The Conservation Volunteers

TCV’s Mission is “to connect people and green spaces to deliver lasting outcomes for both.”
“Conservation” and “volunteering” are on the TCV tin, but TCV is about much more. Fundamentally we are about making the connection between individual health and wellbeing, a sense of belonging to a community, and using the medium of constructive conservation action to bring the two together.
By bringing local people together to transform local green spaces through co-design and co-delivery, we not only improve environments for the benefit of local communities, but also invest and empower residents in the process. Rather than parachuting in funds and outside help and leaving once the funds run out, this approach encourages a long-term, sustainable legacy of pride and ownership. With-the-community, by-the-community, for-the-community.
TCV does not own nature reserves or charge a membership fee. We work primarily in inner cities and deprived areas. As a result, our volunteers represent a greater diversity of individuals than is typical of the sector. TCV’s activities are all free of charge and designed to be within walking distance of areas of deprivation – reducing the need for personal or public transport. Each year, with the support of more than 50,000 individuals, we plant over a million trees and together transform over 1000 public green spaces, for the benefit of the environment and the communities they serve.
When it comes to frontline staff, we like to grow our own! Many started their careers as volunteers with TCV (including our previous CEO). Coming from diverse backgrounds many bring with them lived experience of life’s challenges in addition to their community and conservation expertise.

Frameworks

• DPS Supporting Facilities Management