Articles by Ralph Walker

Celebrating our volunteers: TCV Heroes

Join us as we celebrate all of our volunteers and community groups with video case studies to highlight their fantastic achievements across the UK.…

Charity of the Year (COTY) partnership culminates with exhilarating Dragon Boat Challenge

Over the past 5 years, Wates Group employees, supported by Match Funding, the charitable programme run by the Wates Family Enterprise Trust, have raised over £200,000 for The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), helping thousands of people across the UK connect with nature and make a difference for climate, wildlife and their communities.…

3-minute guide to composting

A quick guide to composting from The Conservation Volunteers… Why compost?…

The winter blues: Getting through the season with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)

What is SAD? Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that often occurs at the same time each year, typically in the autumn and winter.…

Remembering HRH Prince Philip

It was with great sadness that we learnt of the recent passing of our patron His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.…

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.

CHILDHOOD AND NATURE: kickstart a lifelong appreciation of the natural world

The Conservation Volunteers Vice President, Sir David Attenborough once said, “No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced”.…

5 ways to get outside and active this winter…

It’s National Obesity Awareness Week, a campaign encouraging the UK to join in a resolution to help improve the nation’s health.…

The Conservation Volunteers and partners are pioneering the Miyawaki approach in Europe with the biggest plant of this kind…

This blog is part two of a series. Click here for part one.…

Over 1 million trees. And (safely) growing.

1,078,000 trees. That’s the number of trees The Conservation Volunteers’ partnership with OVO Energy celebrated being planted with their I Dig Trees programme in 2019.…