Volunteering
Working Parties on the River and supporting Trust activites

There are a number of regular tasks which need to be done to help look after the river and its environs. This can be managing the scrub and trees on the areas of land owned by the Trust; regular 'balsam bashes' tackling the spread of Himalayan Balsam (and other invasives) along the river; water quality testing; riversearch and kick sampling for invertibrates as a measure of the health of the ecology.

Other support is needed for the outreach events which we undertake - working with schools or parties of walkers either along the river, or at exhibitions or visits. This may involve taking part in the activities themselves, or simply helping with the set up and oversight of the activity.

In 2019 we supported over 38 visits or events with schools, exhibitions and festivals, (including our own picnic!) cleared huge amounts of balsam, collected psyllids for a Commonwealth Institute study, and reported on the water quality, and pruned back the brambles and scrub in Allee's Meadow.
2020 was of course less active, but we still undertook a range of the essential maintenance tasks.

The schedule and location of forthcoming events are shown here and we welcome (need!) volunteers to take part in all these activities.

We also welcome help and suggestions for new activities or expanding the reach of the Trust.

Please email to let us know if you are able to help

The Working Party and Events List for the next few months

A full calendar of activity is on the Events page.

Sat 20 Apr 2024 09:00 - 18:00	Festival	Earth Day at Haslemere Museum	Haslemere
		Supporting the Earth Day Exhibition


Sat 27 Apr 2024 09:00 - 18:00	Water Quality	Blitz Weekend
		Water Blitz and launch of the e.coli lab in Guildford


Sun 28 Apr 2024 09:55 - 12:30	Water Quality	Water Testing Weekend	Allee's Meadow

		Testing at a number of points along the river by testing volunteers, and Kick Sampling at Allee's Meadow

Sun 05 May 2024 10:00 - 16:30	Festival	Liphook Bank Holiday event	Liphook Millennium Green
		RWT Display


Sun 12 May 2024 10:00 - 16:30	Festival	Gilbert White Nature Day	Selborne
		RWT Display


Sun 26 May 2024 09:55 - 12:30	Water Quality	Water Testing Weekend	Allee's Meadow

		Testing at a number of points along the river by testing volunteers, and Kick Sampling at Allee's Meadow

Fri 14 Jun 2024 09:00 - 15:00	School Visit	RWT West Byfleet Junior School
		AR Sandbox and River Studies


Sat 15 Jun 2024 10:00 - 16:30	Festival	Frensham Fayre
		RWT Display


Sun 30 Jun 2024 09:55 - 12:30	Water Quality	Water Testing Weekend	Allee's Meadow

		Testing at a number of points along the river by testing volunteers, and Kick Sampling at Allee's Meadow

Wed 10 Jul 2024 09:00 - 15:00	School Visit	RWT at Binstead Junior School
		AR Sandbox and River Studies