Volunteer Rangers

[Chelmswood]

VOLUNTEER COUNTRYSIDE RANGERS REQUIRED

We are looking for willing volunteers living in and around the ribble valley area or who visit this area frequently to undertake voluntary ranger duties.

These include

Public liason
Site management
Public access managment
Public liason
Litter picking
Driving (Clean driving licencse is required)
First aid and safety duties

The ranger service is run by the Chelmswood estate, a private estate and is not a registered charity as our annual income is less than £5000 for those asking before.

Please contact me for more information.

[***Mr D***]

Do you get a badge.

[Chelmswood]

You will recieve an ID card, and proof of identity which entitles you to free parking on estate grounds.

[Chelmswood]

Oh yeah, and sorry i forgot to mention that due to the nature of the work undertaken volunteers will come in to contact with young children and vulnerable adults and as such a CRB check is compulsary along with a DVLA check if you wish to drive an estate vehicle on public roads.

DVLA checks arent required for driving quad bikes and other off road or agricultural vehicles however.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Chelmswood

Oh yeah, and sorry i forgot to mention that due to the nature of the work undertaken volunteers will come in to contact with young children and vulnerable adults and as such a CRB check is compulsary along with a DVLA check if you wish to drive an estate vehicle on public roads.

That will cost you a bit if you get a few volunteers won't it ?

[yerself]

It's compulsory Dave.

[emamum]

who pays for the crb's? they are £36.

[david1]

sounds too me , you want a goofer ? why dont you take people on as employees? by the way i wont be applying !!!

[Speedy]

Where is this place? And do you need a licence to ride the quads on the estate? Might be tempted providing its not too far away.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by david1

sounds too me , you want a goofer ? why dont you take people on as employees? by the way i wont be applying !!!

Some of us enjoy doing voluntary work. It gives us a warm glow inside.

[Chelmswood]

Originally Posted by Speedy

Where is this place? And do you need a licence to ride the quads on the estate? Might be tempted providing its not too far away.

Work is generally undertaken on estate grounds in and around the forest of Bowland and Lancaster areas, sometimes extended to the estates farthest reaches of Settle and Yorkshire, and NO a license isn’t required to use a quad bike on estate grounds however as a volunteer you would be required to fill in a health and safety assessment before we could allow you to use them, which doesnt really take long, about five minutes usually.

There is a serious side to the work, however everybody likes a laugh.

[Speedy]

Would do it mate but think getting there may be a bit of an issue (i dont drive so would struggle to get there). Sounds the the kind of work i would really enjoy. Shame its so far away.

[blazey]

Hey I'm interested and live in lancaster area, if thats handy then give me a PM. I'm only a student and I cant afford to pay for the CRB though and dont have any experience in any of those titles except litter picking at school lol.

If there is anything in particular that'd give e a good bit of experience thats respectable towards my degree then I'd definatly love to be of help.

[blazey]

Yay, I'm going to be a volunteer, i cant wait! Its a bit strange being excited about unpaid work though I must admit, but this sounds really interesting!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by david1

sounds too me , you want a goofer ? why dont you take people on as employees? by the way i wont be applying !!!

cos the annual income of the estate is only £5000, which ya would know if ya read it all.