Here at Suffolk Owl Sanctuary, we always have jobs needing to be done. When the local Suffolk Rural College approached us to ask if we could take a group of students for one day a week for 6 weeks of their work skills placement, it was perfect timing.
The group helped us with a number of outdoor tasks such as gardening and weeding, clearing paths and areas around some of the enclosures, moving our mountain of bark chippings to improve the paths in the Woodland Walk and removing gravel and sand from the old weatherings once they had been demolished.
Volunteer Coordinator Beckie said “this group worked really hard every day they were in and completed all the tasks asked of them. Without their help, some of these tasks might still not have been completed, so it’s helped us get ahead on the gardening and maintenance jobs this winter!”
Group Supervisor Leann Ling said “Thanks so much for having us, I hope it helped as we really developed a number of skills working at the Sanctuary.”