TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 1031 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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Thursday 24th September 2026
Hull Road Park Gardening Volunteers
With Hull Road Park Project
At Hull Road Park
Activity description
Volunteers do a range of gardening activities suitable for everyone, including re establishing the old rockery and creating new flowerbeds. Give as much time as you like! Free drink and cake provided by the park community caf�.
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Thursday 24th September 2026
Practical Conservation - Thursdays
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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Thursday 24th September 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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Thursday 24th September 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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Thursday 24th September 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 greenspacesâ€â€Âfrom 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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Thursday 24th September 2026
Woodland Management: Hazel Coppicing, INNS Control and Hedgerow Management
With Biodiversity Action Team
At Cammo Estate
Activity description
Cammo Estate LNR Woodland Management Support practical conservation and habitat restoration at Cammo Estate Local Nature Reserve through a range of woodland and hedgerow management activities. Tasks may include hazel coppicing to enhance woodland structure, meadow management to promote wildflower diversity, rhododendron removal to control invasive species, and native tree planting. Volunteers will also help construct dead hedges to protect young trees from browsing damage, undertake hedgerow management, and contribute to PTES Healthy Hedgerow Surveys to monitor and improve the condition of this important habitat.
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Thursday 24th September 2026
Cumbernauld Wild Ways Well
With Cumbernauld NNC Wild Ways Well
At Cumbernauld Living Landscape
Activity description
weekly nature, health and wellbeing activities taking place around Cumbernauld as part of Cumbernauld Living Landscape. We will have a range of walking, citizen science, wellbeing, creative, and conservation activities all designed to get people outdoors and engaging with nature. These activities are designed for anyone to take part in and can help improve mental and physical wellbeing, whilst also making a positive difference for nature and conservation
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Thursday 24th September 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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Friday 25th September 2026
Court Lodge Farm - Willow pulling
With East Sussex Biodiversity Action Team
At
Activity description
Removal of willow seedlings from wetland to retain open water characteristics and prevent woodland spread. An area of particular biodiversity value.
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Friday 25th September 2026
Bird Survey - Down Lane Park
With The Paddock Practical Volunteers
At Down Lane Park
Activity description
We invite you to join us for our 2026 Bird surveys! This week we will be surveying at Down Lane Park while the Paddock is undergoing construction work What to expect: - A short talk on a bird species or bird-related topic each week. - A guided transect survey of the whole site. - Help with identifying birds visually and by birdsong. - By booking onto multiple sessions gain a deeper understanding of seasonal cycles, and improve your I.D. skills.