📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) is UK’s leading environmental volunteering charity, engaging over 128,000 people annually who collectively transform 1,500 green spaces. Our vision is simple; healthier happier communities for everyone, and our mission is to connect people and green spaces to deliver lasting outcomes for both.
The Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland are seeking 3 EVS placements to support our busy Green Gym community gardens, and native tree nursery projects, 5 days per week, 2 days community projects and 3 days TCV’s Tree Nursery.
TCV Green Gym Community gardens – our award-winning approach to creating healthier communities and a healthier environment; by offering people the opportunity to improve their physical fitness through involvement in practical conservation activities. TCV’s Tree Nursery is unique to the island of Ireland, and very special, as it encapsulates all the processes to grow our indigenous tree stock for seed to their forever home.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The project is based in Greater Belfast Northern Ireland’s capital city. The city is a major port and manufacturing and administrative centre for Northern Ireland.
Accommodation is a shared house in a terraced street off the Ormeau Road, south Belfast, just ten minutes walk from TCV's Belfast office. The nearby Ormeau Road is a lively residential area with easy access to cafes, bars, public park and transport. On you Community garden days you will walk to TCV office and travel to site with your Project Leader. On your Tree Nursery days its a 20 min train journey, TCV will provide tickets.
🎒 Leisure activities
You will gain a range of practical skills and experience both within community garden and tree nursery settings, for example; seed sowing, grow bed preparation, planting seedlings, watering and weeding, construction and maintenance of raised beds, path maintenance, handling native bare-root trees, tree planting and aftercare.
TCV will provide daily task training to ensure you have the necessary skills for each task you are participating in. As part of your placement induction we will agree a training plan specific to your interests, encouraging you to complete additional skills training.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Confident levels of spoken English are essential.
An overall interest and motivation in the outdoors, our natural environment and working with link minded people is highly recommended. Prior experience of practical conservation projects is useful but not necessary as TCV will provide a full range of training.
You will be expected to work to TCV’s policy and procedures including H&S and Safeguarding, representing the organisation in a positive, friendly manner at all times.
TCV will provide all necessary personal protective equipment during your placement.
Deadline: Application deadline: 08/07/2021
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.