Nature is amazing and we want to tell everyone! Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is creating a county rich in wildlife and we need passionate volunteers to help people develop a connection with nature. We know that great photographs showcasing our amazing people and places really CAN paint a thousand words… and that’s why we need you!

Are you a keen photographer with a passion for the natural world? Do you love discovering new people and places and documenting them in pictures? Would you like to support Yorkshire Wildlife Trust by using your photography skills to help us build a stock of high quality images that we can use on our website, membership magazine and in our Volunteer publications?

We are looking for photographers who can take great images either of landscapes, people, or both! So whatever your specialism, we would love to hear from you. (Please note, though, that we have a good stock of wildlife images at the moment, so you wouldn’t be specifically required to take these… though of course you’d be welcome to for your own enjoyment!)

What will you be doing?

• Helping us to build up our stock of good quality images of our nature reserves across all four seasons of the year
• Visiting our reserves across Yorkshire to photograph our events and meet our visitors, volunteers and staff
• Going along to some of our conservation Task Days to get to know our amazing volunteers and capture their hard work on camera
• With the Volunteering and Comms team at YWT, agree a plan for attendance at events and reserves where we’ve identified we need good quality, up to date images (this can be flexible depending on your availability)
• Attend a variety of events which are open to the public, such as bat walks, forest schools and crafting sessions, gaining the consent of visitors to use any personal images

Knowledge and skills needed for this opportunity

• A genuine enthusiasm for photography
• An affinity with Yorkshire’s nature and wildlife
• The understanding of what makes a high-quality photograph, and the ability to put this into practice with your images
• You’ll be comfortable interacting with a wide range of people – adults and children, visitors from all backgrounds and YWT volunteers – to put them at their ease when you are photographing
• Willingness to travel to attend events and visit reserves (this can be flexible depending on your availability, however we are looking to cover as wide an area of Yorkshire as possible)
• The ability to access our reserves safely – you may encounter steep slopes, uneven ground and stiles for example, and sometimes you’ll be out in all types of Yorkshire weather!
• You should be comfortable with volunteering alone on occasion, and be willing to take sensible precautions to ensure your own safety, and to follow YWT guidance on lone working
• You’ll have access to camera equipment to enable you to take high quality images
• You should be comfortable with using cloud-based software to transfer image files to the Volunteering Support Team, or be willing to learn
• You’ll need an understanding of the importance of gaining consent for images of individuals, and a commitment to following YWT guidance on this at all times (we can support volunteers with this)

For more details and to apply, please see the documents below.

Please note, there is no formal closing date for this opportunity, but we will close this advert to new applications when we have found suitable candidates.