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Penceunant Café fuels Snowdonia Society volunteers on Eryri’s busiest mountain
Tea and bara brith kept our volunteers going during the busy summer period post-lockdown
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A £4 million scheme comes at ‘critical time’ for the Carneddau’s heritage and local communities.
The Snowdonia Society is delighted to be both a core partner – helping to shape and govern the project – and a delivery partner – getting stuck in and helping to make things happen! We’ll be running walks, talks and volunteer events and supporting the partnership however possible.
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Volunteers back with a bang!
In March our volunteers had to down tools as lockdown began. By July they were back in action…
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Should I put my litter in the bin?
Bins are expected in towns and cities where there are generally more resources available for regular emptying, recycling and disposal. That expectation, transferred to the mountains, lakes and valleys of Snowdonia, creates a problem of its own.
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To our “Welcome Back” volunteers- Thank you!
Welcoming people back to Snowdonia Over the past month the Snowdonia Society has been working with the National Park Authority, the Outdoor Partnership and the National Trust to organise volunteer days to assist with welcoming visitors back to Snowdonia. On March the 23rd the UK went into lockdown. Within days Snowdonia went from a hive […]
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Snowdonia Society features on BBC Radio Wales
Did you hear us on BBC Radio Wales last Sunday? If you didn’t manage to catch us on BBC Radio Wales’s Country Focus program last Sunday don’t worry, the program is available to listen to throughout August here. The program features the “welcome back volunteers”, a joint initiative between the Society, Snowdonia National Park Authority […]
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Welcome back to the future
“As we welcome visitors back, we must focus on what we want from tourism”
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Do your little bit from home
The coronavirus has pressed the pause button on our volunteer days here in Snowdonia but there will come a time when we will return to the mountains, hills, forests, beaches and bogs.
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What we normally like to do in June!
Volunteer week has been a fixture in the Snowdonia Society calendar since its launch 2015. This now annual event is held in the first week of June and staff and volunteers alike greatly look forward to it. It is highly popular among our volunteers and places fill up extremely quickly. Normally, volunteers spend a (hopefully […]
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A thank you in this uncertain time!
At a time of profound uncertainty, the Postcode Lottery team has set an outstanding example of decisive help for small charities.
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Job Opportunities – Carneddau Landscape Partnership Scheme
If you have experience of managing community projects and working with young people, this is an amazing opportunity to help protect and celebrate an iconic part of the Welsh landscape.
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Thank you to players of People’s Postcode Lottery!
We are delighted to have been awarded £20,000 from Postcode Community Trust, a grant-giving charity funded entirely by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
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Job opportunity: Conservation Officer
The Society runs a major conservation volunteering programme, called Helping Hands. Practical conservation activities include habitat management, woodland management, footpath work, litter clearance and tackling invasive species. We are recruiting a Conservation Officer to join our team and work alongside existing conservation staff to develop this work.
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Some good news for three of our volunteers!
We recently heard that three of our volunteers have had some good news; they now have jobs in the conservation sector!
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A Thank You…
To the litter pickers and footpath builders, the people who manage habitats for wildlife, whether that’s cutting back scrub, getting rid of invasive species or helping native species to flourish. The people who put their time and energy into doing something good for the planet!
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Be a marshal for the day and help fundraise for Snowdonia Society
A Betws-y-coed adventure race pledges £35 to the Snowdonia Society for each volunteer marshal recruited!
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“Have a go, gain some skills and make new friends”
I am fairly new in the conservation sector, and am always looking for ways to improve my CV.
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Accredited training in footpath maintenance on Snowdon!
Learn and demonstrate your footpath maintenance skills.
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Free accredited training: Practical Conservation Skills
As part of its 50th anniversary activities, the Snowdonia Society launched a new and accredited Practical Conservation Skills unit.
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