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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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Everything that lives on our planet depends upon the wonderful web of wildlife that fills the earth beneath us. That’s the message of the UN’s World Soil Day. Soil is not just dirt. It teems with a community of plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms – ranging from the familiar mole and earthworm, to the truly […]
Continue reading 10 ways to save the jungle beneath your feet
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Volunteering is at the heart of all we do here at The Conservation Volunteers. We are incredibly proud of our community of volunteers across the country who devote their time week in, week out, to care for and protect our local green spaces. We don’t have to tell you that this year has been a […]
Continue reading Celebrating our community of volunteers
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This blog is part two of a series. Click here for part one. The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) are pioneering the Miyawaki approach to forest planting with Barking & Dagenham Council and thanks to 32,000 trees being donated to the project by Natwest Group. The Parsloes Park collaborative project (also involving Kings College London, Thames Chase […]
Continue reading The Conservation Volunteers and partners are pioneering the Miyawaki approach in Europe with the biggest plant of this kind…
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1,078,000 trees. That’s the number of trees The Conservation Volunteers’ partnership with OVO Energy celebrated being planted with their I Dig Trees programme in 2019. With 370,000 trees up for grabs this year, the biggest yearly pledge to date, the 2020/21 tree planting seasons looks to be even bigger! With the start of the tree […]
Continue reading Over 1 million trees. And (safely) growing.
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All volunteers are heroes – donating their time to another person or cause because they have a passion. But what makes a TCV Hero? At The Conservation Volunteers, we’re grateful for each person who comes out, rain or shine, to their local green space to help improve or maintain it. We’re grateful for those who […]
Continue reading Volunteer heroes – we thank you
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A quick and easy dish to rustle up after school, college or work. You can use pre-mixed bags of stir fry, or you could make your own mix with what you have in the fridge! Use a veg peeler to get slithers of veg such as carrots and courgette. You could grow your own ingredients […]
Continue reading Step by Step: Stir Fry
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Article Written by TCV Volunteer Officer, John Bark Article updated November 2020 Since TCV and OVO Energy launched the I Dig Trees campaign back in 2015, well over one million free trees have been allocated to public places, with individual volunteers and community groups helping to get them planted across the UK….. The speed of […]
Continue reading 10 great reasons to plant trees
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We hear most days that in order to slow the decline in biodiversity, combat species loss and reduce the effects of climate change we need more trees, everywhere. In rural, wild and urban landscapes. Although we certainly have to be careful so as not to disturb certain habitats which could lead to the unwitting release […]
Continue reading How can we fit more trees into an urban landscape? Miyawaki is the future!
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Outside is Fun is an exciting project from The Conservation Volunteers where we are working alongside 12 schools in South Yorkshire to make the local landscape a vital part of children’s education. Built upon the sites of the region’s impressive former coal mining industry, The Conservation Volunteers’ have partnered with primary schools within walking distance […]
Continue reading Outside is Fun
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This December, The Conservation Volunteers are one of the many charities that will benefit from ICAP Charity Day. Taking place on 10th December, ICAP Charity Day sees the interdealer broker globally raise and donate 100% of their revenues and commissions to charity for one day, with the help of some famous faces along the way. […]
Continue reading Inspiring the next conservation heroes...From the Ground Up!
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