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Articles by Maria McDonald

Maria McDonald

Mental Health for All

Mental health can affect any person at any time, but 10th October each year is marked at World Mental Health Day.…

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Thriving people and thriving communities: Women in Mind, Lisburn

Women in Mind are a user-led group based within Lisburn YMCA for women suffering from fibromyalgia who are currently, or have had, past experiences of poor mental health including depression and anxiety, that works with TCV Northern Ireland.…

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Thriving people and thriving communities: Hull Road Park, York

Leaving a gift to TCV in your will this Remember A Charity Week helps us to continue our important work of connecting people and green spaces for generations to come.…

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Conservation in Lockdown: HogWatch At Home

How do you engage people to protect and care for their local green spaces and wildlife in the middle of a global pandemic, when people are only allowed to leave their homes for one hour a day?…

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Growing Food for Health & Wellbeing

National Allotments Week, originating in 2002, is a week-long campaign to raise awareness of allotments and the role they play in helping people to live healthier lifestyles, grow their own food, develop friendships, and bolster communities.…

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TCV Citizen Science: HogWatch Scotland

HogWatch Scotland is TCV Scotland’s hedgehog conservation project, which has been funded by The British Hedgehog Preservation Society until 2021.…

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Connecting people and ‘blue spaces’.

It is a well-known fact that at The Conservation Volunteers, we are committed to caring for and protecting our local green spaces to create happy and healthy communities across the UK.…

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Our natural environment and COVID-19: what’s next?

Since The Conservation Volunteers paused its volunteering projects in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many staff and volunteers have put their energies into helping the NHS and vulnerable people.…

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Twins’ six-month volunteering placement turns into five years

Twin brothers Matthew & Stephen Barrett began volunteering with The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) in Hull for a 6-month placement, 1 day a week as part of their supported internship course at Hull College.…

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Building Roots to connect Syrian refugees to Scottish heritage

TCV Building Roots project seeks to introduce and connect Syrian refugee families living in Scotland to Scottish heritage and green spaces close to where they live.…

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