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The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park regularly host a group of volunteers to work on heritage conservation projects across Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. This could include everything from locating graves for people who are researching their families, clearing ivy and brambles from around our monuments, removing goose grass and cow parsley, helping maintain our heritage trail, documenting monument inscriptions and much more.  You'll also learn about our history and heritage/nature conservation techniques as we work!

Dates book up quickly, but it's worth joining the waiting list as people do cancel.

SPACES ARE LIMITED TO 15 

Please note that we have accessible toilet facilities and there will be space to store your belongings.

BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO BOOK: 

This event is aimed at 16 years + however 12+ may be able to join in some activities with a parent/guardian. 

ON THE DAY

Please arrive on time and go to the meeting area: the Cemetery Park Lodge (on the left as you enter via our main gates on Southern Grove E3). Your session leader will be wearing a Friends of Tower Hamlets uniform so that you can find them. 

What to bring

• Wear sturdy shoes, trousers (no shorts!), and ideally long sleeves. Dress for the weather. Wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. We have lots of stinging nettles and brambles!

• Bring your own food and drinks. Make sure it’s enough to last you for the duration - there will be access to drinking water, and hot drinks and snacks.

• Bring your own gardening/work gloves if you have them.

• You will have access to the Cemetery Park Lodge to use the toilet and kitchen. There are facilities to leave your belongings. If you travel by bike, we can’t offer indoor storage. You can lock up your bike outside on the railings.

Access statement

• This is an accessible, inclusive volunteering session. The maximum number of participants is 15.

• We will cover a distance of less than 1km. The paths are approximately 1-2m wide. The surface is crushed concrete fines, a type of hard-packed fine gravel (which doesn't turn to mud in rain) or earth although we may work in some areas off the paths where access is limited by graves. A circular route around the Cemetery Park is approximately 1km with one steeper slope and some shallow slopes, but you can go as far as you like. There are 2 areas with steps, but these are avoidable. If arranged in advance a motorised vehicle could also drive onto the site. There are benches with backs at regular distances around the Cemetery Park. Some of the site is shaded. There is on-street parkin.

• An accessible toilet will be available in the Cemetery Park Lodge. There is no adult changing table or hoist. 

• We aim to make our events as accessible as possible, and are learning constantly how to do this better. If you would like to let us know about any specific requirements or access needs that you would like us to meet, or offer feedback on our accessibility arrangements, please email contact@fothcp.org. We want you to feel safe in nature.