TCV Hero Awards 2025

TCV’s Hero Awards are our annual celebration of our incredible TCV volunteers.

We love to use this opportunity to showcase what volunteers can achieve: for their own health and wellbeing or learning and skills development, and for their wider community and the environment.

Join us and watch the award winners tell their stories and see their fantastic achievements across the UK.

2025 Winners

Nature Empowered Hero

Bill Lockhart | TCV Holywood Green Gym | TCV Northern Ireland

This new award for 2025 is for individuals who empower their community to connect with and care for nature and their local green spaces. Bill is an exceptional individual whose passion and leadership is transforming communities and making nature accessible to all. From food growing and invasive species clearance to gardening for nature — Bill has empowered countless people to connect with and care for their local green spaces.

Green Skills Star

Robyn Hamilton | Citizen Science Volunteering Group | TCV Scotland

The Green Skills Star Award is designed for volunteers with outstanding dedication to improving local green spaces while growing their own skills. From identifying local plants, bees and butterflies to nurturing biodiversity through numerous Citizen Science activities, Robyn and her team are making a real difference in her community and the environment.

Health & Wellbeing Champion

Jacqueline Pink | Wellesley Woodlands | TCV Sussex

The Health & Wellbeing Champion award celebrates the positive impact that spending time in nature and being outdoors can have—not just on your physical health, but also on your mental wellbeing. Jackee’s journey is a powerful reminder of this and how it can transform lives for the better. Through her work, she’s not only improved her own physical and mental wellbeing but inspired others to do the same — proving that nature truly heals.

Local Environment Protector

Harrison Ngunjiri | BAT East London | TCV London

The Local Environment Protector award honours individuals who are passionate about preserving and enhancing the natural spaces in their community. These champions go the extra mile to protect local green areas and make a lasting impact on the environment around them. Harrison has been a dedicated volunteer with TCV London for over 13 years, attending an incredible 846 sessions! His journey is one of resilience, growth, and impact — overcoming challenges, building confidence, and becoming a vital part of the BAT East London volunteer team.

Celebrate with us

TCV Hero Award winners are celebrated locally by teams across the UK and on TCV’s national social media channels (Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | BlueSky). Have a watch and feel inspired to find volunteering opportunities by seeing the achievements of each of our winners.

All the films are available on TCV’s YouTube channel along with previous years winners and more. Watch them all here!

Thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery for helping to connect people and nature and for supporting this year’s TCV Hero Awards in Great Britain.

All volunteers are heroes

At The Conservation Volunteers, we thank each person who comes out, rain or shine, to their local green space to help improve or maintain it.

We’re grateful for all our volunteers who support others in their group, perhaps with practical tasks, to teach someone something new, or to just sit with a cup of tea and talk with each other to help build friendships and support mental health.

We’re also grateful for our volunteers who do so much for their local green spaces and the community who use them. They care immensely for the environment and know that their time volunteering with us will improve biodiversity, provide homes for nature and ultimately benefit us all.

Want to join in?

Next time, we’ll celebrate another group of volunteers and employees for their hard work and achievements. How can you get involved?