Don’t have a Project Dirt account yet? RSVP for event dates here Our important and timely campaign, Vehicle Idling Action, is all about educating London drivers about the impact of idling on local air pollution, and the harmful effects pollution has on health. The project is being funded through the Read more [...]

Don’t have a Project Dirt account yet? RSVP for event dates here Our important and timely campaign, Vehicle Idling Action is tackling London’s high levels of air pollution and is being commissioned through the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund. If you want to learn some valuable behaviour change skills, and help to Read more [...]

Don’t have a Project Dirt account yet? RSVP for event dates here Our important and timely campaign, Vehicle Idling Action is tackling London’s high levels of air pollution and is being commissioned through the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund. If you want to learn some valuable behaviour change skills, and help Read more [...]

Don’t have a Project Dirt account yet? RSVP for event dates here Our important and timely campaign, Vehicle Idling Action is tackling London’s high levels of air pollution and is being commissioned through the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund. If you want to learn some valuable behaviour change skills, and help Read more [...]

Testing edits! Don’t have a Project Dirt account yet? RSVP for event dates here Our important and timely campaign, Vehicle Idling Action is tackling London’s high levels of air pollution and is being commissioned through the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund. If you want to learn some valuable behaviour change skills, Read more [...]

Don’t have a Project Dirt account yet? RSVP for event dates here Our important and timely campaign, Vehicle Idling Action is tackling London’s high levels of air pollution and is being commissioned through the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund. If you want to learn some valuable behaviour change skills, and help to improve Read more [...]

At the Wingate Centre we have some great facilities for children and young adults with learning difficulties and disabilities. We are very fortunate to also have a lot of outside space, however, it is currently a little uninspiring and doesn’t encourage the children to play and discover the outside. Our project Read more [...]

Don’t have a Project Dirt account yet? RSVP for event dates here Our important and timely campaign, Vehicle Idling Action is tackling London’s high levels of air pollution and is being commissioned through the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund. If you want to learn some valuable behaviour change skills, and help Read more [...]

At our Embercombe Experience Weekends we warmly welcome everyone who would like to come along and volunteer their enthusiasm, expertise, or simply a willing pair of hands, to help in both seasonal and on-going work at Embercombe. Over a weekend of working on the land, cooking, eating and sharing, we Read more [...]

Allotment gardening with Primary schools in Prestonpans area

Working to break the cycle of homelessness, offending behaviour, reduce harm and promote health We have various opportunities for groups of people to make a difference, please get in touch to discuss any involvement 0161 235 0744 Sorting through donations (clothes, ragging toiletry/bedding and food store) Putting together food parcels with Read more [...]

We aim to help people with learning difficulties and/or disability build more independent lives within their own neighbourhood and out with traditional support services. To facilitate this we will build larger and more sustainable raised beds for the community garden which will be a source of food for local community Read more [...]

We are the Friends of the School and we work to promote the school, raise funds and increase and encourage a range of activities and facilities at the school to benefit all of the children that attend the school and our local community. We are based in the rural village of Llanbedr in Powys Read more [...]

Bright Green Future is an exciting national programme for teenagers between 14 and 18 who want to create a more sustainable future for our planet. It is a unique opportunity to learn about sustainability and environmental decision making. Throughout the year you’ll participate in training activities, a work experience placement Read more [...]

Thank you Greggs Foundation for supporting the Sunshine Path project which will help children with Bereavement. We are working in Partnership with Phoenix Bereavement and with help from the Co Operative Pioneering group planning the clear up of the land in preparation for the Sunshine Path Project. Greggs Foundation has Read more [...]

Guerrilla gardening We are tidying and planting in our local park over the coming months, plants and seating ordered and our school children are raring to go

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 [...]

Conservation Volunteering The Ecology Service offers the opportunity to help us carry out practical conservation work in Holland Park through conservation workdays every third Saturday of the month. Hundreds of hours of volunteer work have been given to improve our wildlife areas. Tasks range from meadow cutting, building dead-hedges, pond Read more [...]

Do you like working outdoor? Do you want to enhance your practical conservation skills? The London Wildlife Trust has an exciting opportunity and is recruiting for a full time work based environmental conservation traineeship. We are looking for practical people who have a passionate for wildlife but lack higher qualification Read more [...]

The Ridge Academy has small quad area of school that has not been developed into a useful space as of yet. With the money from the Greggs Foundation we plan to develop an outdoor learning space. This will include the following: Raised beds Covered sandpit Pond This will be used Read more [...]

Nurtured By Nature is run by Montgomeryshire Wildlife  Trust  and is a supported volunteering opportunity that gives young people and adults of all backgrounds and abilities a chance to try new things, meet new friends, learn new skills and make  our local green spaces better  for people and wildlife. Our friendly weekly sessions are held 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 [...]

The Federation of Rescued Kitchenware – or F.O.R.K. – provides starter kits of second-hand kitchenware to students and others moving into a new home in London.  Our mission is to reduce waste by rescuing good-quality second-hand kitchenware, provide a convenient service that makes peoples’ move into London a bit easier Read more [...]

Community Centre Week (19th – 25th July), first launched by Octopus Community Network in 2014, is a chance to celebrate the invaluable work which community centres do. If you run, work in or volunteer at a community centre – Community Centre Week is for you. It’s an opportunity to stage an event, Read more [...]

We are an award winning independent environmental charity based in Scotswood,one of the most economically deprived neighbourhoods in Newcastle. Established in 1995, our beautiful 2.5 acre garden includes wildflower meadows, woodland, ponds, a sculpture trail, heritage orchards and fruit and vegetable gardens designed as Forest Gardens. Our Forest Gardens are some of the 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 [...]

