The Conservation Volunteers
[5] The corp's first project was at Box Hill, Surrey,[5] where 42 volunteers cleared dogwood to encourage the growth of juniper and distinctive chalk downland flora.[6] One of the volunteers present was David Bellamy, who went on to become a Vice President of BTCV.[2][6] By 1964 the Conservation Corps had expanded its activities to include education and amenity work in the countryside.In 1966 it moved from a basement office at Queens Gate, Kensington, to new premises at London Zoo in Regent's Park.The organisation underwent a second change of identity in 2000, taking the initialism BTCV as its new name in full.