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 ...
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National Stress Awareness Day – TCV Green Gyms proven to reduce stress
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 ...
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World Vegan Day – Small steps to make a BIG impact!
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 ...
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Volunteering and your mental health
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 ...
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Our Environment Competition Extended!
The 'Our Environment Competition' is a great way of engaging young people with their local environment.
Submit your entry as a presentation, poster, leaflet, video or photo storyboard - or maybe you can think of another ...
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Green Gyms: health and happiness
It’s a reason to leave the house and it lifts the depression. You are achieving something and you meet new people.
Charlotte, Green Gym volunteer.
This Blog has been written to show TCV's support, along with 19 other ...
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#Fit4Gov: TCV’s call to politicians – get active and help Britain get healthy
Fit for Gov is our campaign calling on MPs to help Britain get healthy by leading by example and getting active in 2015. In particular, the campaign is calling for MPs to get active in their local areas and take part in free ...
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Can the environment change the way in which we tackle social and health inequality?
Concern on social and health inequality is growing in the UK. Four years after the Marmot Review set out the evidence demonstrating the relationship between health and social and economic conditions, we have had another call ...
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