TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 631 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
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Saturday 4th January 2025
Practical Conservation Volunteer Group
With South Yorkshire Community Woodlands Team
At Phoenix Park
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 4th January 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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Sunday 5th January 2025
Priory Park
With Haringey Sunday Volunteers
At Priory Park
Activity description
We will be sprucing up the pond and hedge area and checking on the newly planted hedge!
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Sunday 5th January 2025
Willow coppicing at Cowdray Marsh
With Colchester Biodiversity Action Team (Sunday)
At Cowdray Marsh
Activity description
Coppicing willow trees along the cycle path at Cowdray Marsh. We will also be helping with repairs to the fence and extending the dead hedge. New volunteers always welcome, please enquire via email.
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Sunday 5th January 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 6th January 2025
Woodland Management - Felling & Invert Habitats at Davy Down
With Davy Down Action Team
At Davy Down
Activity description
Woodland management sessions consisting of tree felling, coppicing, processing, and creating habitats for invertebrates. Training and equipment provided. Tea and biscuits also. New volunteers always welcome, please contact via email!
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Monday 6th January 2025
Bentley Priory
With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)
At Bentley Priory
Activity description
Join us at Bentley Priory - exact tasks to be confirmed BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. For further info and booking, contact Mat at m.pendergast@tcv.org.uk
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Monday 6th January 2025
Shake the Rust off
With Norwich Midweek Group
At East Ruston Poors Allotment
Activity description
If you have been sat still a lot over Xmas, it's time to unfreeze those joints and get moving with some gorse and willow control.
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Monday 6th January 2025
Practical Conservation Projects
With TCV Humber Field Office
At TCV Humber Field Office
Activity description
We run practical conservation tasks in various locations in Hull and the surrounding area from 9am-4pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays each week. Transport provided from TCV Humber field office. 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 6th January 2025
Holywood Green Gym- Dunville Heritage Garden
With Holywood Green Gym- Dunville Community Garden
At Dunville Garden
Activity description
Holywood Green Gym is set in Dunville Heritage Community Garden, Redburn Country Park. Run by TCV in partnership with Holywood Shared Town and Men's Shed. It is a great space for all abilities and skills experience to come and learn, join in and have fun! Our Green Gyms are funded though the PHA and aim to improve peoples mental and physical well being by connecting us with nature and helping our environment. At Dunville Garden we are partially restoring the old Victorian garden for our community and nature. We have many projects and focus on food growing, invasive species removal, habitat improvement and management, horticulture skills, path restoration and many more projects. We aim to work with each volunteer and teach them new skills as well as sharing your skills and expertise with the group, we want to hear your input and ideas for this community space. Most of all we want to have fun and create a safe space for everyone and nature. We have projects for all abilities so please get in touch of you have any additional needs or requests.
