Volunteering and work experience in parks

Volunteering with a Park Friends group

There are also opportunities to volunteer through your local Park Friends or conservation group. These groups are usually well established and work closely with our Parks Rangers.

Find a Park Friends group near you.

Community litter picking

Lots of people want to support their local park by keeping it clean and litter free. Thank you for your interest in cleaning up our community.

We have lots of different ways that you can get involved.

Guidance

We have worked with Birmingham Open Spaces Forum to agree a “Covid Secure” Operating Procedures and Risk Assessment document.

Both documents set out guidance on how volunteer groups can re-engage with the local green space and with each other.

The guidance mirrors that being produced nationally by Keep Britain Tidy and is available on the Birmingham Open Spaces Forum website.

Are you an external organisation looking to hold a litter pick on parks land?

If you want to organise a community clean-up in one of our parks or open spaces, register your interest by filling in our use of parks form.

Read our group litter picking check list for some of the things you will need to provide before we can support your application.

More advice can be found on organizing a community litter pick in our litter pick leaflet.

If you want to find out more about rubbish, recycling and how to become a litter champion, visit our cleaner, greener streets downloads section.

Litter picking

Remember:

  • Good hygiene is key to keeping safe. Use hand sanitizer when out litter picking and wash your hands when you get home.
  • Do not pick up discarded face masks and gloves with your hands, use a litter picker.
  • Use strong rubbish bags. If you have collected masks or gloves, consider double-bagging what you have collected to keep yourself and others safe.
  • Clean any objects used for litter picking with anti-bacterial wipes or cleaning spray.

We ask volunteers to note that these activities are not being carried out on behalf of the council. Participation is at their own risk.

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