TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Activities near G212QA
Found 126 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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Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Bee Bank & Meadow Restoration at Heritage of Braid
With Biodiversity Action Team
About 39.8 miles away from your postcode
At Hermitage Of Braid
Activity description
Volunteer with TCV: Bee Bank & Meadow Restoration at Heritage of Braid ðŸ Who We Are We’re The Conservation Volunteers (TCV)—a UK-wide charity that connects people with green spaces to create healthier, happier communities. In Edinburgh, we run the Edinburgh Biodiversity Action Team (EBAT), a local volunteer group taking practical action to protect and enhance nature across the city. From planting wildflowers to restoring habitats, we’re working together to make Edinburgh greener, wilder, and more resilient. 🌼 What We’re Doing – and Why It Matters At the Heritage of Braid Wildflower Meadow, we’re creating a new bee bank—a specially designed habitat that provides nesting space for solitary bees, which are vital pollinators but often overlooked. Alongside this, we’ll be managing surrounding grassland and scrub to improve floral diversity and sowing a mix of native wildflowers that support both bees and butterflies. Pollinators are in serious decline across the UK: ðŸ Over 250 species of bee live in the UK, but many are under threat due to habitat loss. 🦋 Two-thirds of Scotland’s butterfly species have declined in recent decades. 🌼 97% of wildflower-rich grasslands have been lost since the 1930s. This project directly supports the Edinburgh Nature Network (ENN) by enhancing a key habitat corridor in the south of the city, improving ecological connectivity between the Braid Hills, Blackford Hill, and the Hermitage of Braid. It also aligns with the Urban Biodiversity Strategy by creating climate-resilient green infrastructure, increasing pollinator habitat, and engaging local communities in nature recovery. ðŸ› ï¸ How Volunteers Help Volunteers will take part in a range of practical conservation tasks, including: ✅ Building and shaping a bee bank using soil and sand ✅ Managing grassland and scrub to reduce dominance and improve diversity ✅ Sowing native wildflower species that support pollinators ✅ Monitoring the site for bee and butterfly activity ✅ Helping maintain access and keeping the site clean and welcoming No experience is needed—just enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved. All tools, training, and guidance are provided. 🌠What You’ll Get in Return 🌿 Learn practical conservation and habitat creation skills ðŸ Help protect pollinators and restore biodiversity ðŸŒ¤ï¸ Enjoy time outdoors in a beautiful natural setting 🤠Meet like-minded people and be part of a friendly team 📊 Contribute to real ecological monitoring and citizen science 🙌 Make a meaningful difference for nature in your city
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Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Glasgow Biodiversity Action Team
With Biodiversity Action Team Glasgow
About 1.1 miles away from your postcode
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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Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Citizen Science Volunteer Group
With Citizen Science Volunteers
About 1.1 miles away from your postcode
At Glasgow wide
Activity description
This group meets every Wednesday (and the occasional Thursday) to carry out biological surveying and recording across Glasgow and further afield. This will give you experience in carrying out biological surveys, allow you to take part in Citizen Science projects, and gain native species identification skills. PICK UP FROM KILLERMONT STREET MUST BE ARRANGED IN ADVANCE
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Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team
With Forth Valley BAT
About 24.5 miles away from your postcode
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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Wednesday 23rd July 2025
EPIC Green Gym
With EPIC Volunteers
About 26.3 miles away from your postcode
At Ochils Woodland Park
Activity description
EPIC are running a Green Gym in Clackmannanshire! Do you want to: get fit, make new friends and learn skills all while improving the local environment then please come out to our green gym. We will be running a number of different practical conservation activities such as woodland management, path building and much more.
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Thursday 24th July 2025
Glasgow Biodiversity Action Team
With Biodiversity Action Team Glasgow
About 1.1 miles away from your postcode
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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Thursday 24th July 2025
EPIC Volunteers
With EPIC Volunteers
About 24.1 miles away from your postcode
At Menstrie Glen
Activity description
EPIC Volunteers take on practical conservation activities across Clackmannanshire. We help look after our path network, make our greenspaces better for wildlife through biodiversity improvements and support community groups in the Wee County.
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Thursday 24th July 2025
Livingston Wild Ways Well
With Howden Walled Garden volunteers
About 27.5 miles away from your postcode
At Howden Walled Garden
Activity description
Wild Ways Well is designed to help everyone to experience the wellbeing benefits of spending time in nature. Every Thursday afternoon we meet at Howden Walled Garden to help make this place better for people and wildlife. We take part in a variety of different activities such as conservation gardening, wildlife surveying, natural art, seed and tree planting, health walks and more. Everything is done at a relaxed, easy, pace and we work hard to be welcoming to everyone.
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Friday 25th July 2025
Glasgow Biodiversity Action Team
With Biodiversity Action Team Glasgow
About 1.1 miles away from your postcode
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 25th July 2025
Seven Lochs Volunteers
With Seven Lochs Volunteers
About 1.9 miles away from your postcode
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!
