Inspiring People, Improving Places.

BTCV is the UK’s leading practical
conservation charity. BTCV connects people with place, builds healthy, sustainable communities, and increases people’s life skills. It aims to create a better environment where people from all cultures feel valued, included and involved.

Vision, Mission and Values

Vision – A better environment where people are valued, included and involved.

Mission – To create a more sustainable future by inspiring people and improving places.

Values – BTCV’s values are integral to all our work. They have been developed through four decades of a ‘hands-on’ approach to conservation activities.

Our key values are:

• Sustained environmental improvement
• Inclusiveness, accessibility and choice
• Appropriate support
• Individual and community empowerment
• Corporate responsibility.

For full details refer to BTCV’s Strategic Plan 2004 – 2008.

BTCV specialises in working with people within their communities to bring about positive environmental change in both rural and urban settings.

 Working through a wide range of partnerships, BTCV has over 40 years experience of managing volunteer programmes, developing and delivering community support, and running employment and training initiatives.

BTCV’s three key areas of activity in the UK and overseas are:
1. Connecting people with place
2. Building healthy and sustainable communities
3. Increasing people’s life skills

BTCV initially developed conservation volunteering as a means to achieve an environmental goal. A bigger picture is now emerging where conservation volunteering is also becoming a focus for the achievement of wider social goals, such as, tackling social exclusion, and encouraging personal development and lifelong
learning.

BTCV works in Europe and in many other parts of the world and is a leading partner in the global charity Conservation Volunteers Alliance. The Alliance was formed in 1999 to enable organisations to share experience and learn from each other.

The products and services BTCV offers include:

•  Practical conservation opportunities
•  Support and advice for local people and community groups
•  UK and International Conservation Holidays
•  Training and learning opportunities
•  Practical land management for conservation
•  Opportunities for young people to develop skills and careers
•   Employment programmes giving people the skills for work
•  Recycling and waste minimisation
•  Environmental consultancy and project management
•  Mail order delivery, including trees, wildflowers, tools and handbooks.

BTCV Enterprises

BTCV Enterprises is the trading subsidiary of BTCV. Set up as a limited company in 1986, the business provides a range of environmental services including:

•  Project management and consultancy;
•   Environmental awareness and management training;
•  Customised skills based training;
•  A mail order service for conservation tools and clothing, BTCV publications and
m erchandise, trees, shrubs, wildflowers and bulbs;
•   Conservation and contract management;
•  Information technology training.

Profits from the sales of these goods and services are covenanted or gift aided to BTCV to help fund its mainstream activities.

Contact:

John Varley  

Regional Development Manager

Tel: 01629  826711
Email: j.varley@btcv.org.uk

Web Link: www.btcv.org.uk