Are you a business interested in employer-supported group volunteering?
Join us in caring for Manchester’s parks - an excellent way to support nature, enhance local green spaces, and bring your team together for a fun, rewarding day out.
Why volunteer?
When you volunteer, you can:
- Enjoy the outdoors and fresh air in our parks
- Take a break from the office
- Work together as a team
- Learn new skills
- Improve your health and wellbeing
- Show your organisation cares about the community.
How you help
Your time makes a big difference. You can help us to:
- Protect wildlife and natural habitats
- Improve air quality
- Make parks resilient to climate change and flooding
- Keep parks clean, safe, and welcoming
- Make parks easy for everyone to use.
What you will do
Tasks are hands-on and may change with the season or weather.
You may:
- Do simple gardening (weeding, planting, clearing leaves)
- Remove problem plants (such as rhododendron and Himalayan balsam)
- Paint fences, benches, or building exteriors
- Help in woodlands (clear paths, manage trees).
What we offer
£150 per session
Book a guided volunteering day with our Rangers or Friends groups.
You will:
- Work on real park projects
- Take part in seasonal activities
- Get support from expert staff.
£150+ enhanced sessions
Want to do more?
We can:
- Match activities to your team’s goals
- Provide extra tools or materials
- Plan larger or more skilled projects.
£500+ partnership option
Build a long-term partnership with Manchester parks.
You can:
- Support a project over a full year
- See real progress and impact
- Learn skills like planting, woodland care, and habitat work.
If you cannot offer any donation for your day, you can still get involved for free.
Join us for self-led activities such as:
- Litter picking
- Supporting ongoing park projects.