The Conservation Volunteers 2019/20 I Dig Trees programme is now open
They have 350,000 carbon busting trees to give away to community groups and volunteers for FREE! The sooner they plant them all, the sooner they will reach 1 million trees.
Trees. They’re not just nice to look at. These wooden wonders literally eat carbon out of the air – and that’s why we love them. OVO is on a journey with their members to reach zero-carbon living, and trees are helping them get there.
On behalf of OVO members with green upgrades, we’ve helped plant over 700,000 carbon-busting trees since 2015. And by the end of 2019, local communities, volunteers and even OVO staff are set to reach an amazing milestone – 1 million trees planted up and down the UK.
They are delighted to be running I Dig Trees for the fifth year during the 2019/2020 planting season with OVO Energy. This fantastic partnership programme is a great opportunity for any community group or volunteer that would like to join in and feel good by either planting trees or nominating a local community group.
Since 2015 we’ve been planting trees with OVO Energy and this year we’re are aiming to reach over 1 million trees!
Throughout the bare-root planting season of 2019/20, they are aiming to plant even more trees – another 350,000+ trees in over 800 green spaces across the UK which will be achieved with approximately 37,000 hours of community volunteering for everyone to grow.
If you ‘dig’ trees, there are two ways in which to get involved:
My Community Digs Trees – We have over 7,000 FREE community tree packs for distribution to community groups. Simply register your community group to receive our free tree planting packs.
TCV ‘I Dig Trees’ Days – Or you can volunteer to take part in tree planting at a location near you.
Through the tremendous support of OVO Energy’s Green Electricity members, these tree packs are available completely FREE of charge!
All the tree varieties are native UK species and available in packs of 50, ready for delivery from November 2019.
How to nominate a community group
Are you part of a community group that would benefit from receiving FREE trees? Then TCV would love you to nominate them. TCV have 7,000 packs of 50 trees – a total of 350,000 FREE trees! Click Here to Nominate a Community Group
To nominate your group you will need to provide TCV with the following information:
The group name
Person responsible
Address
Email address
Where the trees will be planted
How will you make use of these trees?
Which packs and how many are required (maximum of 19 packs – 950 trees – per group).
TCV will:
Confirm the nomination with the group
Inform them of a delivery date
Support sustainable planting by sending our tree planting guide to encourage best practice and tree aftercare recommendations
For further details please visit: https://www.tcv.org.uk/communities/i-dig-trees