Join Us in Making a Difference



 

Welcome to the Don Gorge Community Group, where we strive to create a positive impact in the Don Gorge and its surrounding areas just on the western edge of Doncaster. Be part of our mission to support the community and conserve the natural beauty of the region.

We are a group of adult volunteers who undertake, as a part of the Group’s wider aims, outdoor activities within the Don Gorge area lying in between Sprotbrough and Warmsworth. The Group also seeks to raise awareness of the public about the Don Gorge, its nature and wildlife, and matters pertaining to its preservation and conservation. The Don Gorge area also encompasses the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (‘YWT’) woodland and Flash area, parts of the river and canal side owned or managed by Canals & Rivers Trust (“CRT”), as well as sections of the Trans Pennine Trail. The range of outdoor activities that we undertake includes cutting back bushes, shrubs and tree branches obstructing footpaths, footpath, fence and pedestrian gate repairs, hedge laying, cutting back invasive growth within designated meadow areas in order to allow flora and fauna to flourish, and also undertake litter picking.  Work within the YWT and CRT areas is usually directed by YWT and CRT staff respectively, with such work often undertaken using their own equipment.

Volunteers need to be aged 18 and over. We typically meet alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our schedulke can be found on our notice board beside the canal landing stage / car park off Nursery Lane.