TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 913 activities
Activity key
- Green Gym
- Conservation Action
- Tree Planting
- Health Walk
- Children and Young People
- Training or workshop
- Food Growing
- Public event or activity
- Wildlife surveying activity
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Tuesday 4th August 2026
Practical Conservation - Tuesdays
With York Practical Conservation - Midweek
At TCV York Office (THCC)
Activity description
We run practical conservation tasks in various locations in York and the surrounding area from 9am-4.30pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays each week. Transport provided from Tang Hall Community Centre. 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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Tuesday 4th August 2026
Practical Conservation Day
With Biodiversity Action Team
At Edinburgh Office
Activity description
The Edinburgh Biodiversity Action Team (EBAT) is a practical conservation programme delivered by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), supporting habitat restoration and biodiversity across Edinburgh. Working as part of the Edinburgh Nature Network and Urban Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy, we help improve, connect, and enhance a wide range of greenspaces—from parks and meadows to woodlands, rivers, and community sites. Volunteer activities vary throughout the year and may include: -Meadow management (scything, cutting, and removal of arisings) -Pollinator habitat creation (bee banks, wildflower areas) -Invasive species control and habitat restoration -Woodland management and tree aftercare -Pond and wetland habitat work -Bioblitz sessions and species recording - Citizen science and ecological monitoring (plants, pollinators, habitats) Activities follow a seasonal programme, with meadow work and surveys in spring and summer, and woodland, planting, and habitat creation work in autumn and winter. -Through this work, volunteers contribute to improving biodiversity, supporting pollinators, and restoring ecological processes across the city.
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Tuesday 4th August 2026
West Dunbartonshire Biodiversity Action Team
With West Dumbartonshire Council
At Saltings The
Activity description
Join The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to enhance the biodiversity of West Dunbartonshire’s greenspaces. We meet regularly in The Saltings, Faifley Knowes and Auchnacraig to help care for the local woodlands and wildlife areas, plant trees and hedges, create wildflower meadows, clear invasive plant species, and much more! Conservation volunteering is a great opportunity to make a difference for nature and to combat climate change. Details of upcoming sessions are emailed out each Friday. Get in touch if you would like to be added to our mailing list.
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Tuesday 4th August 2026
Nature Counts Cumbernauld
With CLL Nature Counts Volunteers
At Cumbernauld Living Landscape
Activity description
We meet every Tuesday 10:30-13:00 at different Scottish Wildlife Trust and North Lanarkshire Council wildlife reserves, across Cumbernauld. We will participate in a variety of wildlife surveys to understand targeted species and how we can help them. From pollinator walks to mammal surveys, we will cover a variety of species recording. We may also complete conservation tasks, such as removing invasive species or making homes for nature. Through taking part in these Citizen Science sessions you will gain skills in wildlife identification, meet new people and discover the wildlife that lives in Cumbernauld!
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Tuesday 4th August 2026
Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team
With Forth Valley BAT
At Carsebridge Cultural Campus
Activity description
The Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team undertake various practical conservation tasks and improve green spaces across Falkirk and Stirling. Activities include woodland management, pond clearance, maintaining paths and sowing wildflower seeds. We are dedicated to enhancing biodiversity through a range of activities from woodland management, creating habitats, eradicating invasive species, sowing wildflower seeds and community garden work. Volunteering is a great way to gain new skills and an opportunity to meet new people from a range of backgrounds. Come and join us to help care for the environment, meet new people and spend some time in the great outdoors!
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Tuesday 4th August 2026
EPIC Biodiversity Action Team
With EPIC Volunteers
At Carsebridge Cultural Campus
Activity description
TCV in partnership with EPIC (Enabling Projects in Clackmannanshire) run practical volunteer sessions where people come together to make a difference in their local paths, parks and greenspaces across Clackmannanshire.
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Wednesday 5th August 2026
South Wood, Ninfield
With East Sussex Biodiversity Action Team
At Ninfield National Grid
Activity description
Looking after woodland and meadow adjacent to National Grid site on Potman's Lane in between Ninfield and Catsfield.
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Wednesday 5th August 2026
Nursling Green Gym
With Nursling Green Gym
At Nursling Sub-Station
Activity description
Low impact way to exercise your whole body. Being surrounded by greenery to improve overall mental health, depression and loneliness. Whilst improving the green space for people and wildlife
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Wednesday 5th August 2026
Pulling up ragwort
With Action for Croydon's Environment
At Coombe Park
Activity description
Clearing ragwort in hay meadows
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Wednesday 5th August 2026
Wiggly Wild Show
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Events
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Discover minibeasts and reptiles from all over the world! Learn about their fascinating adaptations and behaviours in an interactive session delivered by experts in the field. Take the opportunity to handle them and see how they are different to animals in the UK. Three free one-hour sessions starting at 10am, 11:30am, and 2pm in our classroom (ask at the gatehouse for directions). Only 12 spaces are available each session (plus accompanying adults). Please arrive on time as doors will close after the start of each session to keep a calm, quiet environment for the animals. To secure your slot, book in advance by emailing gpep@tcv.org.uk with the number of children, their ages (recommended 4+) , and how many adults will be accompanying them. You can take your chance on the day too – enquire at the office and, if there are spaces left, we’ll add you to the list (on a first-come, first-served basis). Stick around in the park and complete the quiz or the younger children’s trail to learn even more about minibeasts.