The Trust has a number of local groups that work for wildlife in their areas. The activities undertaken by each group vary widely:
• organising walks and talks
• practical work on nature reserves
• advising on planning applications
• making links with local authorities and other wildlife related groups
• local biodiversity action plans
• fundraising for local projects and more
Our groups are always keen to see new faces. Find out about drop in events in your area by searching our events listings. You can also read more about your local group’s activities below, or ring your borough contact for more information. Most of our contacts are volunteers, so please be considerate with the timing of your call.
Barnet Group
Our volunteers carry out land management work on Totteridge Fields, Oak Hill Woods, Lyndhurst Park and Mill Hill Old Railway. Lyndhurst Park and Mill Hill Old Railway are open from 10am until 3pm every Sunday.
Contact Clive Cohen 020 8959 2987, notinbooks.conservation@btinternet.com
Camden Group
Practical conservation sessions at Mortimer Terrace reserve in Gospel Oak and Greville Place reserve in Kilburn. We also run sessions at other locations in Camden, contact David Lawrence for more information.
Contact David Lawrence 020 7974 8818, david.Lawrence@camden.gov.uk; Jeanne Pendrill (Mortimer Terrace) 020 7267 2310, Frances O'Sullivan (Greville Place) 020 8690 2875
Chiswick Group
An invitation to get involved...
Find out more
Contact Nick Pollock lwtchiswick@googlemail.com
Croydon Group
Coulsden Coppice
We work every Friday, hedge planting, scrub cutting and litter picking.
Contact John Russell 01689 846660
Hutchinson’s Bank
We work two Sundays a month, during the winter work period, on the beautiful chalk downland in New Addington. We clear the site of scrub to make way for the rare butterflies, invertebrates and orchids that arrive and flourish in the spring and summer. We warmly welcome all new volunteers who wish to come and help us in our fun and rewarding tasks. We provide refreshments (tea and biscuits) and gloves. Stout footwear recommended. Area served by tram, nearest stop New Addington, car parking possible.
Contact Lindsey Ingham 07757327259, lindseyingham@aol.com
Greenwich Group
Guided walks and practical conservation sessions.
Contact our Volunteering Officer for more information.
Haringey Group
We run practical conservation sessions in Tottenham and Railway Field, Harringay.
Contact Grahame Pearce 020 8801 2389, lwtharingey@btinternet.com
Hillingdon Group
Volunteers do much of the practical management on our 11 Nature Reserves, from a small pond with great crested newts, to a large SSSI, with marsh marigolds, water voles and harvest mice. All 11 sites have management plans to help us safeguard the varied needs of the “wild stakeholders”. The main tasks between August and March start with meadow mowing in autumn. Winter woodland work includes coppicing and tree management. New volunteers are welcome. Work at your own pace, no demands made.
Contact Roger Taylor 01895 448 028, LWTHillingdon@Aol.com
Hounslow Group
The group’s main activities are the management of Isleworth Ait. Volunteers meet at the Ferry Steps near the London Apprentice in Isleworth on the second Saturday of each month (except August) to be taken by boat to this island paradise. Regular work includes willow-coppicing, footpath maintenance, habitat creation and fence building. New volunteers are always welcome.
Contact Mandy Timpson on 020 8577 0690 for information and to book your place on the boat.
Merton Group
We have an active group of conservation volunteers, anyone over the age of sixteen is welcome. We manage six Local Nature Reserves and help with management of sites on Wimbledon and Mitcham Commons. The conservation volunteers meet on Sunday mornings mostly in the autumn and winter and in the spring and summer we schedule nature walks on the various sites.
Contact Dr Stephen Frank 020 8946 2784, stephen.frank@ukgateway.net and Paul Pickering paul.pickering5@btopenworld.com
Redbridge Group
We run local conservation campaigns, and would welcome volunteers interested protecting Redbridge's wild spaces.
Contact Tajinder Lachher 020 8503 9515
Sutton Group
We manage two reserves, Wilderness Island and Spencer Road Wetland, both along the River Wandle. Wilderness Island is always open while Spencer Road has restricted access. We welcome visitors to both our reserves but especially volunteers on our regular work days. We hold various other events including birdwatching on Beddington Farmlands, bat watches and moth evenings.
Contact Derek Coleman (Wilderness Island) 020 8669 7421; Norman Jones (Spencer Road Wetland) 020 8286 1874
Sydenham Hill Wood Group
We run regular practical conservation sessions every Wedsnesday, and the second and fourth Sunday of the month.
Contact Ashley White 020 7252 9186
Borough contacts
London Wildlife Trust has volunteer contacts in 16 London boroughs. Please contact them with questions you have about Trust activities in their particular borough, but do be considerate with the timing of your call.
Barnet
Clive Cohen: 020 8959 2987, notinbooks.conservation@btinternet.com
Camden
David Lawrence: 020 7974 8818, david.Lawrence@camden.gov.uk
Enfield
Sylvia Lee: 020 8482 2434
Greenwich
Contact London Wildlife Trust's Volunteering Officer for more details
Haringey
Grahame Pearce: 020 8801 2389 lwtharingey@btinternet.com
Hillingdon
Roger Taylor: 01895 448 028 LWTHillingdon@Aol.com
Hounslow
Cliff Watson: 020 8890 9815
Hounslow (Chiswick)
Nick Pollock: lwtchiswick@googlemail.com
If you have any problems contacting your local group, get in touch with our volunteering officer Helen Wallis or call 020 7261 0447