Volunteers wanted to look after island
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The Flat Holm Society is looking for volunteers to help with the day–to–day running of the charity that looks after the island, which is a renowned nature reserve.
Flat Holm lies in the Bristol Channel 6km from Lavernock Point in the Vale and it includes the most southerly point of Wales.
The island has a long history of occupation, dating at least from the Bronze Age. A sanatorium for cholera patients was built in 1896 as the isolation hospital for the port of Cardiff. Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first wireless signals over open sea from Flat Holm to Lavernock.
Because of its strategic position on the approaches to Bristol and Cardiff, a series of gun emplacements, known as Flat Holm Battery, were built in the 1860s as part of a line of defences, known as Palmerston Forts. On the outbreak of World War II, the island was used once again in the defence of the Bristol Channel.
Today, the Island is a local nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of rare plants such as rock sea-lavender and wild leek. The island also has significant breeding colonies of lesser black-backed gulls, herring gulls and great black-backed gulls. It is also home to slow worms with larger than usual blue markings.
The Flat Holm Society work alongside Cardiff Council’s Flat Holm Project Team to protect the island’s flora, fauna and historical features.
The society is currently looking for volunteers to help with the daily running of the charity and is interested in hearing from people who might be able to spare some time volunteering. The society is particularly keen to hear from people who might be interested in volunteering in the following areas: Treasurer; general administration; organising volunteer trips out to Flat Holm; grants and fundraising; and organising events
To find out more about any of these volunteer roles, email: or visit the Flat Holm Society’s website.
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