The Conservation Volunteers' network of blogs
In over five decades of inspiring people and improving places, The Conservation Volunteers has consistently supported people working locally to improve their environment and their life chances, and created resilience in the most vulnerable communities.
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The Conservation Volunteers Vice President, Sir David Attenborough once said, “No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced”. He was referring to the natural world and the fundamental importance of people engaging with nature to first make a connection, to then understand it, […]
Continue reading CHILDHOOD AND NATURE: our children’s changing relationship with the natural world and how to kickstart a life-long appreciation
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
TCV Health Development Manager Rachel Hoyes shares with us how a COVID relief grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund has supported TCV groups across the UK during the pandemic and various lockdowns. I think everyone can agree that the past year has made us all appreciate our wonderful local greenspaces. TCV’s weekday volunteering teams […]
Continue reading How players of The National Lottery supported charities through lockdown.
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
We have been producing step by steps which are then shared on our social media. We are posting them here as an easy to find resource! Click each picture to open in a new window, right click, select ‘save image as’. Toilet Roll Tubes Plant Pots – perfect for growing sweet peas, edible peas, beans, […]
Continue reading Free Printable Step by Step Pages
This article was posted in the blog Health for Life
Today is International Day of Girls and Women in Science day. The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. To celebrate the day, we have asked Kirsty Crawford, Senior Project Officer at TCV Glasgow, to share the story of her journey to working in wildlife biology and conservation. My […]
Continue reading Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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For the young people who come to TCV Skelton Grange on a school visit, we don’t focus on the fears and risks of climate catastrophe. Instead we focus on having fun with nature and encouraging them to get outdoors. If they learn to love their natural surroundings, we can hope they will be inclined to […]
Continue reading Using Education to Tackle Climate change
This article was posted in the blog Skelton Grange Environment Centre
The CoFarm market garden in Cambridge
Continue reading I Dig Trees guest blog: 1,000 new trees form species-rich hedgerow set to boost biodiversity
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
Introduction: Welcome to our new blog series! This year, we are going to post monthly blogs with loads of information about what to sow during that month, indoors and out, or what you can directly sow outside, and also what you could be harvesting in that month. Read the January guide here. If you are […]
Continue reading Grow Your Own in 2021 - February
This article was posted in the blog Health for Life
Finding Skelton Grange Volunteering with TCV at Skelton Grange Environment Centre was my first decisive step into the world of conservation. After a degree and several jobs in Chemistry I knew that it wasn’t for me, and that I wanted to devote my time to something I’m passionate about. For me, that’s the environment! I grew […]
Continue reading Finding purpose in a Leeds industrial estate...an unlikely tale
This article was posted in the blog Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Returning to Skelton Grange I was around 8 or 9 years old when I visited Skelton Grange Environment Centre for the first time. My memories from then of kind, enthusiastic adults who seemed to know everything about nature are warm, if hazy. For a kid wanting to be a zoologist when I grew up, they […]
Continue reading A Year on the HLF Traineeship
This article was posted in the blog Skelton Grange Environment Centre
A spicy dish for our next step by step, and not a jar of pre-made sauce in sight! Use whatever veg you and your family like. This dish also used tinned pineapple chunks and cherry tomatoes for a twist. Control the heat by adding more curry powder for a hotter curry, or more yogurt to […]
Continue reading Step by Step: Mixed Veggie Curry
This article was posted in the blog Health for Life