Every Green Gym provides conservation volunteering opportunities, where the focus is on the physical health and general well-being of those taking part. Most Green Gym sessions last from three to four hours. The very first Green Gym was set up by TCV in Oxfordshire, in 1998, but there are now around 95 in the UK and 17 locally:
- Berkshire: Newbury & Thatcham, Reading
- Buckinghamshire: Milton Keynes
- East Sussex: Portslade (independent); TCV Sussex – Hastings, St Leonards, Cuckoo Trail & Horam
- Isle of Wight: Isle of Wight
- Kent: Ashford, Shepway
- Oxfordshire: Abingdon, Bicester, Chipping Norton, Sonning Common, Wallingford, Woodstock
- West Sussex: Horsham
Please note that although TCV developed these Green Gyms originally, most are now independently run by local people in the areas where they’re based. To find out more about any of them, please contact their coordinators directly. Details for all these Green Gyms
Further information
To learn all about the Green Gym and what makes it special, please visit our Green Gym web pages.
If you would like to know how to go about setting up a new Green Gym, or running one as part of an existing group or organisation, please visit Starting a Green Gym, or contact us:
greengym@tcv.org.uk