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Local CV groups
Wednesday Conservation Volunteers meet almost every Wednesday, somewhere in Hampshire.
New Forest Area Conservation Volunteers work on Sundays on reserves in the New Forest.
Southampton University Conservation Volunteers have activities around Hampshire.
Sholing Valleys Study Centre in Southampton have a variety of activities and also manage Miller's Pond Nature Reserve. (Facebook link)
Worthys Conservation Volunteers work around the villages known as The Worthys, to the north of Winchester. (Facebook link)
Friends of Hocombe Mead help with Eastleigh Borough Council's conservation tasks on the ancient woodland and meadows of Hocombe Mead in Chandlers Ford. They meet on the second Thursday of the month 10am to 2pm.
Nature in
Portsmouth and Havant by John Goodspeed covers various local
groups and wildlife topics, including information on the
Portsdown Hill Conservation Volunteers.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust manage many sites in the county and have various volunteering roles.
Working on a Woodland Trust reserve north of Waterlooville are the Park Wood group.
Looking after trees in Havant are Havant Borough Tree Wardens.
Basingstoke
Conservation Volunteers do similar work to HCV in the north
of Hampshire.
Near Aldershot are Friends of Brickfields Park
The Fleet Pond Society organise events, work-parties and campaigns.
Conservation groups in the north-east of the county have formed the Blackwater Valley Countryside Trust. The site gives details of groups and events.
In the north-west of the county, Andover is home to The Anton River Conservation Association (TARCA).
Over the border into Berkshire are Berkshire
Conservation Volunteers and
Greenham and Crookham
Conservation Volunteers who work on Greenham Common near
Newbury.
Out to the west are Dorset
Countryside Volunteers
Head east for the Chichester
Conservation Volunteers, who have tasks every Sunday.
The South Downs National Park covers part of Hampshire and rather more of Sussex, and has various volunteering opportunities.
Please let me know of links to other local groups.
Volunteer Services
Note that there have been a lot of changes of recent times with the provision of voluntary services!
Southampton Volutary Services (SVS)
The Voluntary Action Centre, Kingsland Square, St Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1NW
Tel: 023 8022 8291
The Hive Portsmouth website has many opportunities.
Volunteer Centre Eastleigh
One Community, 16 Romsey Road, Eastleigh
SO50 9AL
Tel: 023 8090 2400
Gosport Voluntary Action
Martin Snape House, 96 Pavilion Way,
Gosport, PO12 1FG
Tel: 02392 583836
Community First
This organisation covers Havant, East Hampshire, Fareham, Winchester and the New Forest.
Tel. 0300 500 8085
email: volunteer@cfirst.org.uk
Office locations:
Leigh Park Community Centre, Dunsbury Way, Havant, PO9 5BG
Community First, 163 West Street, Fareham PO16 0EF
Community First New Forest, First Floor Offices,71 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, BH24 1DH
Test Valley
There are Unity offices at Andover and Romsey:
Bus Station, West Street, Andover, Hampshire SP10 1QP, Tel. 0330 4004 116
The Former Magistrates Court, Church Street, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 8AQ
Other Links
Some of the places that we work at are managed by Hampshire County Council's Countryside Service. There is a comprehensive list of their sites, and general information.
Countryside Jobs Service has details of paid and voluntary jobs, training courses, an archive of newsletters, a wide-ranging glossary, and more.
Around Aldershot are the Trail Action Group. It has been set up by local mountain bikers who wish to retain access to Minstry of Defence land. They are concerned that access may be lost because of disruption to army manoeuvres and the environmental impact of some irresponsible bikers.
Updated February 2024. Please let us know of new ones or if you spot a dud one.
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