Greenspace conservation volunteering day

Key Information:

Date and time: Sat 26 April 2025
10:00 - 15:00
Location: Sims Hill Community Woodland - Meet outside The Students’ Union shop, Further info
Contact: The Green Team thegreenteam@uwe.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

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Description

About the event:

Do you love spending time outdoors in nature? Are you interested in wildlife and forestry conservation? If yes, then this is for you, even if you have never done anything related to conservation before - all abilities are welcome. It’ll be a great chance to meet other like-minded students, have a positive impact on a local woodland and learn some new skills. A free veggie / vegan meal deal will also be provided on the day. We will be meeting outside The Students' Union at UWE shop and then walking down to a local woodland called Sims Hill Community Woodland, where we will do a day of volunteering together.

What to expect on the day:

An introduction to the area.
Helping out with routine maintenance and conservation of the woodland (no experience is necessary though).
You’ll receive tools training to help with tasks such as coppicing, bramble bashing, pruning, resurfacing of pathways and other upkeep.
Members of the Splatts Abby Woodland and Sills Hill Woodland Conservation Group will be there to help out as well.

There is no pressure to participate in all the activities if you attend. We are also open to knowing what other activities we could include in future work days, so if you have any ideas or general feedback about the sessions then let us know by emailing thegreenteam@uwe.ac.uk.

Make sure you wear practical clothes and footwear (wellies/walking boots or sturdy trainers), and check the weather beforehand so you can dress accordingly and be as comfortable as possible.

Last January, UWE student greenspace volunteers won a prestigious South Gloucestershire Council award for their volunteering at Sims Hill Woodland and Splatts Abbey Wood, which you can read more about here.

Registration and tickets

How to attend:

Please register in advance using our form

Where to meet:

We’ll meet at 10:00 outside The Students’ Union shop (U Block, Frenchay Campus), the Google map pin is here. And then we'll walk over to Sims Hill Community Woodland together, which is about a 15-minute walk away.

Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

Travel information

Cycle: Frenchay is easily accessible from several local cycle routes. There are showers, lockers, bike shelters and free bike tools available on campus. Cycle info and routes to all campuses.

Walk: You can use the address The Students’ Union, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY in Google maps to plan your walking route.

Bus: Get the M1, M3, 46, 70, 72 or 74 to Frenchay Campus. More information about First Bus routes.

Drive: Parking is available on campus for permit holders only. Please ensure you have either an annual permit OR a pay daily permit along with a daily parking token displayed in your windscreen, and only park within marked bays.

Location

Sims Hill Community Woodland - Meet outside The Students’ Union shop
Frenchay Campus
Bristol
BS16 1QY
UK

Frenchay Campus map

Accessibility

Inclusivity:

The Students’ Union at UWE welcomes all abilities/ disabilities, ages, ethnicities, religions and genders into our spaces.

If you have any questions, concerns or additional requirements then please let us know so that we can make your time at this event as comfortable as possible.

For more information about this event, please contact: thegreenteam@uwe.ac.uk.

Venue Information:

Disabled parking: Yes – on campus
Quiet spaces available: Yes

This relates to:

Frenchay Campus Sustainability Current students

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