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Found 1064 activities

Activity key

  • Big Green Weekend
  • Green Gym
  • Practical conservation activity
  • I Dig Trees: Tree Planting
  • Health walk
  • Children's activity
  • Training or workshop
  • Food growing activity
  • Community event or activity
  • Wildlife surveying activity
  • Saturday 1st February 2025

    Community Woodfuel at Bagworth Heath Woodlands

    With Community Woodfuel Volunteers

    At Bagworth Heath Woods

    Activity description

    Would you like to help biodiversity, while reducing your living costs? Come and join our Community Woodfuel session, where we thin young planted woodland (a planned part of biodiversity improvement) in return for taking your harvested wood home for your own use! This is also a great family activity - parent and child (aged around 10 +) STRICTLY by arrangement, or why not come with your partner and some other adult relatives?! Tools, training and wheelbarrows provided for this great fun, richly rewarding activity. Please contact Ben to book your FREE place.

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  • Saturday 1st February 2025

    Practical Conservation Volunteer Group

    With South Yorkshire Community Woodlands Team

    At Brodsworth

    Activity description

    Do you enjoy getting outdoors whatever the weather and want to make a difference at your local green space? Then come along to one of our Practical Conservation Volunteer sessions that take place every 1st Saturday of the month across our 8 Community Woodland. This volunteer session will undertake a range of habitat management and access improvements task for people and nature across all the community woodlands that TCV South Yorkshire team manage. If you are interested in finding out what volunteering is all about and want more details about the sessions, then please contact the team.

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  • Saturday 1st February 2025

    The BUG - Green Gym

    With BUG Green Gym

    At The BUG

    Activity description

    The BUG Green Gym is designed to bring members of the community together to this beautiful green space. We provide opportunities to get outside, connect with nature, learn new skills, grow your own veg and make new friends.

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  • Saturday 1st February 2025

    Volunteer Taster Session

    With Tree Nursery Volunteers

    At Cultra

    Activity description

    Join us for a volunteering taster session at our site in the Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra! This introductory session is aimed at people who are new to volunteering with the Tree Nursery and want to give it a try to see what it's like to volunteer with us. You'll join us for a tour of our site and will spend some time completing seasonal Tree Nursery tasks. Here at the Tree Nursery, we are always looking for volunteers to help us deliver our mission in helping Northern Irelands native woodlands. The vital conservation work we carry out would be impossible without you. So, if you like the sound of getting a bit mucky and having fun, all while doing good for the environment then this is the place for you! *Please email tcv-treenursery@tcv.org.uk to book a space.

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  • Saturday 1st February 2025

    Glasgow's Biodiversity Action Team

    With Conservation Volunteer Team - Weekend

    At Glasgow wide

    Activity description

    Join our mission to enhance biodiversity in Glasgow's greenspaces! We're dedicated to creating and refining habitats, eradicating invasive species, planting essential species, and establishing wildflower meadows, ponds, and woodlands. Volunteering is a great way to gain new skills and experience the different greenspaces around Glasgow. It also provides an opportunity to meet new people from a range of backgrounds. These groups run every Tuesday to Saturday from approximately 10am - 3pm. Volunteers can sign up for one or all the days. Volunteers must be over 16. If you or anyone you know would like to get involved with this project please contact; glasgow@tcv.org.uk or Craig at craig.young@tcv.org.uk or call 07767112084.

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  • Sunday 2nd February 2025

    Coldfall Wood

    With Haringey Sunday Volunteers

    At Coldfall Woods

    Activity description

    Wetland and stream management. Sign up here: https://us18.list-manage.com/survey?u=240cee6caea7920c5952fb280&id=72721c7ade&attribution=false

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  • Sunday 2nd February 2025

    Scrub bashing and coppicing, Salary Brook

    With Colchester Biodiversity Action Team (Sunday)

    At Salary Brook

    Activity description

    Continuing to remove the scrub and trees in the coppice plot at Salary Brook as part of the management plan. No skill, experience or equipment required. New volunteers are always welcome to join for part or full day. Please contact Essex@tcv.org.uk to get involved!

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  • Sunday 2nd February 2025

    Practical Conservation - 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month

    With York Practical Conservation - Weekend

    At TCV York Office (THCC)

    Activity description

    We run practical conservation tasks in various locations in York and the surrounding area from 10am-4.30pm on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. Transport is provided from Tang Hall Community Centre and the University Library bus stop on University Road. No experience necessary. The work varies from season to season. In winter you could be tree planting, hedge laying, or creating and maintaining ponds and wetlands; whilst in summer you could be constructing wildlife areas in schools, creating footpaths, making hay, or undertaking invasive species control. If you want to get involved in practical work outdoors, learn new skills (or share old ones!) and work with a fun and friendly group then come and join in.

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  • Monday 3rd February 2025

    Pevensey Bay Health Walk

    With East Sussex Health Walks

    At ESHW Pevensey Bay Health Walk

    Activity description

    One of the shortest and easiest health walks, alternating between two very gentle loops around residential streets, allotments and seafront. There is even some outdoor gym equipment to have a go on! Take care: path through allotments can be slippery after rain.

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  • Monday 3rd February 2025

    Sidley Health Walk

    With East Sussex Health Walks

    At ESHW Sidley Health Walk

    Activity description

    Starting in quiet residential streets and exploring footpaths into Combe Valley Countryside Park, including the disused railway line and the Greenway. Take care: can be slightly uneven in places; can include steps. Leaders will try to avoid muddiest routes in winter.

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