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  2. The Conservation Volunteers Strategy 2025 – 2030

The Conservation Volunteers Strategy 2025 – 2030

We are The Conservation Volunteers,

But you can call us TCV. Since 1959, we’ve been a charity creating opportunities for people to create, improve and care for nature in the green spaces around them across the UK.

Our variety of projects cover a bit of everything involving nature. Volunteers muddy their boots in parks, community gardens, woodland, sites of special scientific interest, nature reserves, schools and hospital grounds, helping create a glorious network of protected green space across the UK.

This work connects people with nature, and that connection delivers powerful results.

Download full strategy as PDF

Our Vision

Better nature for all.
A future where everyone can experience, enjoy, protect and restore the natural world.

Our Mission

We connect people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both.

Our Values

Our Goals

1. Protect and Restore Local Environments

  • Plant 2.5 million trees and create 6,000+ pocket forests by 2030.
  • Care for 1,500 green spaces annually.
  • Engage 45,000+ corporate volunteers through Employee Action Days.
  • Focus on urban and deprived areas to turn grey into green.

2. Empower Others to Take Action for Nature

  • Support 4,000+ community groups through our network.
  • Launch a Citizen Science app to track biodiversity impact.
  • Inspire thousands to volunteer and take local action.

3. Improve Wellbeing Through Nature

  • Deliver Green Gyms in 150 locations by 2030.
  • Help 5,000 people grow food and plants through “I Can Grow”.
  • Reach 125,000 children and young people with nature-based learning.

4. Develop Conservation and Green Skills

  • Offer Volunteer Officer placements and Green Skills traineeships.
  • Support 500,000 people to connect with nature and learn conservation skills.
  • Promote inclusive access to green skills and volunteering.

Why It Matters

  • Every £1 invested in TCV delivers at least £10 in social, environmental and health benefits.
  • Green social prescribing returns £2.42 for every £1 invested.

Access to nature improves mental health, reduces inactivity, and builds stronger communities.

How We Work

  • Volunteer-led and community-driven.
  • Inclusive and accessible for all.
  • Partnership-focused—locally and nationally.
  • Impact-driven with robust monitoring and reporting.
  • Sustainable and efficient, with strong governance and financial resilience.

 Join Us

Whether you’re a volunteer, TCV Community Network member, I Dig Trees supporter, funder, partner, or donor, your support helps us bring nature to everyone, everywhere.

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There’s no doubt that people need nature, and nature needs us. The Conservation Volunteers can be the solution.

Let’s crack on and muck in!

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Registered Office: Gresley House, Ten Pound Walk, Doncaster DN4 5HX

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