Summary

It has been quite the year for the city of Glasgow, being centre stage and hosting COP26. The Conservation Volunteers were proud to be part of COP26 and the Glasgow BioEnhancement Programme. The climate and biodiversity emergencies affect us all, and we can all take actions to help tackle them.

TCV staff have delivered 109 volunteering days, our TCV volunteers having totalled 173 workdays across the Bio-Enhancement Programme sites in which we have shared our skills, experience and tools with different communities and a range of diverse volunteers. 45 of these days have been larger impact events, showing that “People Make Glasgow”. This work totals 53 Bio-Enhancement Tasks over a range of practical conservation and surveying the biodiversity of Glasgow. This was completed with Covid 19 restrictions still being in place during 2021/22.

As the table shows we have helped plant 3,026 trees on the project so far. We have removed 5,737m2 of different invasive species, from Himalayan Balsam along Glasgow’s water courses to Snowberry blanketing our woodlands. We have planted 6,126 wildflower plugs or bulbs and managed 13,267m2 of meadows.

Bags of litter/waste

Impactful work

Hedgerow planted (in metres) Invasive species removed (in square metres) Meadows managed, sown or created (in square metres) Paths maintained or improved (in metres) Ponds maintained Trees planted Woodland managed (in square metres) Wildflowers planted

Quantities

59 31m 5,737m2

13,267m2

1,021m 1 3,026 38,000m2

6,126

As part of the work in the Glasgow Bio-Enhancement Programme for 2022/23 we aim to progress our outreach further. While still achieving the goals of improving LNR’s and biodiversity across Glasgow, we will be working with more local community groups. TCV will be producing case studies on our Key Sites to show the impact we are having on local communities and the biodiversity of these areas. Our Conservation Legacy Events will continue to increase awareness of the climate and biodiversity emergencies and how we can all respond to these global challenges.

One of our TCV volunteers said that what we do is “activity with a purpose”. It is about getting outside, improving the biodiversity of greenspaces, creating future legacies and connecting with a wide range of diverse volunteers, all of whom can make a difference. This is the main objective of our partnership within the Glasgow Bio-Enhancement Programme.