Opportunities
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Community Advocates
The CRN is about helping people on the islands who want to make research happen. We have an ongoing opportunity for part-time, project-based, paid work. As part of our community advocates programme, you will be helping people identify research ideas, support them with research design, data collection, and understanding of findings.
What’s involved:
The kinds of projects we give out can be on themes such as transport, tourism, housing, culture, health, local heritage and the environment. This could be supporting an existing project, or an entirely new idea brought forward by you or from the community. We also have our Research Hub, for which the project would be to help to identify, collate, and share research on or about the Isles of Scilly for that webpage.
This is flexible, project-based work that works well around other employment or time-commitments. If this sounds interesting, get in touch for a chat: contact Isabel on 01720 575 302 or by email to isabel@ioscv.co.uk
There’s no application deadline
Courses & Resources
Interested in research of your own or learning something new?
Check out the courses below which are free or funded for the Isles of Scilly community - open to all, no experience needed.
Accessibility Survey now open!
Complete online or paper copies available
Open until 30th September
This survey gives you the opportunity to share your experiences, feedback and ideas to help identify barriers to accessibility and highlight opportunities for improvements that could make the islands more welcoming and accessible for everyone.
The survey is available electronically as a Microsoft Form or paper copies are available to pick up at key locations across all the islands.
Support Cafe
Thursday 23rd July 10.00am - 12.00pm
In Person - Pavillion
If you are living with or affected by cancer, you're warmly invited to the next bi-monthly Support Café.
Come along for a cuppa and the opportunity to:
• Connect with others who understand
• Access information and support
• Share ideas for future activities
• Help shape future support and services
Whether it's your first visit or you've attended before, everyone is welcome.
Butterfly Conservation - Big Butterfly Count
Open until Sunday 9th August
Submit your data online
With 80% of UK butterfly species in decline, it’s never been more important to understand how our insects are responding to climate change and habitat loss.
The Big Butterfly Count is open until 9 August - spend 15 minutes outside counting the butterflies you see. Anyone, anywhere can take part!
Guided Walk - Exploring the Myths and Mysteries of Troy Town Maze and Santa Warna’s Well
Tuesday 11th August 10.30am - 1.00pm
In Person - meet at St. Agnes Quay
£16 per person
Join local artists Teän Roberts and Layan Harman for an in-depth look at two of Scilly’s most enigmatic sites.
Meet at St Agnes quay and walk to Troy Town Maze and on to Santa Warna’s Well, taking time at each site to discuss the historic meanings and myths connected to these relics from the island’s past.
Covering themes of pilgrimage, folk-magic and St Agnes’s unique position right at the Western edge of the world.
More information and booking via IOS Museum website
'Greatest Gull' - Summer Exhibition
IOS Steamship Office, St Mary's
Summer 2026
This exhibition by the IOS Museum, Five Islands Academy and IOS Wildlife Trust centres around the plight of the greater black-backed gull, and how this once hunted and hated predator is now on the Endangered Species Red List.
The exhibition dives further into their lives, habitats and conservation.
Archival items such as taxidermy birds, antique collected eggs and early glass-plate photographs from the Museum's archive to explore changing attitudes to these gulls over time.
Hilda Quick Exhibition
Island Hall, St. Agnes
Mondays - Thursdays 10.30am to 4.30pm
During Summer 2026
Free
This free exhibition by the Isles of Scilly Museum has been co-created with islanders from St Agnes who shared artefacts, images and memories of the eccentric island character, with her little round glasses and signature beret.
It includes examples of Hilda Quick’s printmaking, pocket sketchbooks, published bird guides as well as sketches and artefacts from her life on St Agnes - all displayed on her home island of St Agnes where she lived for almost thirty years as a cornerstone of island life and community.
Council of the Isles of Scilly - Local Plan Development
Online
Ongoing
The Council of the Isles of Scilly are moving into the early evidence‑gathering and engagement stage of their Local Plan development and we are seeking views on the key themes and issues that the new Local Plan should address.
Find out more and sign up to their consultation database
Missing Pieces Project - Historic England
Online
Ongoing
The Missing Pieces Project invites you to share your pictures and stories of the unique, significant and memorable places on the National Heritage List for England (otherwise known as ‘the List’). The List is a register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites across England.
Walk a #WildMile - recording mammals using the Mammal Mapper App
A great easy (and free!) way to help give mammals a brighter future is to help us to learn more about them.
Through sharing information about any mammals, or signs of mammals, that you see, the Mammal Society can find out more about where mammals are, how they are doing, and how we can help them.
A fantastic way to start using our Mammal Mapper App is through walking a #WildMile.
Field Studies Council - Natural History Courses
Online
(Fees apply for some courses)
The Field Studies Council is an environmental education charity. They run a series of courses covering all aspects of the natural world for beginners, enthusiasts, volunteer recorders and professionals, including animals, plants, habitats and conservation.
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South West Marine Ecosystems Webinars
Online
The South West Marine Ecosystems programme brings the marine community together to consider changes in our local seas.
They host a series of themed webinars including seabirds, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Fish, Seals and Plastic Pollution ,which can be viewed via their YouTube Channel.
St Mary's Health Centre - Patient Participation Group
The Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a chance to discuss issues that matter to you and other patients, and work with us to make improvements.
Whether you’ve got ideas, feedback, or just want to get involved — we’d love to hear from you.
Join us and be part of shaping your local GP services.
Three Seas Cornwall
Letter of Support - Carn Thomas Project
Three Seas Cornwall are working on a project to create 7 socially rented homes at the Carn Thomas Primary site - they need to show community support to help secure funding.
Signing a Letter of Support is quick, free, and shows the major funding body Homes England that Scilly needs and supports these seven new socially rented homes.
Complete the Letter of Support online by clicking the button below
Or call in and pick up a paper copy from the CRN office at Quay House, the PEC or the Library