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Matching EA volunteer time with partner volunteer tasks

• EP Team are helping link EA volunteer time to partner volunteer activity• Projects EA fund• Wider projects/activities

• Match EA Team requests/skills to partner opportunities/needs

~ 570 days available for Green Action in 2019

“…promoting citizen science of escaped Tapprogge balls”

Sustainable Places Team and others:Care for Your Gare, River Tees Rediscovered

North East Customer and Engagement Team: Shiremoor Community Playground

“We were pleased to welcome two new team members, Mavis and Nancy (oink, oink!)”

Environment Programme team: Planting Oak saplings

“A great use of our Environmental Outcome days and we missed each other with the mallets”

FCRM Team: restoring gardens at Cresswell Tower with Groundwork NE

“I slept well that night after all the exercise and fresh sea air”

Our volunteers said……

Benefits

• understanding partners’ activity

• personal well-being

• team building,

• practical action, remembering why we do our jobs

We love the very broad range of activities

litter picking, education work, sphagnum plug planting, community bbqs, data input, archaeology…….

YoGA: Health and well being benefits

So far we have……

“Activity Bank” spreadsheet of >85 ideas

25 organisations involved

Over 130 EA staff involved

Over 700 hours and counting…..

Not even ½ way through

It’s not just us………..Other organisations are getting involved

Companies getting involved:SembCorp Volunteer Litter Pick

Can you help us build our activity bank?

• Contact Graeme.hull@environment-agency.gov.uk

Katharine.birdsall@environment-agency.gov.uk

• Details such as location, practicalities, task type, numbers, dates etc

• Help match EA Team requests/skills to partner opportunities/needs