Squilometres is a technique, rather than a project in fact. It works alongside communities to help them come together and find creative ways to celebrate their own place. As a technique is it completely transferable to any place, any place at all.

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 [...]

Come and join the Bloomsbury Festival team as a volunteer and be part of a global festival here on your doorstep. Bloomsbury Festival is a festival of arts, culture, science, literature and fun that explodes onto the streets of Bloomsbury over 6 days in October from Tuesday 17th to Sunday 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 [...]

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 [...]

We have a gardening club we wish to further advertise it to spread it to all the community. We will be using an expert gardener to offer professional advice and tips, we will use him as session worker on a monthly basis to go through giving us tips and advice Read more [...]

Earth Moves offers educational and transformational experiences and events. We are a cooperative who adhere to cooperative ethics and principles. We advocate holistic, self-empowered and creative ways of engagement, healing, conflict resolution and enhanced understanding. We believe that arts, well-being activities, nature immersion and horticulture are life-enhancing for the individual, Read more [...]

The friends of Walton hall park are an award winning group of volunteers working in the park situated in the north of Liverpool. The group has been growing plants in pots for three years now. But with the help of the Big Lottery they have now started a great community Read more [...]

Our Stone Age and WWII Dig for Victory gardens are an invaluable resource used in our school and community outreach sessions. These garden sessions allow local children of all ages and abilities to engage with nature and spend time outside, a rare experience in London! Without volunteers, we would not Read more [...]

Local voluntary organisation The Conservation Volunteers will clear, prepare and replant an area of land at the cemetery. Fast growing shrubs will be planted to provide a barrier at the edge of the cemetery and enhance the area for wildlife. A variety of shrub species, selected for their value as Read more [...]

Edible Rotherhithe will transform an vacant area of land at the rear of a social housing estate into a thriving new community space in Rotherhithe, SE16. The project will feature a well being garden, food growing, a carpentry workshop, arts and crafts and, skills development opportunities run by ourselves and Read more [...]

We are delighted to have been awarded funding from the Community Project Fund supported by the Greggs Foundation.  Growing Matters is a new charity operating from Gilmerton House Kitchen Garden, delivering therapy through horticulture.  We have an enthusiastic group of volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, all united in the Read more [...]

We are delighted to have been awarded funding from the Community Project Fund supported by the Greggs Foundation.  Growing Matters is a new charity operating from Gilmerton House Kitchen Garden, delivering therapy through horticulture.  We have an enthusiastic group of volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, all united in the Read more [...]

We are delighted to have been awarded funding from the Community Project Fund supported by the Greggs Foundation.  Growing Matters is a new charity operating from Gilmerton House Kitchen Garden, delivering therapy through horticulture.  We have an enthusiastic group of volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, all united in the Read more [...]

Active local charity working since 2007 to regenerate a deprived area through community orchards, woodlands, growing spaces, floral enhancement, community art and heritage, events and more

Improvement, Clean up and maintenance of a neglected council owned closed cemetery, this area contains in excess of 300 war graves and represents a historical record for many families in Blackburn, due to years of neglect many areas are inaccessible to many family members both able bodied and disabled.  We Read more [...]

Forest of Mercia CIC uses the natural environment to educate, improve health and well-being and encourage everyone to use the outdoors in a way that’s right for them. We are developing Hilton Green into an environmental facility devoted to exploring exciting and innovative ways to support people to reach their Read more [...]

shepway chariots have recently acquired half an acre of disused land which had become a hotspot for anti social behaviour and flytipping. Our aim is to transform the land into a fully functioning community garden. Where we will encourage local residents to learn how to grow, tend and harvest their Read more [...]

Pendeen is a special place – a strong vibrant community set within stunning wild countryside. But like many rural communities, it (and its people) face challenges. Pendeen has an activity community with a number of diverse groups, organisations and committed people working to ensure it is a place people love Read more [...]

St Mary’s Garden is adjacent to the Garden Museum and is managed and maintained by local volunteers. We meet every other saturday to grow food, tidy and maintain the garden. We are looking for volunteers to join in and help keep the space looking beautiful. The Garden Museum will reopen Read more [...]

A Local residents association for people in the Mount Wise area of Devonport. Aimed to help, support, and bring together the community. We want to help with local issues. Common problems. Neighbourhood security. 

Timebanking is a reciprocal exchange of skills and knowledge where the only currency is tie and people only offer what they offer when they want to.  Stonehouse Time Bank meets weekly at Union Corner, 96 Union Street.  We help in the running of the community space, tend to the garden, Read more [...]

We are a community project that serves our  community offering various activities for all ages.   We have groups that meet at our community hub and we can offer a range of interests for everyone.  We put on various community events. We are a friendly, welcoming crowd.

About the Project The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) is working with Lambeth Council (LC) to undertake a community project at… Eardley Road Sidings Nature Reserve (ERSNR) in Streatham. The project includes capital improvements on the actual site and a programme of community events and activities with the aim of engaging the Read more [...]

We offer educational, therapeutic and recreational cruises and activities on the River Thames for the young; for older people; and people of all ages with a disability or mental health condition. As well as our regular day and residential cruises and educational programmes, we help our clients plan bespoke cruises Read more [...]

We are an independent garden centre and florist in London. We are proud to be an important member of the local community with an exceptional level of customer service. Sounds like lots of businesses but in our case it is true! We are looking for help in building a shop. Read more [...]

The Society is developing a new Education Centre at the Reserve, a 100 sq metre floor area to include a classroom suitable for a class of 30; there will be kitchen and sanitary facilities, as well as an office /laboratory for citizen science type work.  The building will be straw Read more [...]

