Mark Makers is a Pollokshields Trust project  to protect and enhance community recreation and green space in East Pollokshields.

Launching on Tuesday 11th June 2019, our latest ’33’ project entitled Dear London Teacher will highlight ​33 great opportunities ​for London Schools to prepare for London Climate Action Week* (1-8 June 2019). The project has the hashtag: ‘Love London. Love the World.’ This series of blogs aims to: Connect London’s Read more [...]

The Community in Cradley are joining together with Severn Rivers Trust and the Greggs Foundation to clean up the River Stour. Right in the heart of the Black Country this project at Lodge Forge in Cradley and the surrounding area of greenspace. The area is underused by local people because Read more [...]

The Edward Kemp Community Garden was first developed in March 2011.  Now 8 years on what was a hockey field is now a thriving Community space.  We have many themed areas including sensory, herb, wildflower gardens as well as ponds.  Thanks to the grant from Greggs we have now been Read more [...]

Founded in May 2014, The Hive is a fast growing education company focused on Outdoor Learning. We run workshops for children, families and grown-ups. The Hive is unique in the UK, bringing together outdoor learning, narrative and technology in a Forest School setting. We create immersive adventures and projects for Read more [...]

Microplastic sampling with Citizen Scientists from local communities along the Thames and Medway Estuaries.

Forest School Leader Training London 2019 JUN – AUG – OCT – NOV 2019  Ham Lands (Richmond/Kingston) – Crouch End (Haringey) – High Elms (Bromley).🌳🌳🌳 For all trainings, at least 2 of the Greenbow Trainers will be present, if not all 3  – with collective Forest School experience of 35+ Read more [...]

Perfectly Edible UK is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company based in the heart of Leicester. Our mission is to tackle the ever-growing crises of food poverty and food waste. Our objective is to rescue surplus food, that would otherwise be sent to landfill, and make it accessible to families and Read more [...]

Sustainable Futures Co-ordinator (Volunteer Role) Voluntary position 3 days per week, including 5 days “leave”. For 4 months Two professional qualifications in energy efficiency and solar energy offered as part of the role Based 2 mins from Greenwich Station with some travel into Lewisham and other SE Boroughs The deadline Read more [...]

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/confidence-club In this day and age there are so many moulds that young people try to fit themselves into, and so many pressures on them to meet expectations it really ought not to come as no  surprise that we’re seeing such distressing rises in anxiety and mental health. Compounding the Read more [...]

Crafternoon: Creative Wellbeing Sessions is a initiative focused around bringing communities together through a series of creative experiences that promote positive mental health and emotional wellbeing.  The project aims to respond to the our current research and experiences surrounding mental health, self care and isolation prevention services, which at present are Read more [...]

We are a Local Environmental Records Centre founded as a Heritage Lottery and European Development Fund Project in 2007. We continue through the support of the Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service and Sefton Council offering environmental data services to facilitate evidence based conservation, management, strategy and development. With only a single Read more [...]

We have been raising funds to transform an area of land into an enchanting and engaging outdoor area , this area will be used for a variety of learning experiences and to enhance the well-being of our children and staff alike. We plan to grow a wonderful garden that will Read more [...]

Inspiring children to grow From creation to relocation, the ‘Believe in Tomorrow’ garden’s mission is to encourage more children to enjoy, interact with and learn from the great outdoors. Together we can give urban schools and communities the chance to be inspired by the small pockets of time and nature Read more [...]

North Kensington Community Energy is a community benefit society and the first community-owned energy enterprise in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We are installing solar panels on 2 primary schools and a community centre. Electricity from these climate change fighting solar panels will help power the schools and create a community Read more [...]

Hungry for Change? The University’s plot at Brookfield is ready and waiting for some helpers to get the season started. We will have weekly sessions on a Wednesday 1-4pm. Come along to share your green-fingered expertise, or to learn the difference between a carrot and a parsnip – all skill Read more [...]

An emerging mobile museum creatively stirring responses to the climate emergency. We support organisations to explore climate change (and related issues) in ways that help their communities to learn, create and take positive action. In turn workers will be more able to continue engaging with climate change in ways that are relevant Read more [...]

Established in 2009, Father Nature is a Brixton based social enterprise focusing on permaculture landscape design, build & maintenance of public & private sector & community horticultural projects around London. We work with individuals, families, schools, TRAs, Lambeth Council, Brixton BID, and a host of environmental, educational and community focused Read more [...]

Worried about Brexit? Not sure what happens after the 29th of March? Heard of the 4 meals before anarchy maxim? You’re not alone, what with news of people stock piling food and the newspapers and media bracing for hard Brexit and the prospect of supermarkets running dry, riots in the Read more [...]

We use the art of Professional Wrestling to create opportunity for people to grow and maximise their personal potential. We also work in Schools in direct partnership with the Police supporting Primary School Age Children to take The Right Road in life. We in addition work with many disadvantaged young Read more [...]

The South East Rivers Trust is an environmental charity which aims to acheive healthy rivers, for all, across the south east of England. We work from as far west as Baskingstoke, and as far east as Dover – looking after all the rivers and their catchments in between. We run Read more [...]

Following on from a hedgehog re-introduction programme, this project will bring in relevant experts to engage and educate villagers, via walks and talks, on the status of butterflies and moths, wildflowers, birds, bumblebees, bats, other mammals and trees. These, together with our own day and night time surveys will establish Read more [...]

Nexus is a District Special Needs School which educates students aged 2.5 -19 years of age with moderate to complex Learning Difficulties. We also have students with additional complex Physical Disabilities. We moved in September 2017 into new premises in order to double in size. At the new premise we Read more [...]

