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Teambuilding activities at Durrell's Jersey HQ

Maintaining Durrell’s zoological park in Jersey is a year round job, with dozens of important tasks that don’t require specialist skills but do need time, effort, energy and teamwork. 

These tasks reward volunteers with the satisfaction and pride of seeing an area transformed by a team’s hard work. The work may be messy and dirty but the sense of achievement from completing tasks that are completely removed from a group’s usual line of work cannot be underestimated.  Larger groups can be split into smaller work parties to carry out several tasks simultaneously. 

Every team that has helped with tasks like these have wanted to come back for more.

The cost of basic materials for most tasks (such as paint and varnish) will be covered by Durrell (although donations are always appreciated!)  Some tasks have a more significant materials cost and can only go ahead if the costs are covered by the work parties.  These tasks tend to be those that require more people, better team work, have a more visible end result and generate a higher sense of fulfilment and achievement.

Examples of tasks:

Task description
 No of people required No of hours Materials cost
Painting and treating the Dodomobile shed 4-5 2  
Laying grip materials on the reed bed’s wooden boardwalk to prevent public from slipping in wet conditions 8-10 v £3,000
Creating car tyre play sculpture for playground 4 4  
Build, fill and seed a Camomile Planting Bed (see photo) 4 2 £400
Seaweed harvesting and spreading 8-10 1 day £200
Retouch the painted lettering on the memorial stone 2 (with steady hands) 1  
Cleaning the signs on the animal enclosures site-wide 4-5 2  
Painting lemur sheds in the woods 4-5 2  
Painting St Lucia parrot bird aviaries 4-5 2  
Remove and replace fencing around the demonstration garden 6-8 1 day  
Re-paint the red tarmac in the car park 8-10 4  
Take down and refurbish green lizard enclosure 8-10 1 day £2,000
Re-lay the path by the gorillas with permanent substrate 4 6 £2,000

Contact Ivo@durrell.org or call 01534 860093 for more information