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 [...]

Mission statement-To create a holistic refuge specifically designated to immerse our local community and nature in union to establish a sustainability centre/hub. Through environmental remediation practices we aim to effectively restore ecological systems and remove biological pollutants from industrial waste and misuse. In distinction to this, our design allows for Read more [...]

The Small Change, Big Difference campaign is part of a wider project called TRiFOCAL London – transforming city food habits for LIFE[1]. Small Change, Big Difference is all about how small changes can have a big impact on Londoners’ health and bank balance, while making our city a more sustainable Read more [...]

Outdoor People is a social enterprise, with a mission to make the outdoors easy for everyone, and in particular for families, kids and communities. We sell great outdoors kit in our shop, run projects for local residents, and offer consultancy to organisations that share our mission. Our Family Wild Walks 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 [...]

This will be our second of three sessions for the Growing Raglan Project. In this session we will be continuing from where we got to last time as well as building woven hurdles. The Green Gym® is natural exercise to make a difference! Fun and free outdoor community volunteering sessions Read more [...]

As we return to Spedan close Conservation area, we will be working to maintain the paths and woodland area to improve access and enhance the wildlife diversity. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, meet new people and learn new skills. Each day starts Read more [...]

Seed of Hope is a not-for-profit Social Enterprise that helps people with mental health problems to change their lives through Recovery based Social and Therapeutic Horticulture. We are based in Somerset and have groups in Cannington, Watchet and Glastonbury. Our groups meet for a six hour day (10-4) during which Read more [...]

We are a not for profit voluntary group comprising over 330 members with about 20 – 30 active volunteer fixers , holding events in Market Harborough town. Our principal is to assist people with repairing all sorts of small items thus saving waste disposal and CO2. So far we’ve saved 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 [...]

We grow saplings. We engage people with mental health issues. If you live locally and don’t have a land to plant a sapling we will look after your adopted sapling and plant it when suitable land becomes available. People can buy our saplings as memorabilia. We can post them or Read more [...]

You’ll be joining us for our regular Session at Waterlow Park. For this session we will be working in the Lower Pond Nature area. In warmer weather, we strongly advise our volunteers to bring bottles of water with them, sun-cream and sun hats, as well as a rain proof jacket. Read more [...]

You’ll be joining us for our regular Session at Waterlow Park. For this session we will be working in the Lower Pond Nature area. In warmer weather, we strongly advise our volunteers to bring bottles of water with them, sun-cream and sun hats, as well as a rain proof jacket. Read more [...]

As we return to Spedan close Conservation area, we will be working to planting new plants in the rain garden to enhance the wildlife diversity. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, meet new people and learn new skills. Each day starts with a Read more [...]

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 [...]

South Western District Gang Show (SWDGS) is a fast-moving variety show performed in a theatre setting by a cast of boys and girls (6-18y), supported by a team of 30+ adult volunteers who have experience of organising live theatre events. SWDGS cast members are recruited from open workshops in the Read more [...]

We need to make the very old Scout hut energy-efficient and accessible to all able and disable people. We also need to build a new double garage for storage of all the equipment as the old storge is beyond repair. we was looking at a new building but the church Read more [...]

Proud of Mersea was set up in 2018 with the aim of making Mersea Island in Essex the first litter free island in the UK. We have lobbied the local authority for more bins and recycle bins, we have signs all over the island reminding people to take their litter Read more [...]

We aim to help make Women feel they have something to give, to show them someone does care and together help create a Women’s movement where we can all learn to laugh and grow together. We’ve worked hard to create a Voluntary organisation to engage with Women to become part Read more [...]

A green and usable outdoor area for all members of the local community, especially the elderly, at the Kalos Centre (owned by Balham Community Church). Free weekly gardening classes focusing on growing herbs and making soup with what we grow. We emphasise increased awareness of the environment, the benefits of Read more [...]

Laughter. Running. Jumping. Climbing. Sliding. When you think of a playground, you think of a happy, carefree environment. But there’s much more than just fun. Playgrounds are like hands-on classrooms where children are able to test and extend their abilities, develop their self confidence, assess risk correctly and enjoy and Read more [...]

STAND is a voluntary group of people with an interest in access for people with disabilities. They are the experts in how to make changes to remove the barriers which make life difficult or impossible to be a functioning member of society. Rights enshined in the Equality Act 2010 are Read more [...]

Okehampton Community Garden started in April 2012.  We have a one acre site overlooking North Dartmoor.  On site we have a meeting space, compost toilet and polytunnel.  We aim to bring together members of the community to support and encourage gardening of all kinds, especially the growing of food. We Read more [...]

The Alcohol Education Trust is a Dorset-based charity that works nationally helping 500,000 young people in 2,100 schools, youth and sports clubs make safer, healthier choices, improving their resilience and life chances each year. Until now we have operated out of a garden garage and in 2019, our 10th Birthday, Read more [...]

Funding from Tesco Bags of Help, enabled Herefordshire Wildlife Trust tvolunteers to plant over 1000 reed plants at Bodenham Lake. Reedbed provides essential shelter for animals and without it they are vulnerable to predators and can stop them rearing young successfully. The large feathery spikes of a reedbed are a Read more [...]

