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Empower Your Team: The Impact of Corporate Volunteering with TCV

At TCV, we believe in the power of community and the impact of collective action. Our corporate volunteering opportunities offer a unique way for businesses to engage in meaningful environmental conservation work, enhance biodiversity, and support local communities. Whether you’re a CEO, HR manager, or responsible for health and sustainability initiatives, TCV’s corporate volunteering programmes are designed to align with your CSR and ESG goals.

Key Takeaways:

  • Impact: Corporate volunteers make a significant difference in transforming the UK’s community green spaces.
  • Ease of Booking: Volunteering opportunities with TCV are easily booked and available throughout the UK.
  • Call to Action: Please email corporate-enquiries@tcv.org.uk to discuss a tailored solution to suit your organisation.

Why Volunteering Is Important to You and Your Community

Volunteering is more than just giving time; it’s about making a tangible impact on our local green spaces and the volunteers themselves. It helps to:

  • Support environmental conservation and increase biodiversity
  • Enhance community well-being by providing quality green spaces
  • Boosts employee morale and job satisfaction
  • Foster a sense of purpose and belonging
  • Enhances company reputation and community relations
  • Develops new skills and strengthens team bonds

Most importantly, volunteering makes your staff happy! Volunteering has been shown to reduce stress and improve mental health, increase feelings of fulfilment and crucially promote a sense of community and connection.

“There is a simple thing that can help support good mental health… nature. Nature can really help put things in perspective, take the pressure off and bring calm, wonder and joy to our daily lives.”

Mental Health Foundation

TCV x Bloomberg, Big Help Out family day at TCV Stave Hill, London
TCV x Bloomberg, Big Help Out family day at TCV Stave Hill, London

Fantastic Feedback

Our corporate volunteers consistently provide positive feedback, which, of course, makes us super proud. Last year, we had over 2,000 corporate volunteers respond to our survey.

99.5% enjoyed their day with TCV 99% would recommend a day with TCV to a colleague 99% felt they made a difference to their community project 83% strongly agreed it was important to support community volunteering

“Spend a day with TCV and be part of something powerful. From planting trees to restoring habitats, every action counts. It’s hands-on, hearts-in, and leaves a lasting legacy for nature and communities. Together, we don’t just make a difference — we make change happen.”

Douglas Palarm, Director of Fundraising, Partnerships and Communications

Organisations TCV has worked with include…

NatWest Group, Coutts Bank, Deloitte, Gatenby Sanderson, Gucci, Mayor of London, National Grid, Network Rail, OVO Energy, PG Tips, PwC, Sage, Salesforce, Siemens Mobility Limited, Sky, Wates, Willmott Dixon Interiors, to name just a few!

Organising a team volunteering day with TCV is simple. Whether you’re a large corporation or a small business, we’ve got you covered with meaningful environmental projects for your staff. We’re the tried and tested experts in conservation volunteering opportunities. Having been around since 1959, we know a thing or two about practical conservation and making a real impact. Our team takes care of all the details, so you can just enjoy the day, bond with your team, and leave the logistics to us.

“NatWest Group have partnered with TCV for 18 years for Team Challenge, rejuvenating green spaces and, more recently, tree planting. TCV’s values align with ours and help us deliver on our Purpose with increased colleague engagement, reaching into communities where we live and work with interesting and valuable conservation projects. Colleagues regularly tell us how much they gain from these days, both in new skills and working as a team. The booking process is straightforward, logistics are smooth operating and the team at TCV are a delight to work with and feel like an extension of our team. Thank you TCV.”

Fiona Baxter, Giving Strategy & Programmes Manager, Sustainable Banking at NatWest Group

TCV x NatWest at Stave Hill, London
TCV x NatWest at Stave Hill, London

“Organising your volunteering day with TCV is a totally seamless experience. Whether you’re a single office or looking to coordinate a national programme across multiple locations, TCV will take care of everything for you. We will do everything we can to ensure a stress-free experience and an absolutely fantastic day for you and your teams.”

Chris Dingley, TCV Strategic Corporate Partnerships Manager

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TCV’s Impact (with your support)

Each year, TCV works with approximately 90,000 people, transforming over 1,300 community green spaces.

Your team could join a movement of 8,728 corporate volunteers who, over the past year, swapped a day at the office for a day outdoors, contributing to the health of the UK’s community green spaces whilst boosting biodiversity. Together, these volunteers have planted trees and wildflower meadows, creating homes for wildlife, maintained woodland and hedgerows, removed invasive species, built stiles and footpaths and created local food growing projects. Their efforts ensure that communities can enjoy these green spaces, connect with nature, and improve their health and well-being.

