Volunteering Opportunities

EarthSonic Local is a project partnering with eight arts venues across England. They are recruiting young people aged 18-30 to take part in the following workshops:

• Climate and biodiversity

• Recording and sampling nature sounds

• Archiving 

• Songwriting and music making workshop

The project is open to musicians, singers, producers, engineers, activists and lovers of nature of all abilities. 

Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Music and Sonic Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University.

A selection of tracks created during the project will be released in 2026, accompanied by live performances at events in Manchester and London.

 

Dates: Ongoing from September to December 2025

Location: The workshops will be held in The Parish Music Venue, sounds recordings will take place around the local area.

If you are interested in joining the project then please apply via the application form.

 

Revive is a local community interest company charity that sells donated items or reusable items that they have intercepted at Leeds City Council and Kirklees Council waste recycling sites. Part of their remit is to make reusable items available to our local communities at affordable prices. In doing so, they hope to alleviate poverty and hardship - improving the quality of life of those around us.

Revive provide employment and opportunities for those from socially excluded backgrounds. They offer these people the chance to develop skills and socialise in a safe environment. As a result, this can reduce isolation, improve mental health and help those in our communities contribute to the area in which they live.

Revive have opportunities for volunteering in their Huddersfield based shop which can include the following duties:

• Sorting through the donations
• Repairing stock ready for sale
• Retail work
• Operating the online store
• Social Media and digital marketing
• Website design

Volunteering

You will receive basic training and an introduction to our site. This will include our health and safety, policies and procedures. We also often give all our volunteers the opportunity to apply for courses. These courses could be anything from, Health & Safety, Professional Boundaries, PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) and Bicycle Maintenance.

If you are interested in volunteering with Revive then please contact the Volunteer and Staff Development Coordinator Mags Ashman to see what opportunities are currently available.

Telephone Number: 01484 516991

If you would like to donate your unwanted items to Revive you can use the donation banks on campus which are located in the Charles Sikes Car Park and Commercial Street (just behind the Barbara Hepworth Building). Or you can drop them off at the Revive shop which is located next to the bus station in Huddersfield town centre, 8 Upperhead Row, HD1 2JL.

Superhero Sphagnum Moss!

Join us on a unique opportunity to help restore the beautiful, local moor land on the special ‘Landscapes for Water Project’, which is being undertaken by the West Yorkshire portfolio of the National Trust.

Sphagnum moss is a superhero for moorland conservation as it can absorb huge amounts of water to provide a natural flood defence and boost climate resilience for people and wildlife.

The session will involve a range of general nursery and propagating work such as the separating of sphagnum moss to create new trays of future moss and wrapping the moss to create plugs that can be planted on the Marsden moor next year. This will be followed with a guided walk on the Marsden moorlands to learn a little of the history of the area and to spot some local wildlife.

All transport, equipment and PPE will be provided.

Please be sure to wear warm outdoor clothing, and flat sensible shoes.

Date: Friday 21^st November 2025

Time: TBC

Meeting point: Meet at the University Security Hub (outside the Harold Wilson Building. No.1 on the campus map).

Booking links will be available soon. If you would like to pre-register your interest in these sessions than please contact: sustainability@hud.ac.uk.

Volunteer as a Climate Ambassador!

Our education system and the nurseries, schools and colleges within it play a critical role in driving action to address climate change and nature decline. As part of the Department for Education sustainability and climate change strategy, all education settings are expected to have a climate action plan and a sustainability lead in place by the end of 2025.

This is where you can help by volunteering and using your skills to provide expert support to education settings in our local community such as:

• Delivering climate education talks
• Offering your climate expertise to develop a climate and nature action plan
• Helping buildings adapt for climate change
• Improving biodiversity in outdoor spaces
• Helping learners explore a career is sustainability (and develop green skills)

Online training, resources (e.g. template climate action plans) and a full DBS check will be provided.

Commitment: Minimum one day per year

Date: Ongoing until 2026

Location: Various educational settings over West Yorkshire

Click here to get involved

Further information can be found in this Climate Ambassador Guide