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Community project volunteering (Harlow, Essex)

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The Harlow & Gilston Garden Town Project offers people in your area the chance to Get involved with our Active Travel Promotions.

You can help with a range of different tasks and activities. These can be fitted according to your own availability and interests.

  • support project officers at events in the community or with our workplaces offer. There may be some opportunity for you to volunteer in our schools work please let us know if you are interested in this in your application.

You will be helping to share active travel information, speaking to people about active travel and helping us answer any travel queries.

  • help inspire participants as they get to know Harlow and the surrounding area.

Let us know how you would like to help on this project. We can then have a chat about it together.
Your local team will support you and provide training.

Does this sound like you?

You…

  • enjoy being active and want to help others do the same
  • like to organise and get engaged with people in your community
  • can easily reach the project by walking, cycling, wheeling or public transport
  • can carry out tasks independently and / or work with a diverse group of people
  • share our values and mission to get more people cycling, walking and wheeling in your community.

Then let us know about your interest in helping with this community project in your area.

Time commitment

We are flexible on how much time you can help each week or month. Let us know what suits you. We can also start with a taster session and see how you like it.

Volunteering for everyone with Sustrans

We are committed to representing the diverse communities we work with, and we welcome people from all backgrounds to volunteer with us. We commit to equity and an inclusive culture, so volunteering is for everyone.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive organisation brings with it a diversity of ideas and ways of working, which strengthens everything we do.

Please have a look at the website above and our Volunteering agreement before you join. Then you know what we all expect from each other when volunteering.

Your accessibility

Please let us know in the application form, if you need any support or adjustments to make our first chat together and volunteering a positive experience for you.

Any expenses for helping with these activities, which have been agreed, will be paid back to you. This can include for tools and public transport on the day of volunteering.

If you don’t have an email address, or for any other reason aren’t able to fill in our online form, not to worry. Reach out to your local Volunteer Coordinator (find here), and they can fill in the details for you.

**We will ask you for the contact details of a person, who you have known for more than 6 months (1 reference). ** Please have these ready when filling in the application form. If you need support identifying a reference, please let us know.