TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 905 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
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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Tuesday 25th August 2026
EPIC Biodiversity Action Team
With EPIC Volunteers
At Carsebridge Cultural Campus
Activity description
TCV in partnership with EPIC (Enabling Projects in Clackmannanshire) run practical volunteer sessions where people come together to make a difference in their local paths, parks and greenspaces across Clackmannanshire.
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Wednesday 26th August 2026
South Wood, Ninfield
With East Sussex Biodiversity Action Team
At Ninfield National Grid
Activity description
Looking after woodland and meadow adjacent to National Grid site on Potman's Lane in between Ninfield and Catsfield.
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Wednesday 26th August 2026
Nursling Green Gym
With Nursling Green Gym
At Nursling Sub-Station
Activity description
Low impact way to exercise your whole body. Being surrounded by greenery to improve overall mental health, depression and loneliness. Whilst improving the green space for people and wildlife
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Wednesday 26th August 2026
Pulling up ragwort
With Action for Croydon's Environment
At Happy Valley
Activity description
We will be removing ragwort from meadows intended to be cut and collected for livestock feed
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Wednesday 26th August 2026
Ham Lands (south) - Grassland management
With Biodiversity Action Team (West London)
At Ham Lands
Activity description
We will be working within Ham Lands, in collaboration with Friends of Ham Lands and LBRuT, to manage the meadows, scrub and woodland. We will be working to reclaim grassland edges by: - Removing invasive saplings (false acacia & Holm oak) - Cutting back bramble & clematis - Removing horseradish - Litter picking
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Wednesday 26th August 2026
Orizome
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Events
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Come along to our special event with local artist and art educator Miyuki Kasahara. Miyuki will introduce you to the Japanese art of paper dyeing and folding, and help you create a colourful, personalised flag. You’ll also learn about natural dyes and pick up new skills to impress your friends! Session runs on a drop-in basis; it is free and no booking is required. This session will take place indoors, in our classroom, from 11am-1pm. Ask at the gatehouse for directions. Stick around in the park and complete the quiz or the younger children’s trail to learn even more about colours in nature.
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Wednesday 26th August 2026
Excavating and installing the foundations for the new statue in Archbishops Park SE1 7LE
With Biodiversity Action Team (South London)
At Archbishop's Park
Activity description
We return to Archbishop's Park, this time round to excavate and install the foundations for the plinth of the 'boy with dog' statue that is to be unveiled in the park next month. There are water pipes and tree roots nearby, so we will be carefully excavating the area with hand tools, then lining the area, edging it with small pavers and pouring concrete to create a solid foundation for the 2 tonne bronze statue.
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Wednesday 26th August 2026
Lavender Pond Practical Work Days
With Lavender Pond Midweek Action Team, Rotherhithe
At Lavender Pond Nature Reserve
Activity description
Join us to help manage this local nature reserve, and get outside and active at the same time! We have ponds, woodland and meadow areas, so there's a wide range of tasks to be done. Contact Mike for details on what we've been up to recently or more information
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Wednesday 26th August 2026
Biodiversity Action Team (East Village E20)
With Biodiversity Action Team (East Village E20)
At Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - East Village
Activity description
Join our regular Wednesday conservation workdays at East Village and help carry out vital management work in the different habitats - wetlands, meadows, woodlands, ponds and the community orchard. You can just turn up on a Wednesday and don't need to book ahead but, 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, carrying out tasks such as pond clearing, reed cutting, meadow cutting, coppicing (cutting smaller tree stems), digging and creating new habitats.