Please find information about our current work experience programme on Brownsea Island below.
Are you interested in making a difference and connecting with nature? Join us on Blue Monday, January 20th, at Poole Central Library in the Dolphin Centre. This annual event is the perfect chance to learn more about volunteering on Brownsea Island.
Our team will be available from 11am to 1pm to answer your questions and share information about how you can get involved. Whether you're looking to try something new in 2025 or simply want to give back to the community, this is a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded people and contribute to nature conservation. If you are unable to attend, but are still interested in volunteering please contact us here.
Location: Poole Central Library, Dolphin Centre
Postcode: BH15 1QE
At Brownsea Island, we’re excited to offer young people the opportunity to gain valuable experience with the National Trust through our Work Experience Programme.
To apply for a work experience placement on Brownsea in 2025, please complete the application form here. We can also accept video applications via We Transfer, please send via email to brownseaisland@nationaltrust.org.uk The closing date for applications is 28th February 2025 and successful applicants will be notified by Friday 7th March 2025.
There are lots of reasons to join us; making the move to volunteer could be the best decision you ever make.
Throughout the past year, we've cultivated stronger community ties by forging strategic partnerships with the local councils and organisations. These collaborations have expanded opportunities, particularly for young people and people with disabilities in our community to access nature, beauty and history and to develop life skills.
Working closely with schools and local universities, we've welcomed numerous work experience placements with a number of opportunities for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Applications go live in November for the following year. You can also speak to us at the annual careers and apprenticeship show in Bournemouth.
This incredible initiative is tailored for individuals aged 16-18 who are currently not engaged in formal education or employment. Working in collaboration with UP in BCP, (Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole local authority), the programme offers a unique opportunity for young people to gain valuable, practical experience in a real work environment. Over the course of 6 weeks, participants will have the chance to enhance their existing skills and develop new ones, setting them on the path to success.
The overall aim of the work is to address unequal access to nature, beauty and history, focused in and around towns and cities:
We will work with others to increase access to parks and green spaces in, around and near urban areas, so eventually everyone can easily reach places of quiet with wide open skies.
We'll share our skills and develop new ways to protect cherished local heritage sites, working with the communities that care about them.
We will work in new places in towns and cities, growing our partnerships
Brownsea Island is pleased to help support the delivery of the National Trust Urban Spaces Strategy alongside our partners at BCP. This includes joint working around the Stour Valley Project, Littledown Greenway and wider support of BCP's Green Strategy.
Click the link and search 'Brownsea' for all the volunteering opportunities with us. If you can't find what you're looking for, why not fill out the expression of interest form and tell us a bit more about you and how you would like to get involved. Here you can either indicate your role preference/s from the vacancies we have listed. Once we receive your information, we'll get in touch to discuss next steps.
There are hundreds of different ways you can volunteer for the National Trust at historic houses, in the gardens or at the many coastal and countryside landscapes we care for.
Working in partnership with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) local council has created unique opportunities for young people to upskill themselves and access nature, beauty and history.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to volunteer with us? From perfecting the art of lavender topiary to giving talks at historic houses, a selection of volunteers share their stories about helping out at some of the places we care for.
Whether you want to get hands on helping with conservation work in the great outdoors, or enjoy special talks and visits to properties and gardens, find a group for you.