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Articles in England

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A day at TCV Hollybush Green Gym

Recently, a study with the University of Westminster and the University of Essex showed the benefits TCV’s Green Gyms can have on health and wellbeing.…

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WildSkills: What our trainees have learnt at the end of their year at TCV

“I feel that I have been set up in the best way for any future job in this sector.”…

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WildSkills: From TV appearances to bracken bashing

TCV’s WildSkills trainees have had a couple of varied months, including tackling seasonal tasks such as meadow management and balsam control (thanks to Eva for a fantastic explanation why this work is important), cooking ‘homegrown’ food from a jetty on the River Thames, and leading groups of school children in fun, educational sessions.…

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WildSkills: Trainees’ knowledge & responsibilities grow

TCV’s WildSkills trainees are back with their updates from the past couple of months: from working with community groups and running workshops and educational events, to sharing insight into hunting minibeasts!…

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WildSkills: Eva in the environment sector

This blog post in the WildSkills series focuses on Eva, who is based at TCV York.…

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WildSkills: Reflections at traineeship half way point

TCV’s WildSkills trainees are half way through their exciting, career-boosting traineeship and already they’ve made huge progress in their learning and confidence.…

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WildSkills: More trees, more community events and a whole load of new skills

This month, TCV’s WildSkills trainees got stuck into a variety of projects and learning: Including fixing a gate for improved public access, leading education sessions, identifying butterflies and developing recruitment skills on social media… Missed the first three parts of the TCV Wildskills blog?…

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WildSkills: identifying and protecting different species

TCV’s WildSkills conservation traineeship continues and our trainees share what they’ve been working on, giving us an insight into what they’ve been learning as well as a few facts for our readers along the way.…

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WildSkills: Learning the multiple skills of a practical conservationist

The first couple of months have been jam-packed full of learning for TCV’s WildSkills trainees, supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.…

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WildSkills: kickstarting rewarding outdoor careers

The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) WildSkills program is a traineeship, providing young people with barriers to employment a real opportunity to kick-start an exciting and rewarding outdoor career.

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