Details of volunteering opportunities can be found on the RSPB website (www.rspb.org.uk/volunteering). The RSPB has over 13,000 volunteers giving a gift of time of 610,000 hours, equivalent to 313 full time staff. 470,000 people also volunteered an hour of their time in the RSPB's mass participation bird survey, the Big Garden Birdwatch. Help wildlife, boost your skills...volunteer for the RSPB.
Visit Age Concern Lancashire (www.ageconcernlancs.org.uk) for details of many volunteering opportunities. In the Ribble Valley there is a new project called 'Healthy Ageing' which provides healthy ageing related activities for all older people living in the Ribble Valley. One proposed project in Clitheroe is for parents/grandparents to work with school children passing on their knowledge of gardening and vegetable growing in a soon to be reclaimed allotment area. For further details contact the co-ordinator on 01200 453077.