TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 876 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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Friday 5th December 2025
West Dunbartonshire Biodiversity Action Team
With West Dumbartonshire Council
At Saltings The
Activity description
Join The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to enhance the biodiversity of West Dunbartonshire’s greenspaces. We meet regularly in The Saltings, Faifley Knowes and Auchnacraig to help care for the local woodlands and wildlife areas, plant trees and hedges, create wildflower meadows, clear invasive plant species, and much more! Conservation volunteering is a great opportunity to make a difference for nature and to combat climate change. Details of upcoming sessions are emailed out each Friday. Get in touch if you would like to be added to our mailing list.
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Saturday 6th December 2025
Saturday Practical Conservation Workdays
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Conservation Volunteers
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Join our Saturday 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. Places are limited to 10 on a Saturday, so you will need to book in advance by emailing gpep@tcv.org.uk 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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Saturday 6th December 2025
Practical Conservation Day
With Biodiversity Action Team (East Village E20)
At Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - East Village
Activity description
Clearing the ponds in The Waterglades of excess vegetation and cutting back vegetation on the banks to let more light in. We will build a deadhedge to create a new habitat with all the coppiced plant material.
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Saturday 6th December 2025
Weekend Practical Conservation Volunteer Group
With South Yorkshire Community Woodlands Team
At Brodsworth
Activity description
Do you enjoy getting outdoors whatever the weather and want to make a difference at your local green space? Then come along to one of our Practical Conservation Volunteer sessions that take place every 1st Saturday of the month across our 6 Community Woodland based in the Doncaster and Barnsley area. This volunteer session will undertake a range of habitat management and access improvements task for people and nature across all the community woodlands that TCV South Yorkshire team manage. If you are interested in finding out what volunteering is all about and want more details about the sessions, then please contact the team Or book onto the session via Eventbrite. https://WeekendPracticalConservationVolunteerGroup.eventbrite.co.uk
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Sunday 7th December 2025
Winter Fayre
With Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Events
At Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Activity description
Come along to our Winter Fayre! Create and decorate your own festive wreath, explore our winter trails (with options for all ages), try your luck at the tombola, meet the wonderful volunteers from our Friends group, and warm up with a hot drink while enjoying something tasty from our special winter BBQ& treats stall! Free entry – donations appreciated. Our Winter Fayre is one of the park’s key fundraising events of the year, and your contribution on the day will make a real difference. All donations help us maintain park infrastructure, support habitat conservation, and contribute to the delivery of our community events for everyone to enjoy.
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Sunday 7th December 2025
Practical Conservation - 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month
With York Practical Conservation - Weekend
At TCV York Office (THCC)
Activity description
We run practical conservation tasks in various locations in York and the surrounding area from 10am-4.30pm on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. Transport is provided from Tang Hall Community Centre and the University Library bus stop on University Road. 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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Monday 8th December 2025
Conservation volunteering at South Wood, Ninfield (Nat Grid)
With East Sussex Biodiversity Action Team
At Ninfield National Grid
Activity description
Various conservation tasks, such as coppicing, fencing, footpath improvements, and invasive species control.
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Monday 8th December 2025
Tool Maintenance Day!
With Richmond Weekday Projects
At TCV Tool Shed Grove Gardens Teddington
Activity description
This is one of two half-day sessions focusing on tool maintenance (cleaning, sharpening, oiling) to give them some TLC after the last few busy months and to prepare them for the wetter winter weather (or storage). If we have time, we will look to tidy up some of the vegetation on site. Please contact Brittany directly to register attendance for this session.
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Monday 8th December 2025
Coppicing Woodland Management at Davy Down
With South Essex Action Team
At Davy Down
Activity description
Support woodland health by clearing overgrowth, maintaining paths, and creating better conditions for native flora and fauna. Active, varied conservation tasks.
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Monday 8th December 2025
Bentley Priory
With Biodiversity Action Team (North London)
At Bentley Priory
Activity description
Join us at Bentley Priory for some woodland or meadow management (exact tasks TBC)