The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) is the trading name of BTCV (formerly British Trust for Conservation Volunteers), a British charitable organisation that works to facilitate environmental conservation through practical tasks undertaken by volunteers. TCV has 767 staff and works with a volunteer base of 628,000 people.
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