Harbury Energy Initiative is a village low carbon group with a considerable success rate at implementing low carbon solutions in our village in Warwickshire. Since our founding in 2010 we have help our community buildings by internal wall insulation in the community library, cavity wall and roof insulation in the Read more [...]

Gentle gardening volunteering activities while creating a sensory garden. Targeting over 50’s for guided sessions, and anyone else for general site development.

SE Essex Organic Gardeners’ next group meeting will be on Monday 17 May. 19:30 for 20:00 Former BBC Blue Peter Gardener and Head Gardener at Westminster Abbey, Chris joined Garden Organic as Head of Organic Horticulture in 2016. He took over a completely overgrown space three years ago and he’s Read more [...]

StarGarAllot is a community gardening project that was set up in Spring 2018 to work together to improve an area behind our local community centre.  We soon realised we needed more space to realise the dreams of the volunteers to grow fruit and vegetables to provide local people with healthy Read more [...]

INTRODUCTION The IP3 Ipswich Good Neighbour Scheme (now renamed IP3 Good Neighbours) was set up initially as a Facebook Group during the first Covid shutdown of 2020 Following the shutdown, it was felt that there was a need for an organisation in the area going forward and so a small Read more [...]

SE Essex Organic Gardeners’ next group meeting will be on Monday 15 March. 19:30 for 20:00 Suggested minimum donation: £2.00 For further information and joining instructions, please ring/message 07967 851521; email caroleshorney@hotmail.com

SE Essex Organic Gardeners’ next group meeting will be on Monday 18 January. 19:30 for 20:00 A ‘Zoom’ presentation by Catherine Dawson, Technical Director, Melcourt Industries Ltd. “Where has the UK growing media industry got to with peat reduction?” Melcourt will be used as an example to illustrate how peat-free Read more [...]

A street by street collection scheme to provide disadvantaged families with food and household goods

We are a small group of community volunteers who litter pick in groups or by ourselves in the west of Bolton. We often join forces with other litter picking groups across Bolton to tackle areas which have been neglected.

We are a small group of volunteer gardeners who have decided to plant out bulbs and wild flowers on unloved patches of land within the west of Bolton

Our community group is dedicated to offering a varied and exciting programme of activities that encourage local folk into our park. We are very proud of our legions of volunteers who dedicate their time to support our efforts to look after the park landscape, improve and protect a very rich Read more [...]

We’re bringing the magic of timebanking to the Eastbourne and South Wealden area, rewarding every hour local people give to helping others with a time credit that can be spent either on whatever hour of help other local people are offering, or donated to others who have little or no Read more [...]

Oxfordshire Trees for the Future is to double tree cover in Oxfordshire by 2045. The campaign has been set up by Oxford Friends of the Earth.  We support loca planting and are working wth councils and businesses to get their commitments to long-term tree cover growth.

BRIDGE A first-hand Education BRIDGE IS AN EXCITING NEW APP FOR 7-18 YEAR OLDS THAT IS UPDATING CULTURAL EDUCATION! Bridge is community initiative helping student aged 7-18 learn about local and global cultures. We aim to build empathy between young people by sharing photos of every day life around the Read more [...]

We grow fruit, herbs and vegetables and provide a space for our community to gather. The garden brings together a number of local communities which include a large percentage of low-income families. The garden has been neglected/overgrown for the past few years and around a year ago we came together Read more [...]

We’re exploring and celebrating aspects of Unity by collecting personal creative responses from any community voices who wish to contribute. ‘Unity’ for this project covers social unity and diversity (nearby and at a distance), unity with nature and your environment, personal wellbeing and balance. Please join in! The Unity Book Read more [...]

As part of The Great Get Together 2020 here in our corner of south Wales, we’re running: Friday Night Bingo Open Mic Saturday Street Disco Sunday Social Love Llantwit Quiz – a town through time Gratitude Wall – gathering thanks for all the local heroes who’ve made a difference through Read more [...]

