Gillian O’Brien has sent in this great little piece about the local British Trust for Conservation Volunteers .

‘Tucked away in the shadow of the very modern Kings Place building is a charitable organisation that has been running conservation projects from their office in Crinan Street for over twenty years.  You may have seen our minibuses – very distinctive with our wheelbarrows tied to the roof – taking volunteers to and from sites across the capital. 

‘BTCV run day and weekend volunteer tasks via two teams – the Biodiversity Action Team North (BAT North) and the newly established BTCV Green Gym in Camden.  BAT North take volunteers out to sites across North London, creating wildlife gardens in schools, managing woodlands and ponds in local nature reserves and generally boosting the wildlife value of green spaces.  The BTCV Green Gym® is a scheme which inspires volunteers to improve both their health and the environment at the same time.  Upcoming tasks include bulb planting and woodland management in local woods and nature reserves.   Both projects are open and free to all volunteers and you can get involved as much or as little as you like.

‘So if any local residents fancy learning some new skills, meeting new people and improving green spaces please have a look on our website http://www.btcv.org.uk for details of upcoming events or pop into our office on Crinan Street (opposite Kings Place) for a chat.  Alternatively, call us on 020 7278 4294 and we can tell you what we have lined up over the next few weeks.’