Volunteer roles for the Environment sector

Climate Ambassador Volunteer

Climate Ambassadors

Remote

Unpaid role, expenses not paid

Voluntary

Community Development ∙ Education ∙ Environment ∙ Youth and Children

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Job description

As a Climate Ambassador, you would be joining thousands of volunteers supporting the Department for Education’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, launched in 2022.

Climate Ambassadors offer free support to nurseries, schools and colleges across England to develop and implement a climate action plan. This framework helps education settings evaluate and address key action areas – adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity, climate education and green careers, and decarbonisation.

If you have:

A desire to create coordinated impact in your local community, while utilising your employer’s volunteering leave (where applicable);

Knowledge about the sustainability and climate challenges facing the world;

Familiarity with education settings, or the ability to inspire senior leaders, educators and young people to set out on their sustainability journey;

A growth and mentorship mindset to help education communities begin or progress with their climate action plan,

… then join the growing community of Climate Ambassadors and embed climate action where it matters most!

You will receive training, guidance and regular communications from our regional teams to make the most of the climate action opportunities on your doorstep. You can get started by volunteering just 2 hours a year.

How can you become a Climate Ambassador?

Complete an initial interest form and your regional team will be in touch to support your registration on the STEM Learning platform;
Receive induction, your DBS check and your Climate Ambassador training;
Identify activities you would like to support and post about them on the STEM Learning platform, or browse activities requested by your local schools!

Your regional team will get in touch suggesting a good match to a local setting seeking support relating to your area of interest or experience. You can also upskill through the Sustainability Leadership Programme to unlock new areas of expertise.

Please note: STEM Learning UK host Climate Ambassador profiles on their website, which requires you to register as a STEM Ambassador. Your profile will be processed as a Climate Ambassador upon selecting ‘Climate’ as your area of interest during registration.

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Refreshed on: 07 June 2026

Closing date: 22 July 2026 at 10:31

Tags: Training / Learning, Teaching, Operations, Climate Change, Early Years, Education, Energy, Engagement / Outreach, Environment / Animal, Food / Nutrition, Garden, Students / School, Sustainability, Veganism, Water and Sanitation, Wellbeing, Wildlife, Youth / Children, Events / Activities, Governance / Management

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Outdoor Learning and Play Volunteer Officer

The Conservation Volunteers

Leeds, West Yorkshire (On-site)

Unpaid role, expenses paid

Voluntary

Environment

Actively Interviewing

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Job description

Outdoor Learning Volunteer Officers are a key part of our team at Skelton Grange Environment Centre and are involved in:
- Supporting and leading environmental activities with young people and the local community.
- Planning and preparing sessions - and sometimes even developing new activities to help young people connect with nature.
- You will be trained and supported by experienced project staff and work as part of a team with paid staff, trainees and other Volunteers.

Typical activities for the Outdoor Learning Volunteer role include:
- Running environmental education sessions for school visits during term time.
- Running play activities for groups of children and young people during the school holidays.
- Keeping education day resources up to date and developing new resources, activities or materials as required.
- Helping with the general running of the centre and the project, including both development work and routine maintenance to ensure we are an inspiring location for visitors to experience nature.

Benefits to you:
We aim to involve our Outdoor Learning Volunteer Officers in:
- Running a range of outdoor education and play activities and events with schools and community groups on the Skelton Grange Environment Centre site.
- Planning, risk assessing and running safe and engaging activities outside for children.
- All the necessary skills and knowledge to be able to run the sessions, from bushcraft skills to plant identification to working with children.

The role will give you the opportunity to use your skills and experience in a supportive environment and aims to support you into being able to run activities and lead groups independently.
It's a chance to do something very satisfying and worthwhile and have lots of fun with some great people!
If you want to use this role to move on into employment in the environmental sector we can also provide you with a range of useful training courses, job opportunity information, interview guidance and references.

We will provide expenses to cover volunteer travel costs.

What you need:
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who are keen to work with young people and to connect people with green spaces.
People volunteer with us for all sorts of reasons: you may have lots of skills that you are keen to share, or you might be looking for something worthwhile to do with your time, or you might be wanting to launch a career in the environment sector.

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