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Access Volunteers

Forty volunteers have undergone extensive training to become Open Access guides and advisers for the busy weekend periods and bank holidays. They will operate from eight different locations in the AONB area where members of the public are most likely to set off for a walk onto Open Access Land.

The Rangers have been trained in countryside management, the details of the new legislation, hill craft and navigation, emergency rescue and basic first aid, and have been given some insight into the local wildlife and the industrial archaeology that exists in abundance in the AONB. Most importantly the volunteers have been schooled in how to deal sympathetically with members of the visiting public and how to deal with difficult situations - from dogs running off leads to heat stroke, people being lost, to illegal use of motor cycles.
 
We're looking for volunteers - Why not join our team?
Do you enjoy the countryside? Love walking in beautiful surroundings? Enjoy sharing your knowledge with others? Then you may be just the person we're looking for.
 
We are recruiting a team of Open Access Volunteers to work in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and other areas in North Yorkshire. Your role as a Volunteer will be to help ensure that the new right of access to open country is welcomed by walkers and landowners alike.
 

Photo: Enjoy walking? Then become an Open Access Volunteer

 

Photo: The Nidderdale AONB Open Access Rangers

 
Full training will be provided and travel expenses paid. You will be provided with navigation and communications equipment.
 
As an Open Access Volunteer your duties will be interesting and varied. Duties can be tailored to suit your strengths and interests. You will also become a member of the new countywide Countryside Volunteer Service.
 
For further information and an application form, please contact:
David Ranner
Volunteer Co-ordinator
Telephone: 01609 780780
Email: david.ranner@northyorks.gov.uk