Mutual Aid Food Willesden is a cross community collaboration to support all in need with food during the COVID-19 crisis. We want to face the challenge of Covid-19 together as a community and take care of our people as best we can but we need your help to make this Read more [...]

The Friendship Circle of Leeds is an non-denominational organisation that provides assistance and support to the families of children with special needs regardless of background, faith, race, colour or religion. We inspire teenager volunteers to extend a helping hand involving the special needs children in a variety of social experiences Read more [...]

Walk INN Foodbank is here to help individuals and families in crisis by providing free emergency food as well as support until the appropriate agencies are in a position to assist. Tinned and dried food is collected from the public at supermarkets and “banked” in a our store. Food is Read more [...]

We want to monitor and increase the number of swift nest sites within Wolverton. 2020/21 has been our first active year and we have been surveying existing nest-sites and hawking routes, logging around a dozen visible nest sites in use. Thanks to our local community we have installed over 130 Read more [...]

Monthly gardening club with the focus on practising permaculture to create a diverse edible and useful garden outside a church on Brockley Rise.

Community woodworking project for adults at risk of social isolation. Providing free access and participation in short courses and drop in sessions giving full induction for safe use of hand and power tools to create community use items, home & garden items and craft items. To promote health & wellbeing, Read more [...]

The Hub garden is a small kitchen garden on the back of the Library at the Hub Community centre in Hounslow ,which is attended by local families using the community centre and sure start drop in Originally the garden was a resource for growing fresh vegetables for the community cafe Read more [...]

We love improving green space, project after project, here at Christchurch School Community Garden. We aim to create a beautiful space filled with colour and wildlife, one plant at a time. Since we started in October 2017, we have welcomed hundreds of visitors on our weekly Open Fridays and Weekend Read more [...]

Tanga Club is a youth and social group for children with special educational needs and disabilities, and their families and friends. We run a weekly club in Hexham and regularly welcome between 40  – 50 children and their families, but we are much more than just a youth club. We Read more [...]

We are a friendly model railway club, where people can work on their own projects, work on one of the club layouts or just have a tea and a chat. We are run as a co-operative with no chairman or committee, just a treasurer to handle the funds. There are Read more [...]

Current  Workshops April – Eltham / May- Kidbrooke /  June-Thamesmead 18 April – Eltham Park South  9.30-12.30 (times tbc) – HOSTED BY: Friends of Eltham Parks with Eltham Ecos “Wildflowers & pollinators for garden and meadows” workshop and walk with Ecologist Joe Beale – see Joe on twitter:  @joe_beale –  Read more [...]

This  “project” is a showcase for my work – as a Greenspace storyteller, outdoor educator, forest school trainer / practitioner working with schools, heritage sites and communities.   Have tapped out a bit of CV below with links to some previous or current work / partners.  

We are a fully constituted community group, set up on an over 55’s independant living estate, the group consists of eleven residents. We have already established a gardening group within the estate grounds but involving participants from the wider community. This has kick started a togetherness for the residents, many Read more [...]

Let’s Talk About Loss is a support organisation for young adults aged 18-35 who have been bereaved. We run monthly, peer-led meet ups across the UK to support young people through their journey of grief. We’re not grief experts or therapists, we’re just young people who have been bereaved, gathering Read more [...]

Our aim is to reach out to the local community by offering people who are lonely or struggling to make ends meet or vulnerable and the disabled the chance to learn how our community hub operates and offer them the chance to take part in our future activities We would Read more [...]

The Happy Cafe provides a welcoming safe place for people of all ages to meet. We have tea and toast and the whole event is totally unstructured.People can play games,do art,potter about in the garden or just sit and chat.We started a few months ago and it has been amazing,we Read more [...]

‘Creative Change Makers 2020’ conference, held in London on 5-8th Feb 2020.Built to fund raise, inspire behaviour change, to enrol creative industries as well as leading educators – focused purely on embedding social and environmental impact into society, education, the world. The conference is the first of its kind to connect the Read more [...]

