More About Joining the Friends

Friends receive twice-yearly newsletters covering matters of local interest and giving full details of the talks and other activities arranged for members. For those now living away from Tyneside we try to keep them in touch with efforts to preserve the Dene in good shape until they can come back in person to visit it once again.

Membership fees are kept low and help to support our work in preserving the Dene’s integrity. They are currently £5 per year, per household, paid through annual standing order.

To join the Friends, fill in the form below or email us at friends.of.jesmond.dene@gmail.com and we will respond to you with the next steps.

More About Joining the VOLUNTEER RANGERS

Got some spare time? Want to learn new skills, meet new friends and help to keep your local environment (as well as yourself!) in good shape? Volunteer Rangers are groups of local people engaging with and improving their local green spaces under the care and guidance of Rangers and Park Officers.

Volunteers meet regularly at various parks and countryside sites around the city and new members are always welcome. You don’t need previous experience to join in. The work undertaken is varied but will usually include physical tasks such as building a boardwalk, mending fences, hand weeding, tree planting, litter picking, dealing with graffiti, clearing paths, fencing, coppicing, creating wildlife habitats, gardening and wildlife surveying. Volunteer Rangers also run the plant stall at Jesmond Food Market on Armstrong Bridge which is held every month. Plants are provided by volunteers to be sold, providing money for the Volunteer funds.

You can:

• Join our existing Volunteer Rangers and generally work across Jesmond Dene and other local parks whenever the Volunteer Rangers’ projects suit you
• ‘Adopt a plot’ in Jesmond Dene, where you look after one specific area of the Dene on your own whenever you have time
• Volunteer with a group of others/ your work colleagues for a day/ weekend

Please contact the Rangers at  https://urbangreennewcastle.org/get-involved  or phone 0191 8144574 and ask for ‘Parks’ for more information.