TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities
Found 914 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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Thursday 25th December 2025
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 25th December 2025
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 25th December 2025
Glasgow Biodiversity Action Team
With Biodiversity Action Team Glasgow
At Glasgow wide
Activity description
Join The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to enhance the biodiversity of Glasgow’s many fantastic parks and greenspaces. 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. TCV projects run daily from Tuesday – Saturday, approximately 10am – 2pm, with city centre pick-ups and drop-offs. There’s no minimum commitment – just join in when you can. Let’s make Glasgow greener together! We work in various sites across Glasgow. 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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Friday 26th December 2025
Lloyd Park Green Gym
With Lloyd Park Green Gym (Waltham Forest)
At Lloyd Park
Activity description
Join the Lloyd Park Gym today for a variety of conservation focused activities that promote good health in both body and mind!
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Friday 26th December 2025
Rowheath Pavilion Community Garden
With Rowheath Pavilion Green Gym
At Rowheath Pavillion
Activity description
Join us every Friday as we live the Good Life by sowing, growing, and harvesting our own food. Feel the thrill of uncovering tasty potatoes, parsnips, and carrots. Enjoy the taste of freshly picked peas and savour those fabulous strawberries. It doesn't get better than this. We have a growing space with accessible raised beds right next to the pavilion building. All tools and equipment are provided. We also go for a nature walk around Rowheath Park whilst we immerse ourselves in the sights and sounds that this valuable green space has to offer. Bird ID walks are also undertaken along with traditional conservation activities.
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Friday 26th December 2025
Bird Song Walk
With Rowheath Pavilion Green Gym
At Rowheath Pavillion
Activity description
May the force (of nature) be with you. Amaze your friends and family by being able to identify birds by their call alone. Become a local hero as you gain confidence and expand your knowledge. Join us for a relaxed circuit of Rowheath Park whilst we ID birds by song and sight. The site has meadows, mature hedgerow, and a large pool with a diverse variety of birds and other wildlife. The walking route is wheelchair and pushchair friendly. Look out for our dawn chorus walks in April and May!
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Friday 26th December 2025
Wild Fridays
With Hull Road Park Project
At Hull Road Park
Activity description
Join us for this family friendly volunteering opportunity in Hull Road Park. On Wild Fridays we aim to improve the park for wildlife by creating new nature homes, planting wildflowers, eco crafting, conducting wildlife surveys and more! Most recently we have created an insect hotel, made bumble bee homes and sown wild meadow seed. This relaxed, informal session is great for those wanting to make a difference, meet new people and get outside. The group is diverse open to additional needs and dementia friendly. During our break volunteers can enjoy snacks and hot drinks provided free of charge from the Choose2cafe (if you have any dietary requirements please contact before attending). Do as little or as much as you like, and stay for as long as you wish! Please contact the office for more details. We look forward to meeting you.
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Friday 26th December 2025
Cultra Ulster Folk Museum Green Gym
With Cultra Green Gym
At Cultra
Activity description
At this Green Gym we maintain some gardens within the rural area of the Ulster Folk Museum in Cultra. You can expect horticultural work surrounding planting heritage vegetables, maintaining the gardens, aligning our work with the time period of the museum, path maintenance, and other conservation activities such as invasive species removal, and species ID and recording! This Green Gym is funded through the Public Health Agency, and is an excellent opportunity to meet like-minded people, get outside and active, learn new skills, and expand your knowledge on horticulture and conservation. We have tasks suited to all abilities, so please get in touch of you have any additional needs or requests.
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Friday 26th December 2025
Glasgow Biodiversity Action Team
With Biodiversity Action Team Glasgow
At Glasgow wide
Activity description
Join The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to enhance the biodiversity of Glasgow’s many fantastic parks and greenspaces. 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. TCV projects run daily from Tuesday – Saturday, approximately 10am – 2pm, with city centre pick-ups and drop-offs. There’s no minimum commitment – just join in when you can. Let’s make Glasgow greener together! We work in various sites across Glasgow. 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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Friday 26th December 2025
Seven Lochs Volunteers
With Seven Lochs Volunteers
At Seven Lochs Wetland Park
Activity description
Working on a range of conservation and community projects across the Seven Lochs Wetland Park. Everything from working on a community growing space to path maintenance to biodiversity enhancement at one of Glasgow's oldest buildings!