Pondhead Conservation Trust

What should participants expect? This is an opportunity to volunteer with an award-winning woodland restoration project and enjoy plenty of fresh air and exercise. We are a registered conservation charity. Our activities vary throughout the year. During the autumn/winter seasons, we use hand tools (saws, loppers, etc.) to open up and cut back the edges … Continued

What should participants expect? Volunteering led walks and hikes, mindfulness venue Minstead Study Centre provides a venue for a range of courses for adults and children, across the year. We run courses ourselves, as well as offering the Centre as a venue for self-catered hire. We have a number of permanent staff and a band … Continued

What should participants expect? ‘The Potting Shed Club’ for primary school-age children (ages 4 – 11) Productive fruit and vegetable garden that is grown by our head gardener and volunteers. With the help of local primary school children. Walk around and feel inspired. Crafts made using natural products from around Patrick’s Patch Where does the … Continued

What should participants expect? Part of The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy, Fortune College is a specialist college for young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities aged 16-25. The college’s Further Education Through Horsemastership (FETH) Course offers an educational residential/day programme, working with horses, that prepares young people with learning disabilities to live as independently … Continued

What should participants expect? Support for people with additional needs to access volunteering opportunities in the New Forest. Conservation projects, farming, horticultural and grounds maintenance activities and nature walks are some of the activities we offer. A day out in Nature, getting involved in the practical tasks of getting to know and take care of … Continued

What should participants expect? Walking, enjoying nature, volunteering. Ballard Water Meadow & Woodland offers the opportunity for a short-level walk on the outskirts of New Milton through a managed woodland and meadow. Benches offer a place to sit and enjoy the natural surroundings. There are volunteering opportunities throughout the year, these include clearing bramble, planting … Continued

What should participants expect? A community garden providing all residents & people of all ages & abilities of New Milton, Barton, Ashley and beyond with a green space to benefit from being in nature, learning about wildlife, growing food and flowers, alleviating loneliness and isolation, making friends, social inter-generational engagement, showing children where their food … Continued

What should participants expect? Walk for health, connect with the sea and the Forest and be part of something wonderful. The wellness walks are a series of free walks across the New Forest aimed at the over 65s and those with mobility issues. The walks will include a coffee and a chat at selected locations, … Continued

What should participants expect? The New Forest Off Road Club is a cycling community-based in the historic New Forest. We host social and guided rides of varying distance and pace. Where does the activity take place? The start point for our rides changes regularly so we can enjoy various areas of the historic New Forest. … Continued

What should participants expect? Various volunteering opportunities including: Volunteer Repairers for Repair Cafes over the New Forest – electrical, sewing, jewellery, basic wood repairs etc. Volunteer Allotment help – digging, planting, sowing Pennington Allotment Volunteers to train up and help thermal image survey people’s homes – all over the NF Volunteers to marshall family bike … Continued