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A group of young people on work experience standing together at the top of a tower on a sunny day, with the group all smiling at the camera

Work experience students in July 2024 (credit: Alex Day)

Work experience and volunteering

Volunteering with Norfolk Wildlife Trust is a great way of learning valuable skills, meeting new people and helping you on your career path.

Spend your work experience week at Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Are you aged 11 - 17 and interested in learning more about a career in conservation?  If yes, then spending a week with us doing work experience could be just the thing for you! You'll get to visit a selection of our fantastic nature reserves and learn more about our work to protect wildlife.

Taking part in work experience with us can contribute hours towards your Youth STEMM Award.

We usually run our work experience week in July each year. Here are some photos of what young people got up to during our work experience weeks in previous years.

Two teenagers stand in a wooded area looking for art materials

Work experience 2022 students creating woodland art (credit: NWT)

A group of teenagers standing by some bushes on a sunny day looking for butterflies

Work experience 2022 students looking for butterflies (credit: NWT)

Two teenagers lean over a tray filled with water and an ID sheet next to a broad

Work experience 2022 students inspecting a dyke-dipping catch (credit: NWT)

A group of teenagers lean over a boardwalk to look into a broad, with trays of water and ID sheets around them

Work experience 2022 students dyke-dipping at Hickling Broad (credit: NWT)

Two teenagers sit by a broad, with a tray of water and ID sheet between them

Work experience 2022 students dyke-dipping at Hickling Broad (credit: NWT)

Two people's hands holding out black diving beetles

Work experience 2022 students find diving beetles at Hickling Broad (credit: NWT)

A man wearing a hat gives a talk to a group of teenagers gathered around him

Work experience 2022 students on a guided walk at Cley Marshes (credit: NWT)

A group of teenagers standing in a line and smiling at the camera at a visitor centre

Work experience 2022 students posing at Cley Visitor Centre (credit: NWT)

Two teenagers lean over a tray filled with water and an ID sheet next to a broad on a sunny day

Work experience 2023 students dyke-dipping at Hickling Broad (credit: NWT)

A group of teenagers raking fen in a green field

Work experience 2023 students raking fen at Upton (credit: NWT)

A group of teenagers standing in a line and smiling at the camera in front of a recently planted flower bed by a block of flats

Work experience 2023 students creating flower beds in Mile Cross (credit: NWT)

A group of teenagers rake up reed in a green field

Work experience 2023 students raking reed at Trinity Broad (credit: NWT)

Two teenagers lean over a tray filled with water and an ID sheet next to a broad

Work experience 2023 students dyke-dipping at Hickling Broad (credit: NWT)

A teenager wearing a grey hoodie rakes grass in front of a green fence

Work experience 2023 students raking grass at Edmund Bacon Court (credit: NWT)

Two students walking around trees, with one blindfolded and touching the trunk

Work experience 2023 students ID'ing trees at Hickling (credit: NWT)

If you are interested in joining us for work experience, please complete the application form below and return it to youthaction@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk. Places are limited so please get your application in as soon as possible.

Download a work experience application form

A group of young people stand behind a fence smiling on a cloudy day

Wilder Wardens 2023 (credit: NWT)

Wilder Wardens

If you are aged 11 - 17 and interested in getting involved in regular, practical conservation sessions on one of our reserves, please see our Wilder Wardens page.

Find out more about Wilder Wardens
A group of volunteers standing together and smiling at the camera on a sunny winter afternoon. They are wearing wellies and warm clothes, with many holding spades.

Tree planting at Old Hall Farm (credit: Richard Osbourne)

Volunteering with Norfolk Wildlife Trust

If you are aged 18 or over and interested in volunteering for Norfolk Wildlife Trust, you can find all our current vacancies on our volunteer opportunities page.

For general enquiries about volunteering for Norfolk Wildlife Trust, please contact alanm@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk.

See our volunteering opportunities