Nestled in the heart of the Nene Valley, Stanwick Lakes offers a wide-ranging learning programme that aims to educate, involve, and inspire young people in both nature and heritage!
As an important part of the Nene Valley Special Protection Area (SPA), a designated Wetland of International Importance, and as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), our school sessions offer unique opportunities to learn about the natural world.
As a nationally significant site, with an ancient scheduled monument (one of a series of interlinked Neolithic and Bronze Age barrows) and archaeological evidence that supports over 10,000 years of human history, our school sessions also offer unique opportunities, for young people to connect with the ancient past, and immerse themselves in our living history experience.
As a small charity, our volunteers play an essential role in helping us to achieve these aims, and due to the expansion of our learning programme we now need more support! We have therefore created our new Learning Volunteer role. This role can be shaped to the interests, skills, and time of each volunteer, but we are ideally looking for people who are able to help us to prepare our learning resources and/or support us in the delivery of our school sessions. This could be anything from helping young people to identify minibeasts to grinding grain in the Iron Age!
In return for your support, we will help you to develop new skills and knowledge or build on existing ones. As part of our sociable team, we also offer a friendly environment for you to meet other like-minded individuals. For those days when tea and cake is mandatory, we also offer a 50% discount in our café, as well as 15% in our shop for volunteers!
For more information, please contact us at education@rftrust.org.uk
We look forward to chatting with you!
Charmaine
(Schools and Communities Programme Manager)
