Volunteers from a Leeds infrastructure company are helping to improve the meadow area at Hollybush Conservation Centre as part of a new partnership.
virtualDCS, the Leeds-based cloud service provider and business continuity specialist, has named The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) as its charity of the year.
TCV, a not-for-profit group dedicated to environmental education and conservation, works to create, improve, and care for green spaces across the UK. Through this collaboration, virtualDCS aims to support TCV’s vital work in promoting health and wellbeing, environmental preservation, and community development.
The partnership will see virtualDCS employees actively participating in volunteer days and an ongoing project to improve the meadow area at Hollybush Conservation Centre in Leeds, a key site for TCV.
The first volunteer day saw four members of the virtualDCS team – including CEO Richard May – leading the charge. The company has already raised approximately £1,200, which will be donated to support this project and future TCV initiatives.
Alex Mason, senior project officer of health and wellbeing at TCV, said: “We’d like to say thank you to virtualDCS from the volunteers at TCV Hollybush.
“Your kind donation will go towards improving the biodiversity of our site. We have recently created two new pond habitats, a bog and a deep woodland trench, therefore, the donation will go towards planting these, along with our wildflower meadow and forest glade, with UK native plants.
We’d love the team to come to visit in the spring and summer once these areas are in full bloom, and look forward to seeing more of the team for more volunteering days soon.”
Richard May, CEO of virtualDCS, said: “As virtualDCS continues to grow, we recognise the importance of giving back to our communities and supporting causes that align with our values. The Conservation Volunteers stood out to us because of their local impact and focus on the environment and social wellbeing.”
Every virtualDCS employee is encouraged to volunteer one day per year with TCV, alongside an additional day to support a charity of their choice.
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