Have you ever wanted to be more involved at Polkemmet Country Park? We have a list of tasks planned for our 'Friends' group, who are passionate about their environment and local green spaces and want to get involved in conservation volunteering and improving your Park.
The Friends of Polkemmet
The Friends group help the Ranger Service to manage Polkemmet Country Park, by carrying out practical outdoor tasks such as cutting back vegetation, tree management, path work and litter picking. The group usually meet with the Ranger Service at the Park on one Sunday per month.
Current opportunities
We have a list of 'hands-on' practical activities planned for 2022, which will help to make your Park an even better place to visit. No experience is necessary, just enthusiasm for nature and the outdoors and an interest in helping the Ranger Service and the Friends group.
Come along and join us in planning for future work at Polkemmet for the benefit of everyone. The Friends are a formally constituted group but are always looking for more interested people who could help them on their committee.
West Lothian Volunteer Ranger Service
The Volunteer Ranger Service offers additional volunteering opportunities across West Lothian, with sessions running on one Sunday and one Thursday per month. Planned practical outdoor tasks include vegetation control, tree management and pond work and sites include Beecraigs, Polkemmet and Almondell & Calderwood Country Parks, as well as other local green spaces. No experience is necessary to get involved.
For details of future volunteering sessions, please check out the Council's Facebook page or email the Rangers - Ranger Service (opens new window)
