Groundwork UK
Groundwork is a leading environmental regeneration charity which provides opportunities for people to learn new skills and take local action to create better, safer and healthier neighbourhoods. There are nearly 50 local Groundwork Trusts, which regularly involve volunteers before they are ready to move into full-time paid employment. Contact your local Trust to find out if there are opportunities near you.
Tel: 0121 236 8565 www.groundwork.org.uk
BTCV
Get active - go to BTCV for a huge range of opportunities to take hands-on action to improve the rural and urban environment: One day practical tasks; Green Gyms to keep you fit while doing your bit for the environment; Millennium Volunteers for 16-24 year olds.
Tel: 01302 572 244 www.btcv.org/volops.html
Join up - BTCV has a list of groups near you that carry out practical conservation work – from hedge laying to litter picking. Find out if there is a group near you who that you can join to help improve your neighbourhood.
Tel: 01302 572 244 www.btcv.org.uk
Friends of Parks Groups
Did you know that Parks had Friends? Friends of Parks Groups work with Park Managers to decide how a park should be cared for - and sometimes get stuck in and help with the work themselves. Plug in you r postcode to GreenSpace’s Community Register to find a list of groups near you.
Tel: 0118 946 9060 www.green-space.org.uk
Do-it.org.uk
The only national database of volunteering agencies in the UK , do-it has a searchable database, so you can easily find opportunities for improving the environment near you. You can also look up your local Volunteer Bureaux if you would prefer a personal visit to the volunteers' equivalent of a recruitment .
Tel: 020 7226 8008 www.do-it.org.uk
GreenSpace
One of the UK's leading advocate for the economic, social and environmental benefits of better planned, designed and managed parks, gardens and green spaces and for their positive contribution to our economic, physical and spiritual health, to social cohesion and to biodiversity.
GreenSpace's Community Network is a resource designed specifically to be used by community groups working with parks and green space across the UK . Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), the Community Network unites for the first time all the community based organisations across the country that have an active interest in parks and green space. The network promotes communication between groups, provides a base to disseminate examples of good practice drawn from around the country and acts as a support system to help raise your capacity.
Tel: 0118 946 9060 www.green-space.org.uk or www.green-space.org.uk/CommuntiySection
The Civic Trust
Civic Societies are voluntary groups that champion the cause of urban Britain by acting to improve the places where people live and work: the everyday 'built environment'. They also undertake practical projects, including restoring old buildings, improving the quality of public places and finding solutions to traffic problems. The Civic Trust is the national body for nearly 900 Civic Societies – find out if there is one in your town.
Tel: 020 7170 4299 www.civictrust.org.uk TimeBank
TimeBank is a high profile national campaign inspiring and connecting people to give and share time. Current projects include Changing Streets, helping people to take charge of their own streets to make a real difference, and TimeBank's Youth Project, which aims to empower and support young people in turning their ideas about community improvements into reality.
Tel: 020 7401 5420 www.timebank.org.uk
CSV Environment
CSV Environment helps people improve the areas where they live and work. Local projects range from practical conservation work to food growing and Healthy Walking projects. Companies can also get help to find ways to contribute to the communities in which they are based.
Tel: 0121 322 2008 www.csvenvironment.org.uk
National Centre for Volunteering
An essential on-line resource for potential volunteers and anyone seeking up to date information on volunteering, with a section on environmental and conservation volunteering
Tel: 020 7520 8900 www.volunteering.org.uk
Sustrans Sustrans works on practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport in order to reduce motor traffic and its adverse effects. Sustrans' flagship project is the National Cycle Network. Volunteer Community Rangers act as the 'eyes and ears' for Sustrans. They ride their route regularly to monitor signing and report potential dangers.
Tel: 0845 113 0065 http://www.sustrans.org.uk
The Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust, the UK 's leading conservation charity, needs volunteers to help protect, improve and expand the UK 's precious woods. There's a huge range of things to do and one (or more!) might tempt you, including being their ‘eyes and ears' as a woodland warden, tree planting, becoming a voluntary speaker, a photographer or a researcher.
Tel: 01476 581135 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
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