TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 802 activities
Activity key
- Big Green Weekend
- Green Gym
- Practical conservation activity
- Tree Planting event
- Health walk
- Children's activity
- Training or workshop
- Food growing activity
- Community event or activity
- Wildlife surveying activity
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Friday 28th November 2025
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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Saturday 29th November 2025
Saturday Practical Conservation Workdays
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Conservation Volunteers
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Join our Saturday conservation workdays at the Ecology Park and help the wardens carry out vital management work in the park's different habitats - marsh, meadow, lakes, ponds, shingle beach and woodland. Places are limited to 10 on a Saturday, so you will need to book in advance by emailing gpep@tcv.org.uk The first time you volunteer, we will ask you to fill out a TCV Volunteer Welfare Form (or we can email this to you in advance if you prefer). You will be working as part of a volunteer team with the park wardens, carrying out tasks such as pond clearing, reed cutting, meadow cutting, coppicing (cutting smaller tree stems), digging and weeding.
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Saturday 29th November 2025
Coppicing Woodfuel Day
With Community Woodfuel Volunteers
At Bagworth Heath Woods
Activity description
This is a great opportunity for you to learn about the craft of coppicing, and it also to helps maintain and manage local woodlands for people and nature over the coming years. We'll also be making dead hedges from the cut branches too, providing valuable habitat. You are also welcome to take away the logs you cut for your wood burner if you wish.
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Saturday 29th November 2025
Knockbracken Saturday Green Gym
With Saturday Green Gym
At Knockbraken Allotments
Activity description
Seasonal green gym activities.
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Sunday 30th November 2025
Bulb Planting Event
With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)
At Little Wormwood Scrubs
Activity description
Join us at Little Wormwood Scrubs where we will be planting a variety of flowering bulbs in the woodland to add a splash of colour next year!
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Sunday 30th November 2025
Shepherds Hill
With Haringey Sunday Volunteers
At Shepherds Hill Gardens
Activity description
Woodland and meadow management with the Friends of Shepherds Hill Gardens.
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Sunday 30th November 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 1st December 2025
Conservation volunteering at South Wood, Ninfield (Nat Grid)
With East Sussex Biodiversity Action Team
At Ninfield National Grid
Activity description
Various conservation tasks, such as coppicing, fencing, footpath improvements, and invasive species control.
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Monday 1st December 2025
Coppicing Woodland Management at Davy Down
With South Essex Action Team
At Davy Down
Activity description
Support woodland health by clearing overgrowth, maintaining paths, and creating better conditions for native flora and fauna. Active, varied conservation tasks.
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Monday 1st December 2025
Headstone Manor - reed bed management
With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)
At Headstone Manor
Activity description
Join us at Headstone Manor for the reed cut. Managing the reedbeds keeps them from silting up and being lost. It's also great fun! No experience necessary- just enthusiasm!