TCV x Investec at Stave Hill, London
TCV x Investec at Stave Hill, London

Partner Testimonials

Sky

Why have you chosen to partner with TCV for corporate volunteering? Our partnership with The Conservation Volunteers began in 2019 after we launched our Sky Cares volunteering programme (focused on giving back to communities local to our colleagues) and we’ve volunteered with them every year since. With a range of sites including in London, Scotland, Newcastle and Leeds, there are opportunities for our colleagues based across the UK to take part in TCV volunteering. So far, over 1,500 Sky staff have volunteered over 11,000 hours with TCV.
What value does this initiative deliver to both your organisation and your employees? It’s great for Sky staff to get out of the office and into the fresh air with a big group of colleagues. Teams really bond and create strong working relationships while making a difference to green spaces for local communities to enjoy.
How have you found the experience of partnering with TCV, in terms of the booking process and logistics? We simply let TCV know the dates, locations and team size that we’re looking for and they get back to us with availability. After we’ve booked the events, TCV sends us all the information needed for the day (including meeting point, travel and facilities at the site) for us to pass on to our staff volunteers. It’s a straightforward process and TCV are happy to look at more sites for Sky staff to volunteer at so there’s a variety of options for us.

PwC

Why have you chosen to partner with TCV for corporate volunteering? PwC has chosen to partner with TCV once again due to our mutual commitment to addressing environmental and social challenges. As one of our biggest and most valued environmental charity partners, TCV plays a significant role in PwC’s volunteer efforts such as our biggest volunteering event, ‘One Firm One Day’ (OFOD). Together, we are able to leverage TCV’s expertise to create meaningful volunteer experiences for our people, including our summer interns and various team-based ad hoc volunteering projects. This partnership is integral to our broader mission of building trust in society and solving important problems.
What value does this initiative deliver to both your organisation and your employees? Participating in TCV’s corporate volunteering programme has been incredibly valuable for PwC and our employees. This year, around 600 of our people took part in OFOD volunteering with TCV, allowing them to develop new skills, forge stronger networks, and deepen their social awareness. For PwC, it strengthens our reputation as a responsible and engaged business. It also contributes to our total community impact, which was over £10 million in FY24 alone. By encouraging our employees to participate in volunteering, we foster a culture of responsibility and community involvement, which enhances personal development and job satisfaction.
How have you found the experience of partnering with TCV, in terms of the booking process and logistics? Working with TCV has been a seamless and productive experience. Their professionalism and dedication ensure a smooth booking process and effective management of the logistics surrounding our events. This reliable partnership allows us to focus on maximising the impact of our volunteer work, aligning with our strategic goals of creating positive social and environmental change.

Centrica

Why have you chosen to partner with TCV for corporate volunteering this year? At Centrica, we’re committed to supporting our colleagues to make a big difference in their local community through volunteering. We have pledged to deliver 100,000 days of volunteering by 2030 as part of our People and Planet Plan. In support of that, we partner with national charities that allow us to offer a variety of high-quality volunteering opportunities where we know they will have a positive impact. We have been working with The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) since 2023 because of their proven track record in delivering impactful environmental projects and their alignment with Centrica’s purpose to energise a greener, fairer future.
What value does this initiative deliver to both your organisation and your employees? Our colleagues love to volunteer, and we know that it has a really positive impact on engagement and wellbeing. The events that TCV offer are very important in a hybrid working model – it allows colleagues to come together and build stronger relationships in an environment that is so different to being in an office, a virtual meeting or alone in a van. There’s also a huge sense of achievement, personal satisfaction and pride from being able to see a physical outcome of their teamwork, all while feeling connected to the impact they have in their local communities.
How have you found the experience of partnering with TCV, in terms of the booking process and logistics? Most of our Centrica colleagues work in roles that are committed to delivering a great service to our 10 million customers. This means they don’t always have time to organise their team volunteering. TCV are highly organised, which makes it easy for our employees to sign up and participate. They handle all the logistics, including risk assessments, safety briefings, and on-site coordination, allowing our teams to focus on having a fantastic experience and making a difference on the day.

Case Studies

Explore a little further into some of our successful partnerships:

Now, are you ready to make a difference? Find out more about our corporate volunteering opportunities here: TCV Corporate Volunteering or email corporate-enquiries@tcv.org.uk to discuss a tailored solution to suit your organisation.

If you can’t physically join us in practical conservation activities, you can still make a difference. Support TCV’s ground-breaking I Dig Trees programme and we’ll plant trees on your behalf, contributing to the health of our community green spaces: I Dig Trees Corporate Support.

Together, we can make a difference, creating better nature for all!

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TCV x RBS at Stave Hill, London
TCV x RBS at Stave Hill, London

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