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 [...]
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Keep Cumnock beautiful
Planting bulbs shrubs trees trying to chose wildlife friendly plants. Litter picking All round the town of Cumnock East Ayrshire
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From Plant to Plate
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 [...]
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The Great Growing Project
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 [...]
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Buds & Blossoms @ Ravenhill Park
To create a new Bog Garden with dipping pools at a neglected area in the park. The site is in a lovely shaded glade surrounded by trees and a bluebell bank. It is on a natural water course with moderately damp and very wet areas. It has a lot of dappled shade and some Read more [...]
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Dream Garden
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 [...]
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OffGrid Festival
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 [...]
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A Mile of Bunting !
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 [...]
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VolunteersYeah
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 [...]
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UK Youth Climate Coalition
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 [...]
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Pond restoration – Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve
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 [...]
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The Wilton Herbery
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 [...]
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Eighton Junction Community Garden
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 [...]
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St John’s Edible Garden
An urban edible garden on the grounds of a primary school in North Colchester.
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Eco Soul Hostel
We’re creating the first-ever community eco-hostel in London. The vision is: ‘A hostel in London where people who share values of social change, sustainability and wellbeing can connect and inspire each other.’ The hostel is a non-profit social enterprise. We plan to reinvest any surplus to offer people who do Read more [...]
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Pedestrian Entrance – Woodcroft Wildspace
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 [...]
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Access Dorset Courtyard Garden
Access Dorset is a registered charity organised and ran by disabled people, older people and carers. We have created a vibrant community resource at The Bridge in Bournemouth where we and our partners deliver a combination of diverse activities focused on tackling isolation and exclusion; promote independence and equality; empower people Read more [...]
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Playground Peddlers
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 [...]
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Sefton Sea Cadets
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 [...]
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Community gardening for All
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 [...]
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CEED – Gardening Skills for Young People
Volunteering opportunities for young people, aged 11 to 16 years, to improve the physical environment of Roker Park, through activities including vegetation management and plant propagation. Young people will be taught a range of practical skills, providing them with a wide variety of skills and knowledge. CEED is delivering this Read more [...]
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Trinity Academy going green!
This year our academy has a strong focus on recycling, composting and becoming a greener academy! We will also post about our Trinity Farm. All of our students are always interested to get involved with our outdoor projects across the full campus, especially with our lovely farm animals!
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Walton Community Garden & Growing scheme
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 [...]
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Cultivation Street
I work for a not for profit organisation called Cultivation Street, the founder being the Love your Garden gardener David Domoney. Cultivation Street was set up to primarily support community gardens – whether that be a community groups, school garden or even individual projects. Although the main attraction to Cultivation Read more [...]
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Gift a Bundle – Gifting on outgrown baby clothing.
Redistributing good quality, outgrown baby and children’s clothing as gifts between families for Mother’s Day. When it comes to childrenÂ’s clothing weÂ’ve been looking behind the seams. A whopping 183 million items of outgrown baby clothing are stashed in UK homes, enough to provide over 250 items for each baby Read more [...]
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Wassailing in St Laurence Orchard!
By popular demand, Trust Links are moving Wassailing to Sunday 28 January at 14:00-15:30 at St Laurence Orchard. Come and wake the trees up for the Spring in historic St Laurence Orchard, located in Eastwoodbury Lane (at the junction with St. Laurence Way), Southend-on-Sea Sample the spiced apple juice, join Read more [...]
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MCF Bulk Buster
MCF collect old bikes and wheelchairs, and use them for vocational maintenance training for hundreds of people in prisons and the community. Some restored bikes are sold at affordable prices in MCF Community Bikerys, but most are donated through partner organisations to disadvantaged people locally and around the world. Over our first five years, MCF Read more [...]
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Roots for the Future, planting trees thanks to #GreenerwithGreggs
Roots for the Future’s mission is to engage communities in tree planting to cultivate a lasting legacy of environmental sustainability. We envisage a future where communities are inspired to implement natural solutions to climate change. We believe community activities, like Roots for the Future’s are at the root of curbing the Read more [...]
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Edible Rotherhithe
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 [...]
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Incredible Edible Avenue SW8
Greening the area between Thessaly Road and Stewarts Road, covered by three estates, Patmore, Carey Gardens and Savona. Planting fruit tees and bushes to create a community orchard Running regular gardening workshops – The Potting Shed Working with schools and community groups Upskilling around horticulture, upcycling, cooking, healthy eating Volunteering Read more [...]
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Incredible Edible Hooky School Garden
Our Incredible School Garden Project aims to develop a growing space within the grounds of the village school including raised growing beds for fruit and vegetables, a green house, cold frames, bee hotels, a compost bin and wormery. Children will be able to learn about sustainable horticulture, ecology and the Read more [...]
