TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 980 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 25th August 2026
Wild Play (8-12-year-olds)
With Skelton Grange Environment Centre
At Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Activity description
Set up camp for a day of wildness in the woods at TCV Skelton Grange... Activities will vary - but past Wild Play days have included: Wide games, shelter building, fire lighting, campfire cooking, field games, hammock hanging, wild food walks, woodwork crafts, string making, bows and arrows, stalking and tracking, pyro-carving and charcoal making. The cost per child is £33.60 (+ Eventbrite booking fee) and includes a day of outdoor games and bushcraft activities led by experienced leaders. Sessions run from 10am - 4pm. Please bring a packed lunch.
This is a paid event.
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Tuesday 25th August 2026
Whittling Group
With Hollybush Whittling
At Hollybush Conservation Centre
Activity description
Join in and learn how to use knives, saws, hatchets and much more to make things out of wood. No whittling experience needed, we can work with whatever level you are at. Your first session you will go home with a lovely whittled mushroom! We whittle anything we imagine, from spoons, deer and mushrooms to the Loch Ness monster.
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Tuesday 25th August 2026
Tuesday Conservation Group
With Tuesday Conservation Group
At Hollybush Conservation Centre
Activity description
We will be doing a variety of tasks throughout the duration of the project which include; improving the biodiversity of the site, regular wildlife surveys, site maintenance, mapping, improving the grounds, planning and research. There will be soup provided at lunch break, but you can still bring your own food if you wish. Please come in weather appropriate clothing. If you would like to get involved please contact Dani - danielle.aspinall@tcv.org.uk
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Tuesday 25th August 2026
Practical Conservation
With Leeds Midweek Practical Team, Hollybush
At Hollybush Conservation Centre
Activity description
The Practical Team will be out and about carrying out a conservation based practical task. For more information on location and type of task, please get in touch with Dani. If you would like a seat on the minibus please contact Hollybush to book a seat. Please be at Hollybush for 9:15 Please come in weather appropriate clothing and bring a packed lunch.
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Tuesday 25th 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 25th August 2026
Conservation Action Team
With Conservation Action Team
At Beech House - Belfast
Activity description
TCV Belfast & East have many projects and volunteering opportunities that connect people and green spaces across Belfast, Greater Belfast and South Eastern areas of Northern Ireland. Everyone is welcome to volunteer with us regardless of age, ability, experience or background. Working outdoors is good for your physical and mental health, you can engage in real practical activity to improve your local environment which benefits everyone. Our volunteers are committed to making a difference. We offer a wide range of opportunities for people to protect, improve and sustain the environment and increase biodiversity. You can learn new skills, engage in physical activity (without going to the gym) and meet other like-minded people. Volunteering with our CAT team gives you a great opportunity get directly involved in practical conservation work. This can include anything from tree and hedge planting, fencing, shrub and wildflower planting, woodland management, pond construction, living willow structures, path construction, creating wildlife and community gardens. The CAT team operates during the week. You can join us at our pick up point in Belfast or in North Down and travel by minibus to sites all over the Belfast and South Eastern area of Northern Ireland. Tools and training are provided to enable you to carry out the day’s task.
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Tuesday 25th August 2026
Tree Nursery Volunteering
With Tree Nursery Volunteers
At Cultra
Activity description
Do you want to help us grow and nurture native trees for a more biodiverse and sustainable future? Want to meet new people and gain invaluable life skills? Then get involved with us here at TCV Tree Nursery in Cultra. 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! Whether you're new to volunteering or are an expert in conservation, you are more than welcome to help us grow and plant native trees! *Please email tcv-treenursery@tcv.org.uk before attending or to find out more
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Tuesday 25th 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 25th 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 25th 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!