Groundwork is a federation of charities working locally and nationally to transform lives in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities.

OneSharedEarth works with volunteers to provide answers to environmental questions supported by facts and research; information broken down so it is easily understood by the readers. We also organise events on environmental issues to get questions from people, especially children’s events with schools, libraries, etc. Our volunteers take on various Read more [...]

Funding was awarded to improve our gardening facilities.  We built seven raised beds which the children have enjoyed planting a range of vegetables in and tending to them during playtimes and lunchtimes. A local garden centre kindly donated some vegetables to get us started. We have had a bumper crop Read more [...]

A Community Group, also known as the Friends of Winsford Gardens and Royston Field, Penge. Created by LB Bromley and The Conservation Volunteers in 2011. Independently run since 2013. We promote Gardening and volunteering to get active exercise outdoors for your own health and wellbeing; to improve your local parks Read more [...]

The Grange Park estate in Blackpool is one of the largest and most deprived social housing estates in the country where statistics for poor health, low attainment, isolation, crime, unemployment, self harm etc are some of the highest in the country. The estate was built in 1948 and used to Read more [...]

We are a small family-led charity (the East Lincolnshire Down’s Syndrome Family Support Group) based in Boston, Lincolnshire. Our core activities are a fortnightly ‘play and stay’ session and a monthly Special Olympics:Lincolnshire multi-sports session. Our project ‘Cooking for Life’ is about teaching our members and their siblings the basics Read more [...]

DOSTI’s Secret Garden project allows isolated women from the community to develop their ‘Secret Garden’ at a local centre. Retreat where they can, meet, share and create small haven of their own

Linking mainly rural low carbon community groups to share ideas, stimulate new activity, support and inspire each other. This informal network was initiated at an event in April 2019 by Harbury Energy Initiative supported by the RSA. Since then other groups have joined in with an excellent event at Napton Read more [...]

Grange Pavilion is a resident-led project to redevelop a neglected Bowls Pavilion and Green as a multifunctional facility for Grangetown’s diverse communities, providing civic amenities including multiple spaces for community use and for hire, and a community-focused café and garden for wellbeing, play, education, growing and biodiversity, meeting priorities identified Read more [...]

The Radford Park Residents Association supported by voluntary groups of residents and families are working hard to build an amazing sense of community with residents engaging with one another through regular social community family events that will centre around our central community village green project. The community has exciting plans Read more [...]

This was a large docks railway sidings and landscaped rubbish tip that was abandoned about 30 years ago and had become overgrown with scrub.  After a long fight it was designated a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in late 2017.  Working with Bristol City Council Parks department, we have opened it Read more [...]

We work to enhance the area and improve the chances for pollinators to thrive, we also ensure the land is clean, tidy and that no peat, pesticides or other contamination enters the land. We put on events each year for the community and fundraising for more plants to go into Read more [...]

The Green Gym® is natural exercise to make a difference! Fun and free outdoor community volunteering sessions to connect us with local green spaces. The Camden Green Gym® runs at different parks & public gardens across Camden. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, Read more [...]

Free Cakes for Kids Southampton is part of the Free Cakes for Kids network which has over 60 groups under the national umbrella in most parts of the UK. The Southampton group is a volunteer led community organisation who bake birthday cakes for children, who live within the City of Read more [...]

Kindness Collective aims to be an umbrella organisation in Newcastle-upon-Tyne/Northeast England. Signposting people to community groups, companies, organisations etc active in (amongst other things) Kindness, Social Change, Combating Loneliness and Isolation. Eventually we (or I at present) hope to start running events.

We want to create a community cafe at Wickham Community Centre. It will be a place developed by local people to provide services, activities and a safe space. Some ideas include a community library/ book exchange, repair cafe, memory cafe and play and stay. We are already a year into Read more [...]

H4H – Overview Background to the project. I flew as helicopter pilot all over the world for almost 40 years and I ‘know’ that the helicopter is the most versatile rescue machine EVER. The first controlled helicopter first flew in 1941 and when we first started raising funds for an Read more [...]

Mark Makers is a Pollokshields Trust Project  to protect and enhance community recreation and green space in East Pollokshields. Go to our website below for full details and to watch our movie https://www.markmakers.org.uk/

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

Parks in Mind uses the power of nature to promote physical and mental health, whilst improving green spaces for people and wildlife. It does this by providing free volunteering opportunities on parks and open spaces where people can take part in fun nature conservation, health walks, arts and wellbeing activities. Read more [...]

We want to create a growing space in our Community Centre so the children who attend our Youth Club can learn about biodiversity, connect with nature, enjoy and benefit from an improved environment and have the opportunity to grow their own organic vegetables. We would like to include the whole Read more [...]

We return to Ingestre wood to care for the ranging habitat from Woodland through to Meadow. With your help we will be restoring the path and replacing sections of railing which have been degraded over the years. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, Read more [...]

You’ll be joining us for our regular Session at Waterlow Park. We will maintaining the vegetation cover and opening up last views in the Park’s wildlife areas. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, meet new people and learn new skills. Each day starts 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 [...]