TCV Conservation Legacy Events

During 2021, COP26 Volunteer Ambassadors assisted delegates and visitors to the COP26 conference in Glasgow. Following our activities with the COP26 volunteers, we are organising and delivering monthly ‘TCV Conservation Legacy Events’ to provide these volunteers with ongoing opportunities to contribute to addressing the climate and biodiversity emergency.

This is being integrated into our Glasgow Bio-Enhancement Programme to grow conservation volunteering opportunities in the city. We have engaged with our COP26 volunteers to deliver larger, high-impact monthly volunteer events.

To date, we have run three Conservation Legacy Events, with the number of volunteers and impactful activities carried out being greater each time we run a session. For example, we increased the number of volunteers from 2 in the first session, in December 2021, to 20 in the third session in February 2022. These monthly events are based at Dawsholm Park, and we plan to run three more on this LNR before moving on and improving biodiversity on another site in Glasgow.

SESSION 1, 11TH DECEMBER 2021: Dawsholm Park. Volunteers undertaking the Dead Good Deadwood Survey to assess the health of the woodland. Left: Kelvin Walkway – TCV volunteers and community volunteers doing a deadwood survey. sessIOn 2, 15Th JanUaRy 2022: Dawsholm Park. Volunteers removing invasive species, hedge planting and litter picking. Below left: Kelvin Walkway – TCV volunteers and community volunteers planting a hedgerow. sessIOn 3, 12Th FeBRUaRy 2022: Dawsholm Park. Volunteers planting a mix of native tree species. Below: Dawsholm Park – TCV volunteers and community volunteers planting 730 trees.