guided walks in its area of operation, which covers north-east Surrey and adjoining parts of south London. For details about upcoming events please visit
www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Downlands+Project+-+countryside+walks+and+events?opendocument

Active Lifestyle Programme
Walking for Health Programme of lead and self guided walks (1-4 miles) are available to anyone interested in exercising while enjoying Croydon’s green spaces. A great way to meet new people and become active. For details of walks please visit
www.croydon.gov.uk/contents/departments/leisure/pdf/healthwalks

City of London
For walks on Riddlesdown, Farthing Downs, Coulsdon Common and Kenley Common please visit.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Environment_and_planning/Parks_and_open_spaces/Riddlesdown/Events+and+activities.htm

Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society
For a programme of outdoor and indoor events click here (200Kb PDF).

Can you offer a few hours of your time to make Croydon a better place for wildlife and people?

Littleheath Woods
Friends of Littleheath Woods meet every Tuesday morning and every 2nd Sunday in the month for a variety of tasks.

Foxley Wood
Friends of Foxley meet on the second Sunday of each month (except November when we meet on the third Sunday) and the last Wednesday of each month (except December) to carry out work to preserve and enhance the habitat mixture.

Millers Pond
The group has work mornings in the park on the last Saturday of every month except December.

Kings Wood
Friends of Kings Wood meet every Tuesday morning.

Downlands Countryside Management Project (DCMP)
DCMP carries out work both in Croydon and beyond. Our programme includes practical tasks dates and events, which we hope you will find interesting, challenging and worthy of joining. Please feel welcome to come along. We'd be delighted to see you! For details about upcoming events please visit
www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Downlands+Project+-+volunteer+task+programme?opendocument

BTCV Croydon
Pond Cottage, Conduit Lane, Croydon, CR0 5RQ. Tel: 020 8726 0974, www2.btcv.org.uk/   croydon@btcv.org.uk
Action For Croydon’s Environment
In Croydon, volunteers put in thousands of hours of conservation work each year, improving biodiversity andencouraging use of local open spaces. BTCV is the organisation that leads thisvoluntary activity, supporting individuals and groups in hands on practical activity. We work in partnership with Croydon Council and the City of London, who support our activities. Click here to download the latest task list (360Kb PDF).

Croydon Conservation Volunteers
132 Purley Oaks Road, South Croydon. Tel. 020 8657 4577.
The group meets on different Sundays each month to work on various sites in Croydon, mostly on City of London sites. They carry out a wide variety of work, ranging from woodland work, bog garden management, hedge laying, access work, to improving chalk grassland and heathland sites.
Click here to download the CCV task list (2Mb PDF).

Surrey Wildlife Trust
Haymaking time at Dollypers Hill
Sunday 25th. September and 9th. October from 10am
Woodland and pond management
Sunday 23rd. October from 10am
Woodland management
Sunday 6th. November from 10am
Follow pointers from Wattenden Primary School, Old Lodge Lane, Purley.
Contact Malcolm Jennings 020-8684-4000 for more details.

City of London
For volunteering opportunities on Farthing Downs, Riddlesdown, Coulsdon Common and Kenley Common see the Other Groups page.

London Wildlife Trust
For Thorn to Orchid work parties at Hutchinson's Bank and other sites near Croydon go to:- www.wildlondon.org.uk/volunteering-in-south-london