New Scotland Hill Primary School is very passionate about creating a sensory garden for all of its pupils to enjoy.  A sensory garden is a fun educational tool that allows children to explore and learn about their senses and nature, and generally interact with the environment around them.  We hope the Read more [...]

Action Youth Boxing Intervention (AYBI) is based in Somers Town, Camden. The project aims to engage with young people who might be at risk of involvement with gangs, or who are already involved, to help change their ways of thinking/belief systems, self worth and empowerment. The Action Youth Boxing Intervention is Read more [...]

This project develops local educational media content around Glasgow which helps people reduce their plastic consumption and waste.

We are creating a sensory garden in our little orchard so the children can use the space to  investigate through touch, feel and smell. Also giving them the opportunity  to grow plants and produce.

WhatSUP is a project designed by DEED to support schools and their wider communities in East Dorset to explore and ‘re-think’ their use of Single Use Plastic (SUP) and the impact it has on the environment. Thought provoking hands-on pupil workshops and staff training explore the issue of plastic in Read more [...]

Sutton Ecology Centre is part of the London Borough of Sutton’s Biodiversity Team and is the main resource for environmental education in the borough. The Centre runs educational visits for schools and community groups, as well as events for adults and children, volunteer days and much more. The grounds are Read more [...]

we want to educate players and improve our community football pitches in a sustainable way with rain water harvesting

We are a large primary school in a busy town. We are recreating our own vegetable garden and Eco system. The children will be responsible to grow, cultivate and harvest their own food. This will result in them being able to design and create their own meals within the home Read more [...]

Through Harmony Woods, our new and evolving community woodland, and associated growing gardens we teach care for and understanding of the natural environment and how our actions impact on it for better and for worse, locally and globally. We provide opportunities for volunteering, learning, training, enjoyment and enhanced well-being. It Read more [...]

Volunteer Friday! Come and help us build and grow at the Eco Park in Porthtowan every Friday. Followed by a free lunch. Volunteer Friday is a great opportunity to get out on the land and meet new people in a beautiful cliff top location. We welcome long term volunteers or Read more [...]

An ongoing project to transform an underused community space into a small urban woodland garden that will be used as an outdoor classroom and green community space. Avant-Gardening has developed the project in partnership with Fair Community Housing Services, Tower Bridge Primary School and Snowsfields Primary School. This is part Read more [...]

Your Pint Can is back for it’s second year, with Carling and Wetherspoon teaming up again to support local community projects across the UK.  All you need to do is buy a pint of Carling from your local Wetherspoon pub, then nominate a local project before the 31st August and Read more [...]

Off Grid is an ethical, eco-political community festival run by volunteers for social change, and exists to bring people together who want to build community, share information about agriculture and land rights, off grid technology and energy production, environmental issues, governmental structures, and the financial system, and it gives participants Read more [...]

Have you ever made Bunting on the Beach?  We are and we want you to join in! On the 24th June we shall be holding a workshop on the beach making a mile of bunting that will be use to line the route the Carnival will take. There will also Read more [...]

Volunteers Yeah – Training online and offline that builds our skills for involving people in the projects and causes we believe in. Facebook | Twitter | Live Online FAQs Involving volunteers? One hour sessions to improve the way we involve volunteers and make our lives easier… What’s your burning question Read more [...]

The UK Youth Climate Coalition are recruiting! Are you looking for an exciting volunteering opportunity? Are you aged between 18 and 29? Do you want to meet great people, develop new skills and be part of the global movement to stop climate change? Who are we? UKYCC is a youth Read more [...]

Pond dipping is a great outdoor activity that really connects young people with nature and their environment. Restoring this pond not only will benefit the local community by providing a larger, safer site to undertake several different activities, but also the wildlife that inhabits it. Currently overgrown trees and scrub Read more [...]

Our aim is to grow fresh and healthy vegetables in our community garden to complement our healthy living project, we will be growing these vegetables, cook in our community kitchen and eat in our community centre, we will also be using this to teach gardening and other skills to our users enabling them Read more [...]

CPRE believes a beautiful, thriving countryside is important for everyone, no matter where they live. Millions of town and city dwellers recharge their batteries with a walk or a bike ride in the local Green Belt, spend weekends and holidays in the countryside, or enjoy fresh local produce. People who Read more [...]

Looking at improving, using and learning from our herb garden. Making scalable items from the herbs produced to fund further community work on the estate.  We will train 5 local residents in Food Hygiene Level 2 so they can utilise the herbs being grown to make interesting and unusual products Read more [...]

We run a former church as a community centre for local residents and last year took on the land around it from the council. We are developing a community garden for events, education, crafts, vegetables, composting, wildlife, volunteering, health and wellbeing. Over the next few months thanks to funding from Read more [...]

An urban edible garden on the grounds of a primary school in North Colchester.

Chase Bridge first opened as a Primary School in 1953. Today we are a three form entry Community Primary School and nursery in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, with about 640 pupils. We are very excited to introduce the merits of beekeeping into the school for Spring 2019.  Read more [...]

Woodcroft Wildspace is an educational wildspace for the benefit of the whole of Enfield. The Downes Court entrance has been closed off for many years resulting in it being overgrown and disused. It was re-opened in January 2018 and has been prepared for this project by the community volunteers installing Read more [...]

There are so many old bikes in the back of sheds and garages that can be brought back into use. Too good to throw out but no longer of use to the owner. The bikes will be used in a number ways. The best bikes will be sold to fund Read more [...]

We are looking to restore and maintain a memorial garden alongside the Leeds/Liverpool canal where our sea cadets unit is based. This memorial garden is to commemorate an ex marine cadet who was killed in action during the Gulf war. In addition to this we are looking at increasing the Read more [...]