Gardening Volunteer - Amesbury

Royal Mencap Society; Amesbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Mencap Society is looking for a Gardening Volunteer in Amesbury to assist in maintaining an outdoor garden space for individuals with learning disabilities. This rewarding role involves supporting two gentlemen who find it difficult to keep their garden tidy. You don't need to be an expert gardener, just able to commit a couple of hours every few weeks to help beautify this important outdoor space.

Qualifications

• No expert gardening skills required, but some gardening experience is useful.
• Ability to work independently to maintain and tidy the garden.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain an outdoor garden space.
• Ensure the garden is kept tidy for service users.
• Engage with service users in the outdoor space.

Skills

Gardening experience

Ability to work independently

Job description

Do you have green fingers? Want to support people with a learning disability? Can you spare a little time every few weeks?

Then perhaps you could help maintain an outdoor garden space for our service in Amesbury.

This service is home to two gentleman who would love to use their back garden, but find it difficult due to it becoming overgrown.

Mencap runs and manages homes across the UK for people with a learning disability, many of which have outdoor spaces that need maintaining . These are important spaces for the people we support to get outdoors and interact with nature, and each other. Your time and skills as a Gardening Volunteer will make a big difference to these people enjoying this special space.

As a volunteer, you wouldn't need to be an expert gardener, but some gardening experience would be useful, and you should be able to work independently to keep the garden tidy.

Ideally, you would be able to commit to an hour or two every couple of weeks. However, do still get in touch if you can't make this level of commitment.