{"id":176,"date":"2016-02-03T14:51:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:12:34","slug":"volunteers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/volunteers","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1405 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/02\/P1300463-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stover rangers and volunteers photographed with the Green Flag Award banner\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/02\/P1300463-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/02\/P1300463-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/02\/P1300463-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/02\/P1300463-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2016\/02\/P1300463.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stover has a variety of volunteer groups who come to the Park on a regular basis to help with routine maintenance and special projects. Projects range from grass raking, brash removal, rhododendron clearance, bridge building, wildlife surveying, engaging with the public and wood work, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are crucial in assisting the Rangers to complete the annual habitat works programme. Stover would like to thank the various groups for their help throughout the year, it&#8217;s much appreciated!<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/restoring-stover-park-national-lottey-heritage-fund\/volunteering\/stover-volunteering-guide\">guide to volunteering at Stover<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the current opportunities available:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2683 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/11\/volunteers-day-2021-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers Day 2021\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/11\/volunteers-day-2021-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/11\/volunteers-day-2021-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/11\/volunteers-day-2021-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/11\/volunteers-day-2021-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/11\/volunteers-day-2021-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/11\/volunteers-day-2021-640x853.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Stover Sunday Volunteers<\/h2>\n<p>Come along to our volunteering sessions on the last Sunday of the month, from September to April. The sessions start at 10 am and finish at 4 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/events\">See Events for dates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can volunteer for any period during the day. People join for different reasons &#8211; to keep fit, learn new skills, make friends, gain valuable experience or just for fun. The groups are very relaxed and welcoming &#8211; so join us!<\/p>\n<p>New volunteers or groups are always welcome! If you are interested, contact the Rangers Office on 01626 835236 or email <a href=\"mailto:stover@devon.gov.uk\">stover@devon.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2959 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"British dragonfly volunteers at Stover Country Park\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/07\/P1000033-420x315.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>British Dragonfly Monitoring Project<\/h2>\n<p>Would you like to help us identify and monitor Stover\u2019s dragonfly and damselfly populations?<\/p>\n<p>Are you aged 16-25 years old and living near to Stover Country Park in Newton Abbot?<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking to gain more knowledge and experience in identification and monitoring skills in the field with an expert?<\/p>\n<p>Please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/british-dragonfly-monitoring-volunteer-role\">dragonfly volunteer role description<\/a> to find out more. If you would like to know more, or are keen to get involved, please contact the team at <a href=\"mailto:restoringstoverpark@devon.gov.uk\">restoringstoverpark@devon.gov.uk<\/a> or phone <a href=\"tel:07971797658\">07971797658<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Stover Champion Volunteer<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Help welcome visitors to the Stover Centre, historic Gatehouse and answer any queries about the park events that are happening, interpretation and about joining the friend of Stover<\/p>\n<p>Please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/restoring-stover-park-national-lottey-heritage-fund\/volunteering\/volunteer-stover-champion-role\">role description<\/a> to find out more. If you would like to know more, or are keen to get involved, please contact the team at <a href=\"mailto:restoringstoverpark@devon.gov.uk\">restoringstoverpark@devon.gov.uk<\/a> or phone <a href=\"tel:07971797658\">07971797658<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3228 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Community Shed Volunteers on tea break\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/08\/20240418_121824-420x315.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong>Community Shed Volunteer<\/h2>\n<p>Currently a waitlist. As part of the Restoring Stover Park Project, join us to help build and repair Stover. Join a friendly group to meet, chat, learn new skills and help make projects for Stover Country Park such as bird\/ bat boxes, benches, items for trails, fixing signs etc.<\/p>\n<p>Please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/restoring-stover-park-national-lottey-heritage-fund\/volunteering\/community-shed-volunteer-role\">role description<\/a> to find out more. If you would like to know more, or are keen to get involved, please contact the team at <a href=\"mailto:restoringstoverpark@devon.gov.uk\">restoringstoverpark@devon.gov.uk<\/a> or phone <a href=\"tel:07971797658\">07971797658<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/10\/NLHF_Acknowledgement-stamp_English_Teal_RGB-300x300.png\" alt=\"Made possible with Heritage Fund Logo\" width=\"189\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/10\/NLHF_Acknowledgement-stamp_English_Teal_RGB-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/10\/NLHF_Acknowledgement-stamp_English_Teal_RGB-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/10\/NLHF_Acknowledgement-stamp_English_Teal_RGB-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/10\/NLHF_Acknowledgement-stamp_English_Teal_RGB-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/10\/NLHF_Acknowledgement-stamp_English_Teal_RGB-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/10\/NLHF_Acknowledgement-stamp_English_Teal_RGB-640x640.png 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2025\/10\/NLHF_Acknowledgement-stamp_English_Teal_RGB.png 1668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stover has a variety of volunteer groups who come to the Park on a regular basis to help with routine maintenance and special projects. Projects range from grass raking, brash removal, rhododendron clearance, bridge building, wildlife surveying, engaging with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/volunteers\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Volunteering\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-23 07:54:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3598,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions\/3598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}