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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
  • Thursday 28th August 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 28th August 2025

    Bracken Pulling at Highwoods Country Park

    With North Essex Biodiversity Action Team (Midweek)

    At High Woods Country Park: visitors centre

    Activity description

    As part of the glade management at Highwoods Country Park, we will be pulling out the bracken, which has taken over the understory. Free refreshments of drinks and biscuits are provided to help fuel you!

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  • Thursday 28th August 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 28th August 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 28th August 2025

    Brack to basics

    With Norwich Midweek Group

    At Mousehold Heath

    Activity description

    Bracken pulling, or maybe meadow cutting, but all simple enough tasks that anyone can enjoy.

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  • Thursday 28th August 2025

    Capenhurst Meadow Management

    With Merseyside Midweek Volunteer Group

    At Capenhurst Substation (National Grid)

    Activity description

    Cutting the sward and raking off the arisings to be composted. Timber compost bays to be built. Cutting back encroaching scrub. Scarification and/or harrowing of ground in preparation for hand seeding and planting of wildflowers.

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  • Thursday 28th August 2025

    Friends of Stanney Green Gym

    With Stanney Green Gym

    At Whitby Park

    Activity description

    TCV in partnership with Friends of Stanney will be running a Green Gym Project to undertake different environmental activities around the Stanney Estate, activities will include wildflower seed sowing, woodland management, footpath management etc

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  • Thursday 28th August 2025

    Practical Conservation Projects

    With TCV West Lindsey Volunteers

    At Mercer Woods

    Activity description

    A wide range of practical conservation and green spaces improvement works. everything from habitat management, tree planting to small scale construction tasks such as footpaths, fencing and platforms.

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  • Thursday 28th August 2025

    Midweek Group Activities

    With Manchester Conservation Volunteers

    At Sale Water Park

    Activity description

    This task is NOT suitable for corporate or group volunteering. We do practical conservation across Greater Manchester, and are not always at Sale Water Park. The activities we do vary but could include: - habitat management - countryside furniture construction - waterways and pond work - green skills like coppicing and hedgelaying To find out what we're up to and where we are, email Abby!

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  • Thursday 28th August 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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