Hello all. I’ve had an exciting month and the weather has been great here as well, which is always an added bonus. I’ve helped out with a few different events this month, including the St Fumac’s Fair, a community organised ...
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Open day Event at the Tree Life Centre
Hey people hope everything is great with you all and you have been enjoying the fantastic spring weather that we have been having for the last couple of weeks. It’s been great to be outside getting amongst it and seeing the ...
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Three Amigos
So this Blog/week signifies the next quarter in my placement and how time has flown. I can't believe it has been 16 weeks! I have seen a massive change in areas and seen people coming together for the greater good! - I know ...
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Beautiful Sunny April
April has been a month for me to focus on community engagement and development, not only within the green network, which is extensive and supportive here in Birmingham, but also within the wider community. It has really given ...
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Birdsong, Willow Art, Feely Boxes, and Bumblebees! No one day’s the same!
One of the most crucial things that we can do as conservationists is not conserve species, measure trends, manage habitats but simply make everybody else aware of what we already have! I'm not talking about the ...
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Scottish Trainees explore Cumbernauld’s Greenspaces
I count myself as being very lucky to be a Conservation Volunteers Natural Networks trainee. Day to day you’ll find me working in the Cumbernauld Living Landscape but I’ve got the support and expertise of TCV guiding my work ...
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Getting into April
Hi guys! It’s been a while since I’ve written a post (it’s been very busy), so grab a cup of tea and a biscuit, it’s a bit of a long one! But first; after work one day I went down to Whitepark Bay on the coast for a bit of ...
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Urging Urmston: Local Action for Wildlife
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It's time for my third blog post, slowly getting the hang of this! I thought I'd talk a bit about my work with the Urmston Meadows Action Group. The group was created by Red Rose Forest to get local ...
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Amphibian Appreciation Time!
Light mornings and working outdoors are, for me when I feel very privileged to be involved with TCV. As the last of winter relinquishes it’s lingering grip on Leeds and (Skelton Grange!) the new seasons growth shyly pushes ...
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Easter Inch Moss with the Stirling and Edinburgh midweek Volunteers
For two days last week I went out with the TCV midweek volunteer group from Stirling. They have been going out to Easter Inch moss, near Blackburn, West Lothian, for a while now carrying out practical conservation work. ...
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