International volunteering association supporting conservative innovation in

UK and overseas

Irrigation view

Visitor Sites

• Glasgow sights/Planting flowers

Volunteers working at Hogganfield Loch

Kelvingrove Park

Environmental protection

• Trees nursery/borders

Gardening/Vegetables

Increase in Language resources

• Names of equipment: clippers, mattock,…

• Names of plants/flowers/insects: Bot tuber, iris, coleoptera,beetle,…

Ethnic mix-social integration

• Professional backgrounds/transferable skills

• Sharing ideas/friendships• Everyone's sense of 'place' is different, but

everyone has somewhere that they care about - their street, neighbourhood, local park or nearby countryside. BTCV Scotland helps communities to protect and improve local environments.

Gain new skills and experiences

Learning can be informal and fun, with experienced instructors. You can learn practical skills such as building a dry stone wall, creating a pond or a wildlife garden. You may want to progress your career or are looking for a career change in the environment or thinking about getting a qualification. Whatever your circumstances, BTCV can help you to achieve what you are aiming for. You will learn new skills and develop your knowledge and confidence.

•For personal development•For a qualification•For employment•For career progression

Environmental awareness

• Make a positive contribution to the local environment and communities

• Learning through doing is an integral element of all BTCV Scotland activities. Sustainability means giving people opportunities to develop their life skills at the same time as they improve their community.

Access to resources (Lessons)

Relationship with BTCV

• BCTV co-ordinates a wide range of practical projects in and around Glasgow, Strathclyde and Lanarkshire offering many opportunities for people to become actively involved, gain new skills and experiences and make a positive contribution to the local environment and communities.

• Offer courses• Improve CVs

Distraction

• Visit many places