Please look through our available volunteering opportunities and fill in the application form at the bottom if you are interested! If you have any questions, drop us a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Fundraiser

The role of a fundraiser is to increase exposure of badger vaccination in Cheshire and raise funds to enable the continued expansion of the programme. Whilst we have existing events that are attended or ran annually, we are looking for individuals with enthusiasm to help expand our fundraising opportunities to match the growth of the programme.

We would look for fundraisers who could assist with one or more of the following tasks:

  • Organise and support fundraising events

  • Manning information stalls at fairs and markets

  • Preparation of bids

 This role is a variable and flexible all-year-round position with no minimum time requirements.

Please note this an unpaid voluntary role.

Social Media / Communications Assistant

This role is aimed to increase the exposure of the work done as part of CBVP and promote fundraising events. We are looking for a passionate individual who enjoys using different platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube etc.) to help us increase our Views, Likes, Subscriptions and Followings with great ideas and new content.

This variable and flexible all-year-round position with no minimum time requirements.

Please note this an unpaid voluntary role. 

Sett Surveyor

We require individuals to assist with surveying to identify/confirm the presence and status of badger setts and badger-related activity at our sites. This work can be undertaken individually or as a small team, depending on the size of the area. The Local Coordinator will provide maps, access arrangements and contact details. All information is collected via your mobile/tablet using an application called epicollect.  

Experience in sett surveying and identification of badger activity is desirable but training and shadowing opportunities will be available.

This is an all-year-round position but most surveys will be between January and May. The position is flexible, surveying or shadowing could be as little as a morning/afternoon or a full day.

Local travel expenses to and from sites is provided.

Please note this an unpaid voluntary role. 

Pre-Baiting Assistant

To ensure we have badgers to vaccinate, we need to entice badgers into cages. We do this with peanuts. Lots of peanuts. Typically, the first day of peanut enticement through to the vaccination takes around 10-12 days. This is quite a time commitment so we normally break the rounds down into small teams to share the workload. This is really rewarding work and you will learn so much about badgers and you will be welcome to attend on the vaccination mornings too. Training and shadowing opportunities will be available.

Pre-baiting is best undertaken in the afternoons, up to 1-2 hours prior to sunset. We would ask that a minimum of 4 afternoons could be committed to for each round. This work is restricted to the months of May to October.

Local travel expenses to and from sites is provided.

Please note this an unpaid voluntary role. 

Trap Setter

Following pre-baiting, the traps are set for two consecutive morning captures. Setting traps is a licensable activity and must be completed by personal that have received specific training and who are listed on the licence. Full training would be provided for this role, although experiences members will be prioritised for 2022 training.

We would ask that a minimum of 1 afternoon could be committed to for each round, with 2 rounds per season. This work is restricted to the months of May to October.

Local travel expenses to and from sites is provided.

Please note this an unpaid voluntary role. 

If you would like to apply for voluntary positions with CBVP - please fill in the form below.

Volunteer Application Form

The information you provide on this form will be processed in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018. To process your application, we may need to disclose the information we receive from you to others within CBVP.