TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 667 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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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Scrub Clearance at Charlcombe Community Nature Reserve
With Bristol Conservation Volunteers
At Charlcombe Community Nature Reserve
Activity description
Come along and help us remove scrub and prevent further encroachment from a neglected area of Charlcombe Community Nature Reserve in order to restore and maintain the species rich grassland. Join in, Feel good.
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Installation of natural play features at Benhill Road Nature Garden in Camberwell SE5 7QS
With Biodiversity Action Team (South London)
At Benhill Road Nature Garden
Activity description
We return to the Nature Garden to replace existing natural play features with far more robust, manufactured chestnut balance beams & logs, which we will interconnect to create a walkway through the play zone area in the Garden.
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Wednesday practical conservation workdays
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Conservation Volunteers
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Join our regular Wednesday conservation workdays at the Ecology Park and help the wardens carry out vital management work in the park’s different habitats – marsh, meadow, lakes, ponds, shingle beach and woodland. 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 with the park wardens, carrying out tasks such as pond clearing, reed cutting, meadow cutting, coppicing (cutting smaller tree stems), digging and weeding.
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Wednesday 22nd January 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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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Woodham Environmental Group
With Bedfordshire Environmental Action Team
At Aylesbury National Grid Compressor
Activity description
We have a long term project on this site to improve biodiversity, so each week we'll be doing a range of tasks to increase the habitats - meadow management, woodland work, hedgerow management and lots more.
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens
With Queen Elizabeth Hospital Green Gym
At Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Activity description
Join us every Wednesday morning at out Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens based in the grounds of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. We are a friendly and welcoming group who love to grow our food, and help provide a space where our local wildlife can thrive. We have a variety of different species on site, including a large variety of butterflies in the spring and summer and different birds from woodpeckers to blue tits. No previous experience is required and all tools are provided.
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Nature and Wildlife Walks
With Queen Elizabeth Hospital Green Gym
At Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Activity description
Join us every Wednesday morning for our weekly nature and wildlife trail around our site at the Queen Elizabeth Community Gardens. We often see a variety of different species, including many different types of birds. Summer is especially magical when the butterflies take flight, and autumn brings the fungi in all of their delight! Learn about all of our amazing wildlife and how to ID what you see!
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Practical selective vegetation management
With TCV Leicester Volunteers
At Mountsorrel Quarry
Activity description
Working alongside the Mountsorrel (Tarmac) Environmental Restoration Team. Site 4 or Broad Hill is where we will be continuing our task of cutting and removing excess gorse and buddleia to help maintain the establishing grass heathland. All brash/arisings will be used to create dead hedge habitat corridors to further improve the biodiversity of this habitat. We will be able to take the TCV minibus up to the location of our work There are a network of public footpaths over the site with some great views on a clear day.
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Don't get Rusty!
With Norwich Midweek Group
At East Ruston Poors Allotment
Activity description
Keep practising your gorse and willow removal at this SSSI heathland and fen.
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
VO open session
With South Yorkshire Community Woodlands Team
At Brodsworth
Activity description
2/3 session: Continuing with the trimming of overhanging vegetation from the tree line to minimize the amount of leaf litter entering the watercourse. Participating in this session benefits participants by fostering hands-on practical skills, building valuable networks with like-minded community members, and contributing to the local community by improving water quality and supporting healthier ecosystems in the local watercourse.