Bore Place is home to the charity, Commonwork and to Commonwork Organic Farm Ltd. We are set in 500 acres of beautiful organic farmland near Sevenoaks in Kent. On site we also have a conference and study centre, an education team providing food and farming programmes for schools and colleges Read more [...]

Calderwood Primary School has extensive grounds around the school building which is very basic in layout and also very old and tired. It was recognised that there was an opportunity to create something unique that would enhance the children’s experience at school and after school. The school plans to make Read more [...]

Find out more about what it’s like to train with Nature Workshops as a Forest School Leader. Come join us in the woods for lunch, play, tools and fire in these magical local woods. Find out more about our training and the funding opportunities available to learn with us! Explore Read more [...]

Find out more about what it’s like to train with Nature Workshops as a Forest School Leader. Come join us in the woods for lunch, play, tools and fire in these magical local woods. Find out more about our training and the funding opportunities available to learn with us! Explore Read more [...]

We have turned a car park into a community garden! Together, we sow, grow and harvest healthy food with the aim of making gardening accessible and sustainable for all. Napiershall Street Community Garden was founded as part of the Let’s Cook Grow Sew Together project supported by West of Scotland Read more [...]

The Cornfield site is an underused patch of land situated between the communities of Millburn and Ballysally in Coleraine. The local communities will be directly involved in wild flower sowing and growing, and will create beautiful sensory gardens in which to wander, grow their own veg, provide outdoor classroom space Read more [...]

A group of local residents looking to protect and improve Queenscroft Park in Eltham. Currently planting wild flower seeds, organising regular litter picks and we’ll be holding a community fun event in the park on Saturday 16 July.

Outdoor Classroom Day is a worldwide campaign to celebrate and inspire learning and play outside the classroom. Building on the success of the 2017 campaign when over 2 MILLION children got involved in thousands of schools in over 100 countries, our aim is to get as many children as possible playing Read more [...]

In June 2015, a new urban farm opened its gates in Lambeth, a stone’s throw from London’s South Bank. The result of a partnership between Oasis Hub Waterloo and educational charity Jamie’s Farm, the Oasis Farm Waterloo aims to become a thriving community resource for Lambeth and Southwark, offering workshops Read more [...]

We plan to run several linked days and hope to repair and put more planters around the trees already in situ near Brixton Community Base. Near the communal areas at Brixton Community Base backing onto Probert Road, we will place larger planters filled with: soil, compost, bulbs and plants which Read more [...]

Fairbridge Road Play Street and Growing a Community reply on the goodwill and dedication of a wide group of volunteers who want to make the street a friendlier and nicer place to live. If you’d like to help out by street marshalling, setting up an activity or have any bright 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 [...]

For people in the local community interested in growing flowers, herbs and vegetables

The Wellside is a project which seeks to bring people together to love and serve their community here in Tottenham. Through youth activities, special events and partnership with other groups which share our values we are keen to build community, and to empower those who live, work and worship locally. Read more [...]

Our new Eco Talent programme is aimed at 16-25 years olds who are interested in environmental issues and are looking for new skills and experiences. The Canal & River Trust’s Eco Talent programme offers young people the chance to be part of a dynamic personal development and social action project based on Read more [...]

London’s leading cob building experts, enthusiasts and educational specialists. Working with London clay and communities in schools, growing and community groups since 2008.  Projects include: Sculpted areas at Vauxhall City Farm, St Joseph’s School Archway Cob and straw bale community building at Meadow Orchard, Crouch End Heated benches at Transition Heathrow, in Read more [...]

Growing People is a charity and horticultural social enterprise based on Wolverton’s Urb Farm where the small team of staff work with disengaged young people and volunteers to grow food for the local community. The 2.5 acres of land in the heart of residential Wolverton has been managed by the Read more [...]

Outdoor People is a not-for-profit social enterprise, dedicated to making the outdoors easy, especially for children and families. We are a great outdoors shop, we do research, we get involved in projects and campaigns and we work with others to get everyone, especially children, outdoors more! Why? Because we can’t Read more [...]

Magic Being able to be in the present moment while being playful & creative can feel magical Mad Embracing the fools inside of ourselves and feeling free to be just be yourself. Hat Different hat – different character; the joy of improvising & clowning allows us to play with many Read more [...]

CEB’s Global Impact Day is about giving back to the the communities CEB works in around the world.

Transition Town Worthing have been given the opportunity to create local food gardens in Worthing Town Centre and we are currently working on The Haven to create free fruit and veg for those who need it (like Incredible Edible) as well as enhancing this lovely spot in the park with Read more [...]

Only Connect is London’s creative criminal justice charity, rooted in community. Our vision is a more connected, human and just society, where we all choose a crime free life. The focus of our work is innovation to reduce re-offending. We work with Londoners aged 16+ with recent experience of the justice Read more [...]

PopFarm is a community growing space at PopBrixton. It launches in spring of 2016, and aims to provide free education and community engagement in its gardens, and in those of local schools and community organisations. We will be growing food for the caterers on site, and supporting people into employment Read more [...]

Role Description – Class Host (volunteer) at Made in Hackney Local Food Kitchen    (www.madeinhackney.org) Typical Responsibilities To assist the cookery teacher with: Preparing the kitchen before participants arrive for a class (eg. ingredients and equipment); Meeting and greeting the participants as they arrive; During the class, ensuring participants understand Read more [...]