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BTCV is a unique international volunteering organisation providing the bridge between global environmental ideals and local reality in the UK and overseas.

 

Blue Ventures Conservation is the charitable arm of the organisation, to which all profits from Blue Ventures expeditions are donated. This UK-registered charity is entirely dedicated to facilitating marine conservation, education and research initiatives, focussing in particular on tropical coastal and marine environments.

 

Coral Cay Conservation is a not-for-profit organisation at the cutting edge of ecotourism. They send teams of volunteers to survey some of the world's most endangered coral reefs and tropical forests. Their mission is to protect these crucial environments by working closely with the local communities who depend on them for food and livelihood.

 

The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens is the representative body for city farms, community gardens and similar community-led organisations in the UK. There are 59 city farms, nearly 1000 community gardens, 66 school farms and a number of community-managed allotments in the UK.

 

Friends of the Earth is the UK 's most influential environmental campaigning organisation. It is the most extensive environmental network in the world, with almost 1 million supporters across five continents and more than 70 national organisations worldwide.

 

The Society for Environmental Exploration was established in 1989 as a non-profit conservation non-governmental organisation dedicated to safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. Since its inception, SEE has hosted a myriad of global conservation projects under the banner name of Frontier.

 

Groundwork supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of people’s lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play. Their vision is of a society of sustainable communities which are vibrant, healthy and safe, which respect the local and global environment and where individuals and enterprise prosper.

 

The National Trust works to preserve and protect the coastline, countryside and buildings of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In total the NT looks after 617,500 acres (250,000 hectares) of countryside, moorland, beaches and coastline.

 

Natural England has been formed by bringing together English Nature, the landscape, access and recreation elements of the Countryside Agency and the environmental land management functions of the Rural Development Service. Natural England will work for people, places and nature, to enhance biodiversity, landscapes and wildlife in rural, urban, coastal and marine areas; promoting access, recreation and public well-being, and contributing to the way natural resources are managed so that they can be enjoyed now and in the future.

 

Throughout its history, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has made important contributions to increasing the understanding of the plant kingdom with many benefits for mankind. Today it is still first and foremost a scientific institution. With its collections of living and preserved plants, of plant products and of botanical information, it forms an encyclopaedia of knowledge about the plant kingdom.

 

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is driven by a passionate belief that we all have a responsibility to protect birds and the environment. Bird populations reflect the health of the planet on which our future depends. The need for an effective bird conservation organisation has never been greater. Climate change, agricultural intensification, expansion of urban areas and transport infrastructure, and over-exploitation of our seas all pose major threats to birds.

 

Sustrans is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity. Their vision is a world in which people can choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment. Every day they are working on practical, innovative ways of dealing with the transport challenges that affect us all.

 

Volunteering England is an independent voluntary agency committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity. Our work links research, policy innovation, good practice and grant making in the involvement of volunteers.

 

The Wildlife Trusts are comprised of 47 local Wildlife Trusts across the whole of the UK, the Isle of Man & Alderney. They are working for an environment rich in wildlife for everyone and with 670,000 members, they are the largest UK voluntary organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of the UK's habitats and species.