The Conservation Volunteers

Beech House
159 Ravenhill Road
Belfast
BT6 0BP
United Kingdom

Contact Details

tcvni@tcv.org.uk

https://www.tcv.org.uk/northernireland/

https://www.facebook.com/tcvni/?locale=en_GB

The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) in Northern Ireland is a region of a UK-wide practical environmental charity, set up in 1959 and the Northern Ireland region was established in 1983. TCV has offices in Belfast, Bangor, Coleraine, Derry/Londonderry and provides advice, support, training and information as well as practical action through our own practical groups, including Conservation Action Teams and Green Gym groups. All our projects result in practical environmental improvement through voluntary effort and includes community gardens, allotments, tree planting, woodland management, pond construction, building school nature areas and creating informal urban open spaces.

Our Services

TCV is a practical environmental charity which involves people in understanding and improving the environment in four main areas of work:

Environment - improving the local environment through involvement of volunteers and the local community. Creating and improving habitats.

Learning and Skills - helping people gain skills to improve the environment and this often helps support career development and securing employment.

Health - Green Gym and food growing projects and helping to improve social well-being.

Community - working with local communities and providing a community network which includes insurance cover.

Conservation Action Teams

The teams deliver practical environmental/conservation projects for landowners, eg councils, farmers, schools and businesses. Work undertaken includes:

countryside access,
tree planting,
school grounds development,
habitat construction, and
land management.

Site visits, practical advice, costings and information on funding sources are available. For more information contact your nearest office:

Belfast 90645169
Coleraine 70355352
DerryLondonderry 71262664

Green Gyms

Green Gyms offer environmental volunteering opportunities with a strong personal health focus for community, older people and women’s groups, school children and people with mental ill health, physical disabilities and learning difficulties.

Volunteering Opportunities exist on each of the above areas of work. If you want to find out more about how to get involved give us a call.