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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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What Are Peas and Beans? Peas and beans are part of the legume family. They are great fun to grow, especially if you buy the different coloured varieties. This year I am growing green, purple and yellow French beans, red patterned Borlotti beans, and green and purple peas. I am not growing runner beans as […]
Continue reading This week: Growing Peas and Beans
This article was posted in the blog Health for Life
What Are Root Crops? Root crops includes vegetables that are grown as the root part of the plant. The root swells and this is what we pull or dig up and eat. This includes; Carrot Parsnip Radish Beetroot Turnip Swede Horse radish I have not included potatoes as these as a tuber, and I am […]
Continue reading This week: Growing Root Crops
This article was posted in the blog Health for Life
Since The Conservation Volunteers paused its volunteering projects in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many staff and volunteers have put their energies into helping the NHS and vulnerable people. Others are looking after small public sites single-handed while those with allotments have been able to take care of them, following government and National Allotment Society […]
Continue reading Our natural environment and COVID-19: what's next?
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Twin brothers Matthew & Stephen Barrett began volunteering with The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) in Hull for a 6-month placement, 1 day a week as part of their supported internship course at Hull College. 6 months turned into 5 years, and the brothers have continued volunteer with TCV, 3 days a week, come rain or shine […]
Continue reading Twins' six-month volunteering placement turns into five years
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TCV Building Roots project seeks to introduce and connect Syrian refugee families living in Scotland to Scottish heritage and green spaces close to where they live. Building Roots runs at various sites across Scotland, aiming to help families put down roots in a new country. The project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund […]
Continue reading Building Roots to connect Syrian refugees to Scottish heritage
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We have been really buoyed at The Conservation Volunteers with all the positive conversations we continue to have with our corporate partners around how we can get back to working together after COVID-19. In 2019 we had a record-breaking year with over 7,000 employees from our corporate partners volunteer with TCV, supporting hundreds of community […]
Continue reading Corporate Community Days
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To say that 2020 has been a strange year would be somewhat of an understatement. We are living through a pivotal moment of human history and can be forgive for feeling overwhelmed during this time. Whilst precautions are being taken to protect our physical health, it is important that we also take precautions to protect […]
Continue reading Being kind to yourself this Mental Health Awareness Week
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Across our social media, we have been sharing ways to stay connected to nature at home during this period of physical distancing. Physical distancing has also meant that many of us are now working from home. For a lot of our team, working outdoors in the fresh air and with nature is the norm. We […]
Continue reading TCV at home: How we’re staying connected to nature.
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Last month, The Conservation Volunteers made a promise that we would continue to be here for our volunteers and supporters as the UK went into lockdown, and that our team of staff would continue to manage the community green spaces that we all draw so much from. During this time of physical distancing, there have […]
Continue reading TCV: Connecting communities during lockdown
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Ingenious ways to mitigate flooding and improve biodiversity have been invented by volunteers with The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) for tributaries of the River Medway. Working with South East Rivers Trust (SERT) since 2018, enthusiastic TCV volunteers have used their wits and skills to custom-build fifty ‘leaky’ dams from natural materials on woodland streams in the […]
Continue reading Innovative forest dams to limit flood risk and expand wetland habitat
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