Volunteers to carry out practical work on the Millennium Green
Allington Millennium Green Trust
• Mowing • Maintaining meadows, hedges and trees • Improving paths with wood chippings
• Mowing grass • Cutting hedges • Clearing some scrub and undergrowth • Removing some ivy and old man’s beard from trees • Making or improving dead hedges • Pruning, coppicing and maintaining trees • Improving paths with wood chippings • Maintaining infrastructure • Litter picking
Gardening,Environmental,Outdoors,Conservation
Gardening, Conservation, Outdoor Work
A volunteer would need to be confident when using machinery such as mowers, strimmers, hedge trimmers and loppers, and be willing to learn how to use those in a public space which is also a Local Nature Reserve,
• Feel energised and empowered • Improve your mindfulness • Reduce anxiety and depression • Engage in cardio-vascular exercise • Get a healthy dose of sunlight • Improve mobility and strength • Enjoy better sleep • Enjoy socialising and networking • Reduce isolation • Improve self-esteem • Increase independence • Feel ‘ownership’ of a natural area • Find learning opportunities • Add experiences to CVs • Take on responsibilities • Improve horticultural skills • Contributing to sustainability • Improve biodiversity • Help with climate change mitigation
OUr working party sessions usually last for two hours.
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Allington Millennium Green, Cloudberry Close, Maidstone, Kent
Buses stop at the top of Buckland Lane, which is adjacent to the Green.
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