Million Stars was born out of social need. Our mission is to change the way the environment is perceived, we’ll do this through delivery of… a) Million Stars, a themed weekend (pop up urban) camping experience, bringing guests to our secret locations in Liverpool to experience ourunique blend of camping and outdoor Read more [...]

London Wildlife Trust runs practical workdays on Tuesday and Fridays each week, along with certain Sundays each month. If you love getting outdoors, nature conservation and wild spaces then you can help us restore areas of chalk grassland habitat (home to over 30 species of butterfly, kestrels, beetles, bees, vetches…..) Read more [...]

We will repaint a wall by the play-area at Purcell Street on Arden Estate. On the new clean wall we will paint quotes from The Tempest, one of Shakespeare’s plays. North and South Arden Estate has rich theatre traditions. Archeologists from the Museum of London back in 2012 identified foundations Read more [...]

Creation of  woodland trail with the help of our local Beaver Scout group who volunteer in the park.  They are busy creating a trail and the grant we have been lucky enough to get from the Greggs Foundation will help us plant native species of plants and flowers and create Read more [...]

I wish to have a badly – damaged painting, a Funeral Hatchment, restored to the point where it can be displayed for public viewing at Old All Saints Church in Skelton. The Hatchment, one of four, was previously on display at the tiny historic Church of St. Andrew at Upleatham Read more [...]

‘Are We Ready?’ is a simple package of resources (available here) to support community groups to start conversations about how they can become a more resilient community that is able to respond creatively to the impacts of climate change and to reducing fossil fuel dependence. It consists of a short film, Read more [...]

We provide high quality training for psychotherapists and outdoor professionals on the therapeutic use of nature to support well-being. Our trainings are immersive and held in outdoors settings throughout the UK. Our courses are held within small groups in base camp settings to encourage intimacy within our relationships with others Read more [...]

We are always on the lookout for reliable volunteers to help with invigilating our galleries on a daily basis – checking tickets, working on the till, cleaning the galleries and monitoring temperature and humidity readings as well as assisting visitors with queries and encouraging them to participate in any drop-in Read more [...]

The Bethnal Green Nature Reserve has just been awarded a Mishcon grant to develop a wetland habitat. A new series of interconnecting ponds will harbour a rich collection of indigenous and medicinal aquatic plants, providing a home for an existing toad and newt population. Bethnal Green Nature Reserve – site Read more [...]

YOU CAN VIEW MY EDUCATIONAL TIMELINE OF THE EVACUATION FROM GUERNSEY TO ENGLAND, OF JUNE 1940, BY CLICKING ON THE LINK AT THE FOOT OF THIS PAGE. THE TIMELINE WAS LAUNCHED ON 15TH JUNE 2015 TO MARK THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GUERNSEY EVACUATION. 17,000 CHILDREN, TEACHERS AND MOTHERS FLED Read more [...]

Theres an exciting opportunity this summer for amateur photographer living or working in the 4 Wandle boroughs to showcase their work. The Wandle Valley Regional Park, Wandle Valley Forum and Living Wandle Landscape Partnership are launching a competition to capture all aspects of the Wandle Valley. There are 4 categories Read more [...]

Gunnersbury Park is a beautiful 186 acre Grade 2* registered landscape of exceptional mature trees, open grass spaces and historic buildings including an Orangery, ‘Princess Amelia’s’ Bath house, Gothic Ruins and the Stables. Gunnersbury Park House (the Large Mansion) is the home of the local history museum for the boroughs of Read more [...]

The Hayling Island Branch line connected the island to the main rail network at Havant. Often referred to as the Hayling Billy, the line was closed in 1963. Today the route of the line is a popular trail for walkers cyclists and horse riders. Through the project we will be discovering the Read more [...]

Leaping Hare CIC was formed to fund and operate Thetford’s Great Information Centre in order to provide local and visitor information and also to promote the great heritage of Thetford. We operate a box office for local events in order to promote events for many local groups and enable them Read more [...]

A variety of exhibitors and demonstrators from the wonderful world of wood will be displaying their products and skills at the Woodfair. Visitors will be able to see why shire horses are still one of the most effective means of logging; they can learn why wood is an efficient and Read more [...]

A new community garden including an orchard and raised beds food-planting, open to everyone.

St John’s Notting Hill and Rootless Garden sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund present a five-week exploration of the history and culture behind the newly restored organ, taking in the history of Notting Hill and developments in the arts and horticulture, at the 5 key dates in the organ’s history: Read more [...]

A community led initiative building an ethical, sustainable, local and culturally diverse food hub to ensure good food for all.

An out of school club and Saturday school for children aged 5 to 12 years old. We host educational and cultural events, workshops and activities for families in the local community. Through our Saturday school we provide our club children with education support in maths, English, exam preparation, African arts, Read more [...]

We are currently in the process of transforming the Studio3Arts garden into a vibrant and friendly space which can be enjoyed by local people and visitors to our venue in Barking. A team of volunteers are helping design, plant, create, paint and maintain the garden. We are always up for Read more [...]

Community Centred Community Centred is a work in progress of the idea that the community is the level of existence at which, as a collection of interdependent families, a sustainable life and lifestyle makes most sense. That’s what we are, a collection of families that seek to come together cooperatively to Read more [...]

The UK has an enormous heritage of earth buildings, and lots of people working to build new and conserve what we have.  EBUK is involved in lots of activities to support earth building, from training and writing training standards to workshops and networking events, conferences, research and networking with overseas Read more [...]

Seventy years after rockets shot to the ground tearing buildings down around the borough, a group of residents have restored a forgotten memorial in honour of those who lost their lives. In December 1944 an attack from the air destroyed six buildings in the Callonfield Estate, Walthamstow. Many were injured Read more [...]