Corporate Volunteering

Bring your Corporate Volunteering to the Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project (TVWMRP)

Our planet's ecosystems are under pressure, but local, collective action has the power to turn the tide. When you volunteer with the Nature Recovery Network and Long Mead Foundation you are helping to save the UK’s most biodiverse, and one of its rarest, habitats from extinction. Only 4 square miles of our rare floodplain meadows survive in the UK, an area the size of Heathrow Airport. TVWMRP is community-led and one of Oxfordshire's 15 Strategic Projects for nature recovery.

Our species-rich floodplain meadows are on the verge of extinction so your support is vital. Whether you're hand propagating wildflowers, planting native hedgerows or surveying local flora & fauna you'll be actively participating in the restoration and protection of an exceptionally rare natural habitat, creating immediate, tangible benefits for the environment and everyone who shares it.

Why Volunteer with Us?

  1. Make a Tangible Impact: See the direct results of your hard work as landscapes transform into thriving, biodiverse ecosystems.
  2. Support a Small, community-driven charity: one that punches far above its weight.
  3. Learn and Grow: Gain valuable skills in conservation, land management, and ecology from experienced team leaders and environmental experts.
  4. Connect with Community: Meet like-minded individuals who share your passion for the environment and build lasting friendships rooted in a common purpose.
  5. Boost Your Well-Being: Spend meaningful time outdoors, reconnecting with nature while improving both your physical health and mental clarity.
  6. Measure corporate social sustainability: Contribute to corporate sustainability targets through volunteer hours.

What’s involved?

We believe everyone has something unique to offer, and no prior conservation experience is necessary to get involved. Whether you want to get your hands dirty in the meadow or help with our seasonal projects. Corporate volunteering days—often called "Wild Workdays" —are structured team-building events where businesses swap their meeting rooms for the great outdoors to complete hands-on environmental projects.

These days are designed to allow companies to fulfil their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals, hit sustainability targets, and give back to local ecosystems while boosting team morale.

Here is a typical day and why companies participate:

The tasks depend entirely on the season and the urgent needs of the project, but they usually include:

  • Habitat Creation: Help us sow the extremely rare Devil's bit scabious, lost from ancient meadows; pot on Ragged robin; get your hands dirty making our zero miles compost. Plant a native hedgerow...
  • Land & Meadow Management: Join our dock competition to pull out the longest root. Get to grips with invasive Himalayn balsam to protect our meadows. Join in our hedge-laying project. Help mulch our hedges.
  • Infrastructure Repairs: Building or repairing fences, making plant tables, building wood-sheds
  • Biodiversity Surveys: Assisting local experts in tracking wildlife, from mapping butterfly populations to surveying water quality in local brooks.

How do we support?

We have two levels to our volunteering opportunities:

  1. SAPLING: (maximum 2-3 people) volunteer with us for an interactive support day and give us your time and muscle power.  Wednesdays only - alongside our regular community volunteers. 
  2. OAK:  (10 - 25 participants) make a donation (minimum £50pp) + volunteer your time with a bespoke volunteering day for your team.  These are run on Fridays (*)

*Because these days require dedicated staff time to manage risk, provide tool training, and guarantee safety, we require a fee per participant (or lump sum donation) to cover costs and directly fund ongoing conservation work.  Please contact us for more details.

How are the Days Structured?

  • Group Sizes: Tailored for teams of 10 to 25 people.
  • The Schedule: Usually running from about 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM. It kicks off with safety briefings and tool training, followed by a productive block of conservation work, a break for a picnic lunch, and a wrap-up session (often featuring a guided walk)
  • Equipment: We provide all the tools, but ask that volunteers bring appropriate footwear and attire.

 

Why Sign Up?

  • Tangible CSR & Social Value: It provides measurable social and environmental impact data that companies can feature in their annual sustainability reports. 
  • Impact:  Help save one of the UK's rarest and the world's most biodiverse habitats. Support Oxfordshire's only community-driven, landscape-scale nature recovery project and selected to be one of the County's Strategic Projects.
  • Unique Team Bonding: Getting messy and working toward a shared, physical goal builds trust and camaraderie in a way a typical office happy hour can't.
  • Employee Well-Being: Spending a full day away from screens, breathing fresh air, and doing physical work in nature is a massive boost for mental health and stress relief.

 

Get in Touch

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