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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Leyton Jubilee Green Gym

    With Leyton Jubilee Park Green Gym

    At Leyton Jubilee Park

    Activity description

    Come and join The Conservation Volunteers as we work to protect and enhance biodiversity and nature in Leyton Jubilee Park all whilst enjoying proven benefits to your physical and mental wellbeing! Activities include planting and maintaining wildflower meadows, wildlife survey work and citizen science, creating stag beetle loggeries, building bee banks, constructing both living and dead hedges and much more!

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Queens Wood

    With Haringey Conservation Volunteers

    At Queens Wood

    Activity description

    We'll be carrying out assorted tasks around the ancient woodland. Please sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/49eeea6f897d/december-2025-newsletter-13822124

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Queensbury Park - river improvements

    With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)

    At Queensbury Park

    Activity description

    Join us at Queensbuiry Park! We'll be removing reed mace from Kenton Brook to improve the flow and allow other plants to thrive.

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Weekly food growing volunteer sessions (Green Gym)

    With Meridian One Community Garden Green Gym

    At Meridian One Community Garden (Enfield)

    Activity description

    Food growing and gardening tasks. Each week will vary depending on what needs doing, but can include seed sowing, planting out, watering, composting, weeding, construction of raised beds and garden signs. Tasks are suitable for all abilities. We take a break at around 12.30pm with hot drinks, biscuits and fruit provided.

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Scrub coppicing, Woodcock Down HWCP

    With North Essex Biodiversity Action Team (Midweek)

    At High Woods Country Park: visitors centre

    Activity description

    CHRISTMAS TASK!!! Coppicing scrub and felling trees at Highwoods Country Park. No prior experience needed. Tools, PPE and training provided on site. Stay for full or part of the day!

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Wymondley NG environmental group

    With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team

    At Wymondley National Grid

    Activity description

    This is a long term project to improve biodiversity on the site. Each week we'll be doing different activities according to the season to increase and improve habitats for wildlife - it could be tree planting, wildflower surveys, seed collection, litter picking, scrub clearance and more.

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Kitwell National Grid Conservation Session

    With Kitwell National Grid

    At Kitwell Substation

    Activity description

    Come and spend a rewarding day outdoors learning practical conservation skills. Together we'll be creating meadows, building habitats, managing woodland areas and getting hands on with some mini construction- all while helping nature thrive at Kitwell Substation. This is a great opportunity to: - Learn new green skills and gain experience in conservation. - Reconnect with nature and enjoy time in fresh air. - Meet like-minded people and be a part of a supportive, friendly group. No prior experience needed- just bring your enthusiasm, sturdy footwear and a love of the outdoors!

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Milebrook Hall Community Garden

    With Milebrook Hall Food Growing

    At Milebrook Hall

    Activity description

    Join us in the garden at Milebrrok Hall for a couple of hours of relaxed conversation and food growing. We have a greenhouse here to enable us to start the growing season off early. There are also a couple of raised beds which are readily accessible and easy to manage. This session coincides with the coffee morning too, so a warm brew is never far away. All tools and gloves etc are provided for you.

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Varied Winter Habitat Conservation Tasks

    With TCV Leicester Volunteers

    At Croft Quarry Nature Area

    Activity description

    Croft Quarry Nature Trail is a popular visit for volunteers, the site has a mixture of habitats including wetland, woodland plantations with open pasture. Our main focus will be to carry out some selective thinning/coppicing of willow along the front edges of the wetland scrapes together with cutting back bramble encroachment. All cut material will be repurposed into eco piles or dead hedge habitat corridors.

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  • Thursday 18th December 2025

    Xmas meal and mini-task

    With Norwich Midweek Group

    At Mousehold Heath

    Activity description

    Xmas meal. A morning task followed by a slap-up meal at Zaks, courtesy of Mousehold Heath Ranger Will. All welcome but PLEASE BOOK for the meal.

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