There’s many ways to volunteer and help maintain green spaces around York. You can find volunteering opportunities directly with specific spaces in York via our map or register your interest with Green Corridors partners below.
Volunteer at St Nicks 
Join one of our regular groups working on sites across the different corridors.
Thanks to regular volunteers, we can focus the conservation effort where it is needed most. Helping support different community groups and landowners to have the biggest possible impact.
Or, support the corridors work by volunteering as a part of a local business or a group. We rely on group task days to supplement the work of the regular volunteers, supporting the bigger tasks at the busy times of year. And then ideally, come back again for more!
Find out more here and see upcoming volunteering events here
City of York Council Environment and Community Volunteering 
CYC Environment and Community Officers work with volunteers to:
• help maintain a cleaner, safer, greener environment in York
• create attractive neighbourhoods
• create a real sense of community
• improve health, wellbeing and inclusivity
CYC Environment and Community Officers support many ongoing volunteer roles, including:
Litter picking – help improve the appearance of areas that may otherwise be neglected
Gardening – help tend the city’s green spaces
Snow Warden Scheme – helping keep residential pavements clear of snow and ice
Park locking and unlocking – volunteers help keep parks secure
Himalayan Balsam bashing – reducing this evasive non-native plant
Leaf clearing – keeping drains and paths clear of leaves
To help you get the most out of your volunteering experience, you will be provided you with:
• health and safety training
• appropriate equipmen
• ongoing support
• insurance
Supporting local community groups
CYC Environment and Community Officers actively encourage volunteers to set up groups, or to join existing ones which help make a difference in the local community and provide ways to learn new skills.
York has numerous voluntary groups who help maintain areas such as:
Acomb Wood
Chapman’s Pond
Friends of Clifton Backies
Friends of Danesmead Wood
Friends of Fishponds Wood
Friends of Glen Gardens
Friends of Hob Moor
Friends of New Walk
Friends of Rowntree Park
Friends of West Bank Park
For information about joining a local group or volunteering in your neighbourhood, contact:
Environment and Community
Eco Depot, Hazel Court, York, YO10 3DS
Telephone: 01904 551551
Email: environmentandcommunity@york.gov.uk
Employer Volunteering with York Cares 
Volunteering made easy
York Cares make it easy for businesses to invest in the local community and maximise their impact by designing and delivering a co-ordinated volunteering programme that provides a broad range of reliable, safe and thoroughly checked out opportunities.
Is your employer part of the York Cares familiy helping make the city a better place? If not, you can find out about membership here.
York Cares are an offical partner in the Green Corridors York project and their volunteers are vital for enhancing green spaces across the city.