TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 913 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 30th July 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 30th July 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 30th July 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 30th July 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 30th July 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 31st July 2026
Broadstone Warren, Forest Row (Ashdown Forest area)
With East Sussex Biodiversity Action Team
At Broadstone Warren
Activity description
*Provisional date* Woodland management to protect rare fern species. Removing invasive species that are crowding out the habitat, blocking light and preventing these special ferns from thriving.
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Friday 31st July 2026
Viewfinders
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Events
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Viewfinders are like picture frames for the real world: you can use them to help you focus in on a good scene to draw. Make one with us and then go and try it out in the park! Sessions run on a drop-in basis; they are free and no booking is required. These sessions will take place indoors, in our classroom, from 11am-12pm and 2-3pm. Ask at the gatehouse for directions. Stick around in the park and complete the quiz or the younger children’s trail to discover more about colours in nature.
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Friday 31st July 2026
UKBMS Butterfly & Bee Survey
With South Essex Action Team
At Davy Down
Activity description
We will be taking a health walk around site doing a Citizen Survey for a UKBMS butterfly survey and Bee Survey. Please contact the project officer before the session to sign up.
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Friday 31st July 2026
Lloyd Park Green Gym
With Lloyd Park Green Gym (Waltham Forest)
At Lloyd Park
Activity description
Come and join The Conservation Volunteers as we work to protect and enhance biodiversity and nature in Lloyd 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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Friday 31st July 2026
Bird Survey - Tottenham Marshes
With The Paddock Practical Volunteers
At Tottenham Marshes
Activity description
We invite you to join us for our 2026 Bird surveys! This week we will be surveying at Tottenham Marshes while the Paddock is undergoing works to improve the paths on site. MEETING AREA Tottenham Lock Ferry Ln, London N17 9NE 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 you’ll gain a deeper understanding of seasonal cycles, and improve your I.D. skills. Pre-booking is essential, book now to confirm a place. Please be aware Eventbrite booking closes one day before each surveying event at 5pm. If you have to cancel your place for any reason, please get in touch via thepaddock@tcv.org.uk or by the contact numbers below to let us know.