Our 10th Seed Potato Day is a community partnership event with SE Essex Organic Gardeners, Southend in Transition and local charity Trust Links. Why not put it in your diary now? Saturday 8 February 10:00 – 14:00 Free admission Growing Together Westcliff, 47 Fairfax Drive, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 9AG (corner of Read more [...]

We are a friendly group of volunteers in the East Greenwich Pleasaunce who… Celebrate and promote a local orchard and nature in and around our local park. Love that food and growing are such powerful ways to build community, friendships and a sense of place. Run volunteer days and share Read more [...]

SMILE Connect provides community and activities for lone parent families that would otherwise be out of their reach due to finances and time limitations.  We are seeking funding for our SMILE retreats which are at the heart of what SMILE is about – a chance for lone parents and their Read more [...]

Alley Pals is a small community group that meets to develop green spaces for food growing and shared social events in the Gresham and Linthorpe areas.  We work within people’s back alleys, we have a small shared space known as Essex Square and we have an allotment plot at People’s Read more [...]

This project is sort of crowdfunding idea but the difference is that it is local and funded by the people that attend the events. The aim is to bring people together on a community level and all become a pholanthropist in a micro way depending on how much a person Read more [...]

Painting Our World In Silver is a registered charity offering monthly craft events to older people. Our events help to combat social isolation and loneliness through crafting. We offer a supportive and friendly environment which encourages creativity, conversation and friendship. We offer fun and interesting crafts for all abilities – take Read more [...]

Trumpington Community Orchard was founded in 2007  with help from Cambridge City Council, BBC Breathing Places Fund and the Co-operative Society. The orchard is volunteer run with free , open access to visitors. The site is planted with Cambridgeshire heritage fruit trees ( mostly apples plus a plum and greengage Read more [...]

Hi I have nearly an acre of land that I run community groups from. I am a Forest School leader and grow fruit and veg for the family and have a small holding. I have just done an introduction to Permaculture course and want to increase the community aspect of Read more [...]

Cheltenham needs nature! We promote and provide nature and wildlife-based events around the Cheltenham area to reconnect people with the land that surrounds them. We’re nestled in an area of outstanding natural beauty, with ancient beech woodland, chalklands, and wide open fields. We’re particularly interested in bringing nature back into Read more [...]

The club provides friendship/support for elderly singles/couples and bereaved for older and isolated people. in the locality of Clydach, Swansea

Are you involved with young people between 8 and 18 years of age? Become A Youth Mental Health First Aider TWO-DAY Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training MHFA England and government certified. 21 – 22 November, 9am- 5 pm Learn to spot the early SIGNS of emotional and mental Read more [...]

A small community garden attached to the Leegate centre, in Leegomery, Telford. The vision is to grow veg and fruit, to teach the kids where food comes from, to help families in food poverty and to even help the cafe.   Also volunteering in the outdoors is good for mental and Read more [...]

The project aims to secure and improve the prospects of two Crown Green Bowling Clubs in the deprived area of Farnworth, Bolton. The Clubs are based in Farnworth Central Park and Doe Hey Park. Both Clubs have open age and veterans teams, with age ranges from from 30 to 85, Read more [...]

This is a group for anxious isolated teenagers who dont have confidence or social skills to enable them to make friends. Lack of confidence and self esteem, aspergers are all factors in stopping some young people having a social life. The group will be held on a weekly basis .

We screen a Film for Action every two or three months for the Hackney community, free of charge, to inspire, unite and motivate people into action. Screenings are followed by panel discussions and a Q&A session with representatives of local groups on the films’ topics, followed by green drinks networking. Read more [...]

The Red Box Project Epping Forest is a community-based, not-for-profit initiative, which aims to support young people throughout their periods by providing red boxes filled with free period products to local schools.