Volunteering at Thrive's garden projects
We welcome volunteers at Thrive's gardens. If you live within travelling distance of Battersea Park in South London, or the Trunkwell Garden Project at Beech Hill, near Reading, you might like to volunteer to work alongside staff and clients in the gardens during the week.
Weekend volunteering is also available once a month at the Battersea Garden project, and if you live near Reading, we'd like to hear from you if you're interested in helping out at fundraising events.
If you don't live near either of Thrive's garden projects, but would like to volunteer for a project offering horticultural therapy, we hold the national database of 900 garden projects in the UK and we can put you in touch with one in your area.
Volunteering at Thrive's office
You could also help out at our head office with mailings, marketing and general administrative tasks.
Volunteering to raise funds for Thrive
If you would like to help raise funds for Thrive, you can be based anywhere in the UK. Contact our fundraising team to help get you started.
Volunteering in the community
If you live in Hampshire, Berkshire or South Oxfordshire, and you have gardening experience, you might enjoy getting involved with our Community Gardening for Older People projects. helping older people benefit from gardening in their local communities.
If you are interested in volunteering for Thrive contact the Information Service, or call us on 0118 988 5688.
We can discuss the type of volunteering you are interested in, how many hours a month you might be able to offer and the training and support that would be available. At Thrive we take our responsibility to you seriously and wish to make absolutely sure that your volunteering work is both enjoyable and fulfilling.
What do volunteers say?
"It’s great fun and I have enjoyed it all immensely."
"I get much more out of it than I give back."
"I’ve learnt so much."