Volunteering is a great way to meet people, learn new skills and help to protect what makes Snowdonia National Park so special.

Whatever your interests and abilities, there is room for you to play your part. You will also find that there are huge benefits to you: useful skills and experience, increased knowledge of the National Park, meeting new friends, exercise and the satisfaction of knowing that you're doing something to help.

As a volunteer for the National Park Authority you will be helping us to deliver our purposes which are to:

• conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the area;
• promote opportunities to understand and enjoy its special qualities;
• foster the economic and social wellbeing of its communities.

You can be confident that you will:

• be involved in work that helps others to understand and enjoy Snowdonia
• have the training and equipment that you need for your role
• have supervision and work alongside experienced volunteers and regular staff
• be protected by the same health and safety regulations as paid staff
• receive travel expenses in line with the Authority’s Volunteering Principles

Here are some of the volunteering opportunities that we have in the National Park.

Plas Tan y Bwlch

• Friends of Plas Tan y Bwlch
• Gardening
• Working in the Café

Yr Ysgwrn

• Gardening
• Working in the café
• Guide visitors around the house and or farm
• Visitor welcoming
• Driving
• Cleaning
• Conservation work – cleaning furniture and chattels
• Researching into the history of yr Ysgwrn

Wardens / Access

• Snowdon Wardens
• Maintaining Footpaths
• Surveying Footpaths
• Young Rangers
• Tourist Surveys
• Leading Walks
• Guiding people who have a sight impairment on walks
• Helping with the Signal Box Information centre in Penmaenpool
• Litter Picks
• Removing unwanted cairns from the mountains

Conservation Woodlands and Agriculture

• Helping to keep control of invasive speices – e.g Himalayan Balsam
• Using an ‘app’to map the spread of invasive speices
• Biodiversity surveys
• Measuring Dark Skies

More information

Download the volunteering application form here

For more information on volunteering in Snowdonia National Park , contact Carys Dafydd, Community Officer: 01766772269 Carys.Dafydd@snowdonia.gov.wales

The Snowdonia Society also offer various volunteering opportunities - visit their website for more information http://www.snowdonia-society.org.uk/volunteer