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Morfa Gateway Project
A Community Environmental Project in Prestatyn, North Wales. Project proudly supported in 2019 by Grow Wild the national outreach initiative of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew). Top Picture 2018 Bottom Picture 2019 Our project was established in 2017. We are working to transform a site that was once a waste disposal site. Anti-social Read more [...]
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Nuts about Nature with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
The Education Team at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust will deliver four free pop up environmental education sessions for parents and young families (aimed at 2-12 year olds – but not exclusive to) who visit ElliottÂ’s Field Retail Park. The sessions will be held over a 5 month period to maximise the Read more [...]
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Bee keeping training at Growing Matters – gardening therapy at Gilmerton House Kitchen Garden
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 [...]
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Bee keeping training at Growing Matters – gardening therapy at Gilmerton House Kitchen Garden
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 [...]
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Bee keeping training at Growing Matters – gardening therapy at Gilmerton House Kitchen Garden
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 [...]
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Mr and Mrs Polluto
Mr and Mrs Polluto is a series of fun-filled, interactive family performances for ages 4+ that generate an interest in caring for the environment and recycling. Taking place in Redbridge libraries and housing estates, the performances encourage residents to recycle more, litter less and take pride in sustaining green neighbourhoods.
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Future Gardeners – helping you on the way to a career in horticulture
Future Gardeners – new course start date – Wednesday 16th January Are you looking to get into gardening as a career? Are you currently unemployed and not sure where to start? Future Gardeners is a 10 week part-time course which will support you into a career in horticulture. It is Read more [...]
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Small Works Big Ideas
Are you 13 – 24? Do you live/work/ go to school in Islington? Do YOU have a BIG IDEA ? Small Works ‘Big IdeasÂ’ is an exciting and fun programme during which weÂ’ll help you turn your big or small idea into a real project. YouÂ’ll learn about social enterprise, Read more [...]
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Whirlygig Toy Library
We are a new toy library opening soon in Beacon Heath in Exeter. We are part of Merry Go Round Toy Libraries, a local small charity that provides really good quality toys, games and resources for children to play with then take home for a week or two. Our main Read more [...]
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#TapChat water saving Quiz
Following the driest autumn/winter in more than a decade, we need to start thinking about water use. That’s why environmental charity Hubbub has created the #TapChat Quiz, a fun, super simple way to find out what type of water user you are and get tips for saving water that fits Read more [...]
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PoetsÂ’ Corner Community Garden
Since January 2016 the members of PoetsÂ’ Corner Community Garden have taken on and transformed an underused former community garden on the Bethnal Green Estate & created a renewed, bigger, more beautiful garden & resource for the local community. Despite being the newest community garden in Tower Hamlets, PoetsÂ’ Corner Community Garden Read more [...]
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CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers)
CARAS means Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Since 2002 we have supported refugees and asylum seekers in south London to integrate and lead independent lives. Last year our more than 120 active volunteers supported 300 people, primarily women and unaccompanied children, through English classes, one-to-one support, our problem-solving Read more [...]
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National Sustainable Schools Conference – volunteers needed
SEEd and the Sustainable Schools Alliance are delighted to run our successful annual sustainable schools conference again. This year we are being sponsored by Supply Chan!ge, an EU project with Think Global addressing environmental and human rights around supermarket supply chains. Date: Monday 13th November Location: Baden Powell House, South Read more [...]
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Largs Organic Gardens
Community Garden at Largs Railway Station. A Viking themed community garden, created on a disused area of old track bed within the Railway Station. Situated next to Platform 1 garden members grow their own organic fruit, vegetables and flowers in whiskey barrels and raised beds. We have communal fruit trees, Read more [...]
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Skelton Grange Conservation Sessions
This year Skelton Grange Environment centre is celebrating it’s 25th birthday and working with a group of volunteers from the local community we will help to further improve the nature reserve through various conservation tasks. These will include sowing wildflower meadows, planting a vegetable garden, managing hedges, ponds and woodlands Read more [...]
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Friends of the croft school forest school
My children’s School , The Croft Primary School in Painswick, Gloucestershire currently has a small nature area for reception and year 1 children, the friends of the croft school (PTA) would love to develop this area further to become a proper functioning forest school where all ages can go to Read more [...]
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Archbishop’s Park Pre-School Family Allotment
A free Allotment Gardening group for local families with pre-school children at the corner of Archbishop’s Park. The two hour long workshops provide season planting, harvesting and craft activities for adults and children to enjoy together. Sessions run every Friday from 10 am – 12 noon. Children and their parents/carers Read more [...]