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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Volunteers working with the NT provide an extremely valuable resource, and are treated as an integral part of the team.
You don’t need to be super-fit, you don’t even need to have any skills, the most important quality that you will bring is a willingness to be part of a team that is helping to maintain and improve our natural heritage.
In June 2010 the National Trust in West Dorset launched the Jurassic Coastin’ project. Since then, our fully-branded campervan has been touring the Dorset Coastline (& further afield!) promoting the work of the National Trust and the importance of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
Staffed by our full-time recruiter, Ben Dames, we’re now looking for volunteers to go out with Ben to the many shows / festivals / events and coastal & town-centre locations. You’ll be assisting him in the day-to-day running of the project by engaging with visitors using the many tools including real fossil samples & fossil dig kit and making full use of multimedia tools by taking photographs & video.
Ben writes a daily blog at www.ntjurassiccoastin.co.uk and regularly updates the Jurassic Coastin’ Twitter, Facebook, Flickr & Vimeo feeds so we’re always promoting where we are and what we’re doing.
We try and ensure that the van is out & about as much as possible so we intersperse attendance at events with coastal car-park locations such as Portland Bill, Chesil Beach and Ringstead, with the location calendar on the blog website.
If you love chatting to people & have a passion for the Jurassic Coast and the great Outdoors, you could be one of the people we’re looking for! Have a look at the Volunteer Role Profile below - whether you can volunteer once every 6 months or once a week – please get in touch.
You may not think you have any skills that we could use, but we will find them! There are far too many tasks to list that volunteers could carry out – all you really need is enthusiasm.
To find out more, or to register your interest in volunteering with us, please contact
Caroline Richards – Outdoor Experience Manager, West Dorset
Telephone: 01297 489481
Mobile: 07826 890940
e mail:
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or download the Volunteer Registration Form (right click the arrow below, then 'Save Target As...') and return it to the address below or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Jurassic Coastin’ campervan is a roving recruitment & engagement vehicle travelling around Dorset promoting the work of the National Trust and the importance of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
Manned full-time by our recruiter, we are looking for volunteers to assist at events & locations throughout 2011.
| Anticipated time contribution: | 1-4 days per month, but negotiable depending on diary of events |
| Expenses: | Reimbursement of out-of-pocket travel costs between home and volunteering location and other reasonable expenses agreed with the Outdoor Experience Manager |
| Location: | West Dorset Coastal sites & |
| Outdoor Experience Manager: | Caroline Richards |
| Purpose of role: | To assist with the day – to – day operation of the vehicle, engaging with visitors & members. |
| Key elements: |
1. Attendance: Spending a full day (usually 8.30a.m. – 5.30p.m.) out with the Jurassic Coastin’ vehicle, assisting the roving recruiter with engagement at locations in & around 2. Promotion: Talking to visitors / members about the work of the Trust, benefits of membership & importance of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site 3. Operation: Working with the roving recruiter to safely & effectively use the branded-vehicle & engagement tools (literature, fossil samples etc) 4. Attendance at relevant training events with a view to becoming an Events Organiser. 5. Working in compliance with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy at all times. All these arrangements are binding in honour only and not intended to be legally binding. |