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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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Spring is a great time to get out into the fresh air. It’s also a super opportunity to discover the seasonal changes in your local wildlife. Astronomers say spring starts on 20th March. Yet, due to warmer winters, it seems to get earlier every year for plants and animals, and no-one knows exactly what the […]
Continue reading Spring into science!
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
Last year, The Conservation Volunteers celebrated our 60th anniversary; six decades of digging, planting, cutting, citizen-sciencing, path-building, growing, teaching, community-building, chatting, laughing and tea-making! As we celebrated six decades of conservation work in the same year that the climate crisis dominated the headlines and public consciousness, it was clear that the work our community of […]
Continue reading Looking back on our diamond anniversary year
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
The beginning of a new year often leads people to reflect on the things that they wish to change or improve on for the forthcoming 12 months. There is a positive correlation between the start of a new year and people beginning to search for a new job, around 64% of people in comparison to […]
Continue reading New year, new career?
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
As the year draws to a close, some of us will be thinking about making New Year’s Resolutions. The tradition dates back to ancient Babylonian times, where people would make promises to their gods during Akitu, a 12-day religious ceremony held in mid-March when the Babylonians celebrated New Year. Similar traditions occurred in ancient Rome […]
Continue reading Thinking of Making a New Year’s Resolution?
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
Christmas is fast approaching and many of us are making plans to host our family and friends over the festive season, to travel home to spend it with loved ones, or perhaps escape the cold and damp British weather for sunnier climates. With all the hustle and bustle that often surrounds Christmas, it is easy […]
Continue reading It doesn’t have to be lonely this Christmas
This article was posted in the blog Health & Wellbeing
Article Written by TCV Volunteer Officer, John Bark Since TCV and OVO Energy launched the I Dig Trees campaign back in 2015, 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 uptake this year is way […]
Continue reading 10 great reasons to plant trees
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
The first Wednesday of November each year is National Stress Awareness Day, which falls in the middle of International Stress Awareness Week (4th – 8th November 2019). The International Stress Management Association created the week to raise awareness about stress prevention, as well as raising awareness of where those are suffering from stress can go […]
Continue reading National Stress Awareness Day – TCV Green Gyms proven to reduce stress
This article was posted in the blog Health & Wellbeing
Today (1st November) is World Vegan Day, first celebrated in 1994 to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of The Vegan Society, and vegans around the world celebrate and champion their vegan lifestyle. In recent years, the number of people adopting a vegan lifestyle has rapidly grown. In Great Britain alone, the number of vegans […]
Continue reading World Vegan Day – Small steps to make a BIG impact!
This article was posted in the blog Health & Wellbeing
The State of Nature 2019 report published last week, produced some rather bleak statistics regarding our natural environment and wildlife in the UK. However, at The Conservation Volunteers, there was one statistic in particular that stood out as a positive for us; a 46% increase in the time donated by volunteers since 2000 in the […]
Continue reading Volunteering and your mental health
This article was posted in the blog Health & Wellbeing
Hi, It’s team TCV Citizen Science here for an update! Recently we had the pleasure of being involved in an Intern Europe Ltd exchange programme where we were to host one Italian student for a conservation and Citizen Science placement here with us for one month. Intern Europe are passionate about providing challenging and exciting […]
Continue reading Ciao! A month in the life of a TCV intern
This article was posted in the blog TCV Scotland