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Get Involved
Volunteering at Green Hive is an excellent way to get involved in projects that make a real difference - enhancing the public realm in Nairn and Nairnshire, protecting the natural environment and supporting positive community action
Volunteering at Green Hive
Get in touch if you would like to take part in the regular activity sessions we host at our Community Hub at Seaman's Hall in Fishertown, and the Community Workshop at Balmakeith Industrial Estate. To find out more, please contact Lesley at lesley@greenhive.co.uk or submit an enquiry through the online enquiry form
What We Offer
The Green Hive Community Hub at Seaman's Hall in Fishertown is home to our Active Travel Hub and our Zero Waste Fabrics Store. The Active Travel Hub is the base of operations for Trike Nairn.
If you like being active, and would enjoy showing people around Nairn and its coastal pathways, why not train as a volunteer pilot for Trike Nairn? Or if crafting is more your thing, and you want to develop your sewing skills, then you could join the volunteer team at our Zero Waste Fabrics Store - making new friends and contributing to meaningful creative projects, while assisting our mission to reduce the amounts of unwanted fabrics going into landfill. We also have places for gardening volunteers interested in tending to the Sensory Wellbeing Garden at Seaman's Hall, and the community orchards at Riverside and Viewfield.
At the Balmakeith Industrial Estate, the Green Hive Community Workshop works with volunteers to take discarded waste plastics out of local ecosystems, converting these into useful everyday crafted items for sale to a wide range of clients. Since its inception in 2019 the Community Workshop has diverted more than twelve tonnes of plastics from landfill - much of it retrieved directly from Green Hive’s own community litter-picks. This work has provided beneficial learning and personal development experiences for a wide range of local volunteers.
Please contact Lesley at lesley@greenhive.co.uk or submit an online enquiry via the form below to find out more
Benefits of Volunteering
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Learn new skills and develop existing ones
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Gain valuable work experience
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Expand professional networks
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Access paid trainee and apprenticeship opportunities
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Make new friends
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Decrease social isolation
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Contribute to your community
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Make a real difference in Nairn and Nairnshire
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Get fitter and healthier
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Reduce stress and anxiety
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Combat depression
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Boost self-esteem
Olusola
Community Workshop Trainee
"I am learning to trust myself, and I appreciate and being in an environment that allows everyone to be themselves whilst learning how to work with different types of machinery safely and efficiently"
Cathy
Community Workshop Volunteer
"It is so satisfying knowing I am helping to reuse, recycle, and re-purpose and remove plastics from our oceans and create something useful and beautiful"
Gillian
Community Workshop Volunteer
"I like really feeling that I am making a difference to our community and to the environment"
Get in touch
Think you might fancy volunteering? Drop us a line
