Buckingham has a wealth of local community groups that are keen to recruit new volunteers. Do you have a few hours a week or month that you would like to dedicate to a local cause?
We spoke to eight different VCSE groups at Celebrate Buckingham Day on September 4th 2021 – they all told us that they needed volunteers! Watch the video above or open the tabs below to find out more.
Have a look at the information below from local groups who are recruiting volunteers now:
Buckingham Community Wildlife Project
Buckingham has a group of local organisations called the Buckingham Community Wildlife Project that work together to improve the environment including the Buckingham Railway Walk Conservation Group, The Buckingham Society, Maids Moreton Avenue Conservation Group, Buckingham Canal Society, Buckingham Town Council and Buckinghamshire Council.
Roles available: litter picking, heavy gardening, vegetation management, construction – volunteers built a functioning bridge in Cosgrove!
Roles available: Volunteers can support us on a regular or ad hoc basis and we have roles across the county, some of which can be done from home.
Our volunteers support patients and families directly in the Hospice; giving time and help in Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity Shops or by helping to organise and staff fundraising events for Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity. They also provide administrative support in the Charity’s Head Office in Aylesbury, or in the Hospice itself.
You can also find more information by popping into one of our local shops, 23 Bridge Street, Buckingham, MK18 1EL, to speak to the manager.
Wardens
Buckingham Town Council has direct involvement with the River Warden, Tree Warden and new Flood Warden schemes. Full details about how to get involved are available below.
The Town Council is currently looking for volunteers to help alert residents in the event of flooding in the town.
If you would like to be involved, please email office@buckingham-tc.gov.uk and ask to be added to the list of interested people.
The River Wardens are a group of volunteers formed following the serious pollution incident in June 2018, which seriously impacted most of the fish and insect life in the river for about 25km downstream from Brackley, who now monitor the quality of the river. The group carry out monthly surveys for the Riverfly Partnership at a site in Chandos Park of certain aquatic insect species to determine the ‘health’ of our river.If you would like further information or are interested in joining the River Wardens, please email Simon Bumstead at info@bdaafishing.org.uk
Tree wardens are volunteers who gather information about their local trees, get involved in tree matters and encourage local practical projects related to trees and woods.
Please see our information leaflet for more information, or to sign up please email: office@buckingham-tc.gov.uk or contact the Town Council office on 01280 816 426.
Roles available: urgently need a pianist, as well as actors, set builders and painters, making costumes, backstage roles, hair and makeup, chaperoning children
How to get in touch:Website or pop into the Old Gaol Shop for more details.
Community Projects
Roles available: driving 4x4s to respond to emergencies according to need, has included taking nurses and carers to work in bad weather, delivering food parcels and helping during flooding.
Roles available: fundraising, supporting the project
How to get in touch:Facebook or through the names and numbers printed on the AED boxes around town.
The Volunteer Car Service and YC2 Buckingham and Winslow Young Carers are both part of Community Care North Bucks which also includes Open House and North Bucks Carers.
Roles available: Driving patients to hospital appointments, teaching young carers new skills, support for young carers, fundraising
