Devon Wildlife Trust – Exeter Youth RangersYouth Rangers meet regularly in Exeter's Valley Parks (mostly Mincinglake and Ludwell)
Exeter (Valley Parks) · Conservation & green spaces · Free to volunteer
Help look after Exeter's wild places with Devon Wildlife Trust: a Youth Rangers group for 13 to 18-year-olds in the Valley Parks, plus local group events and practical conservation tasks.
How to start: Youth Rangers are being recruited now: no specialist skills or experience needed, just interest in nature and willingness to work outside. Over-18s who were Youth Rangers can become volunteer youth leaders. Adults can ask the volunteering team or the Exeter Local Group about practical tasks.
National Trust – KillertonBroadclyst · 7 miles from the centre · Conservation & green spaces, Heritage & museums
Conservation work on the Killerton estate and in the house, welcoming visitors, driving the visitor buggy and behind-the-scenes help, plus one-off tree-planting days.
Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust – practical work partiesEvery other Wednesday, 9:30am–3:30pm
Woodbury Common / East Budleigh · 9 miles from the centre · Conservation & green spaces · Free to volunteer
Fortnightly practical work parties on the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths: scrub clearance, path repair and wildlife surveys. Tools are provided and no experience is needed, just a packed lunch.
How to start: No experience necessary; all tools provided; stay for as long as you like.