Conservation that only works because our community turns up.
Enhancing the Chilterns’ habitats through conservation, education and community engagement.
We work with local communities to provide habitat management at over 120 sites in rural and urban parts of Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns. You will find us enhancing amazing woodlands, stunning chalk grasslands, precious chalk streams and even helping on the farmland which links it all together.
You will also find us in a range of urban locations such as hospitals, almshouses, sheltered housing schemes, schools, universities, train stations and town centres, improving them for biodiversity and the people who live, work and enjoy these spaces.
Our mission can only be achieved with the help of our community; we want to get as many people hands-on helping nature as possible.
Volunteers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds are welcome. You can join in as an individual or as part of a community organisation, business, school or college. Wherever you are based, we have a project nearby that you can get stuck into!
Start here
Whoever you are, there's a way in.
I want to volunteer
Volunteer with our rangers to help restore and enhance your local environment. A great way to protect wildlife and boost your well-being in the great outdoors.
I’m a young person or school
Under-18 volunteering, work experience placements, DofE, curriculum-linked outdoor learning, building skills and employability.
I'm a business or funder
Team days that do real conservation work, Biodiversity Net Gain delivery, and partnerships with evidence you can report on.
How it happens
How the work actually happens
Four things we do, week in, week out, across Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns.
Habitat management
Practical, seasonal work in woods, grassland, rivers and green corridors — planned with landowners and monitored afterwards.
Community engagement
Volunteers of every age and ability, community groups, parish councils and residents' associations working on their own doorsteps.
Education & skills
Schools, Work Experience, Duke of Edinburgh and our Stepping Stones to Employability programme for young people.
Corporate teams
Be A Ranger Days, Biodiversity Net Gain delivery and long-term partnerships with businesses across the county.
What we do
Four habitats, one landscape, practical work every week of the year.
Woodlands
Beech, oak, ash and cherry. Coppicing, scalloping and letting light back down to the woodland floor.
Chalk grassland
A Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitat, and one of the richest wildflower landscapes in Britain.
Chalk streams
Internationally rare, and mostly on our doorstep. We restore flow, gravels and shade on the Wye and beyond.
Urban habitats
Wildlife stepping stones through High Wycombe — pocket parks, verges, ponds and green corridors.
Support our work
What your donation buys
Real costs from our conservation sessions. Choose an amount, or give what you can.
Volunteer voices
In their words, not ours.
“It's not just being outside and the physical work I've enjoyed, it's the people I've met too — such an interesting mix. Chiltern Rangers looks after its volunteers.”
Colin D · Conservation volunteer“I love working with the school groups and watching them grow their skills — using tools, recognising plants and bugs, and not being afraid of getting muddy.”
Sue L · Conservation volunteer“I just wanted to say a big thank you for having me for Work Experience. I really enjoyed the week and learnt lots about what you do. I'd also love to come back sometime. Thanks again!”
Joe W · Work Experience StudentOur year in numbers · 2025–26
Read the full Impact Review →29,240
Volunteer hours given to Chiltern habitats
125
Sites managed across Bucks and the Chilterns
2,091
School pupils enjoyed learning in nature
132
Partner organisations joined us
Latest news
From the field
Summer Newsletter 2026
This summer certainly saw longer days, warmer weather and plenty happening across the Chilterns! It has been a season filled with conservation work, community projects, plenty…
Impact Review 2025-26
We’re delighted to share that Chiltern Rangers continues to grow and evolve as an organisation.
Spring Newsletter 2026
That’s pretty much a wrap for spring 2026, read all about it here in our Spring Newsletter.
Regenerative Skills Hub – Free Training Programme
We’re sharing a new opportunity launching in 2026 at Pitchcott Farm in Buckinghamshire.