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1016780 Research Biologist Mark Eaton analysing data from the Big Garden Birdwatch Volunteers collecting maggots from cow pats Member of staff at work
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Team challenges and employee volunteering

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Corporate team challenges and employee volunteering

Help your staff to learn new skills with the RSPB.

Team challenges build team-working skills, whilst employee volunteering can develop a wide range of skills and experiences over a longer time.

About team challenges

An RSPB Team Challenge will help your staff develop team-working skills, do something good for the environment and community and have a fun day out. More...

Volunteers taking a break at Minsmere reserve

About employee volunteering

For people looking to develop their skills and experience over a longer time, we offer secondments and assignments in our offices and on reserves. More...

Patrick Bussell, on secondment to Exe Estuary reserve

Wardens for a day - Lyndon Marquis

We had volunteered for a day's graft at the RSPB Fairburn Ings reserve as part of the Employee Volunteering Programme. This supplies volunteers for various activities and allows the RSPB to carry out projects for which they normally don't have enough labour. More...

View of ings across coal tip at Fairburn

Secondee rating - Sharon Nightingale

I've been seconded to the RSPB for six months to be their Employee Volunteering Project (EVP) development officer. More...

Sharon Nightingale - secondee from Inland Revenue

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Volunteers taking a break at Minsmere reserve - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)
Patrick Bussell, on secondment to Exe Estuary reserve - (RSPB)
View of Ings across coal tip at Fairburn - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com)
Sharon Nightingale - (RSPB)
Research Biologist Mark Eaton analysing data from the Big Garden Birdwatch - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1016780 )
Volunteers collecting maggots from cow pats - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1015438 )
Member of staff at work - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1013917 )
Bird illustrations by Mike Langman (RSPB)