PARKLIFE SOUTH WEST CIC

What PARKLIFE SOUTH WEST CIC does

ParkLife South West CIC is a UK Community Interest Company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Ivybridge, Devon. The organisation delivers outdoor environmental volunteer activities across South Devon and the wider county, including tree planting (35,000+ trees across 24 sites as of June 2025), saltmarsh restoration (Dart Estuary), wildflower meadow creation, wetland management, and nature garden construction. Its core 'products' are not commercial goods but volunteer-coordinated conservation services: public volunteer days, school and college engagement programmes (reception through Year 11), and bespoke corporate environmental 'away days' for businesses. There is no proprietary technology platform; operations are supported by standard digital infrastructure (WordPress website, MailChimp/MailerLite email, GoodHub for donations, Google Analytics).

Name

PARKLIFE SOUTH WEST CIC

Legal name

ParkLife South West CIC

Website

https://parklifesw.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ParkLife South West CIC is a UK non-profit delivering community environmental volunteering, habitat restoration (tree planting, saltmarsh, meadow, wetland), and outdoor education across South Devon, serving community groups, schools, corporate teams, and individual volunteers, funded by grants, donations, and public-sector commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Conservation & Sustainability Volunteering (EDAIAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education & Community Programs (Junior Ranger, Citizen Science, School Programs) (THAAAGAK), Environmental Interpretation & Ranger-Led Education Programs (Visitor Education) (THAAAOAJ)

Keywords

• Community environmental volunteering
• Habitat restoration projects
• Tree planting services
• Outdoor environmental education
• Saltmarsh meadow restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Ivybridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: As a non-profit community interest company, ParkLife SW is largely dependent on grant funding to run its community nature projects. Funding supports core operational costs and expansion of programmes to additional communities.
2. Donations: Individual donations are solicited via GoodHub platform to cover core costs and expand the organisation's reach to more communities, schools, and groups.
3. Contracted Services: ParkLife SW receives contracted commissions from public bodies such as South Hams District Council to coordinate specific environmental projects, including churchyard wildflower meadow coordination.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ParkLife South West delivers community environmental volunteering and outdoor conservation activities across South Devon, including tree planting, wildflower meadow creation, saltmarsh and wetland restoration, habitat management, and nature garden development. It also runs environmental education programmes for schools and corporate environmental away days, delivered through volunteer coordination and partnerships with the National Trust, Duchy of Cornwall, Environment Agency, and South Hams District Council.

Product overview

ParkLife South West is a Community Interest Company (CIC) that operates as a single unified offering of outdoor environmental volunteer services rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organisation delivers a portfolio of hands-on conservation projects including tree planting (35,000+ trees across 24 sites), meadow creation, wetland and saltmarsh restoration, nature garden development, and environmental education programs for schools and community groups. Their services are structured around volunteer coordination, corporate environmental days, and community-based conservation work across South Devon locations including Ivybridge, Totnes, Salcombe, South Brent, and the Dart Estuary area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Nature Projects Community-focused environmental initiatives that engage local communities and groups in physical environmental action to protect and support the natural world across South Devon.
• Environmental Education Programs Environmental education sessions and hands-on conservation activities for schools and colleges, delivered in school grounds or at coastal/countryside locations with transport provided.
• Tree Planting Services Large-scale community tree planting initiatives delivering 35,000+ trees planted across 24 sites including Hope Wood and other Devon community tree planting locations.
• Meadow Creation Wildflower meadow creation projects, including Ivybridge meadow creation and the South Hams churchyard wildflower meadow grass-cutting collection programme.
• Dart Estuary Saltmarsh Restoration Multi-partner saltmarsh restoration initiative at Sharpham Barton, Dart Estuary, involving brushwood bundle construction from coppiced willow and hazel, bank reinforcement, gully blocking, and habitat rebuilding with the Bioregional Learning Centre, Duchy of Cornwall, Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority, and Environment Agency.
• Wetland Restoration Wetland restoration and maintenance projects at locations such as Hangar Marsh, including active maintenance and habitat restoration work.
• Nature Garden Creation Creation of nature gardens in community spaces, such as the Borough Park nature garden project in Totnes, providing hands-on biodiversity enhancement in urban parks.
• Corporate Environmental Away Days Bespoke environmental away days for business organisations providing climate change mitigation and biodiversity enhancement activities combined with staff team-building, delivered at natural space locations.
• Brushwood Bundle Making Volunteer-led crafting of brushwood bundles from coppiced willow and hazel, used for bank reinforcement and gully blocking in saltmarsh restoration work.
• South Hams Churchyard Wildflower Meadow Coordination Commissioned by South Hams District Council to coordinate collection of grass cuttings at churchyards across the district as part of a wildflower meadow initiative.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,000+ trees planted across 24 sites in a single season (as of June 2025)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bioregional Learning CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead partner in the Dart Estuary Saltmarsh Project. ParkLife SW is a key delivery partner, coordinating local volunteers and leading restoration work including brushwood bundle construction and bank reinforcement.
• Duchy of CornwallcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Dart Estuary Saltmarsh Project. Owns or controls land at Sharpham Barton where saltmarsh restoration activities take place, including coppicing of willow and hazel for brushwood bundles.
• Dart Harbour & Navigation AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Dart Estuary Saltmarsh Project. Responsible for the Dart Estuary area where saltmarsh restoration work is conducted.
• Environment AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Dart Estuary Saltmarsh Project. Provides regulatory and environmental oversight for the saltmarsh restoration initiative.
• National TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParkLife SW conducts tree planting projects at National Trust properties including Castle Barton, Greenway, and Wembury Barton. These are active on-the-ground conservation delivery partnerships.
• South Hams District CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned ParkLife SW to coordinate the collection of grass cuttings at churchyards across the South Hams district as part of a wildflower meadow initiative. Represents an ongoing public-sector commissioning relationship.
• The Clay FactoryminorOthersThe Clay Factory is a creative workspace provider in Devon where ParkLife SW moved its operations in November 2025, taking a new unit for storage, indoor workspace, training facilities, and administration.
• GoodHubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGoodHub provides the fundraising/donation page platform used by ParkLife SW to collect individual donations to support core costs and programme expansion.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Woodland Trust: UK's largest woodland conservation charity running large-scale tree planting programmes and community engagement — directly comparable in tree-planting delivery and volunteer mobilization.
• Keep Britain Tidy: Environmental charity running community clean-up, green-space improvement, and environmental engagement programmes — closely comparable community-volunteer-led model.
• The Conservation Volunteers (TCV): UK-wide charity running community environmental volunteering including tree planting, habitat management, and outdoor education — directly comparable model, simply at much larger national scale.
• Groundwork UK: National federation of charities delivering community-led environmental regeneration, green space improvement, and environmental education — same model of local delivery for community and corporate clients.

Broad incumbents

• The Wildlife Trusts: Federation of 46 local wildlife trusts across the UK operating nature reserves and engaging volunteers in habitat management and conservation — a much larger incumbent doing similar community conservation work, including the Devon Wildlife Trust which directly overlaps with ParkLife's geography.
• RSPB: The UK's largest nature conservation charity, operating nature reserves and engaging large volunteer workforces in habitat management — a broad incumbent that competes for the same grant and volunteer pools.

Others

• South Devon AONB / Local Nature Partnership: Public-sector body coordinating conservation, volunteer, and education activity across South Devon — adjacent ecosystem participant that both partners with and channels funding to community conservation groups like ParkLife.

Emerging players

• Buglife: UK invertebrate conservation charity running habitat creation and restoration projects with volunteer involvement — a niche conservation peer with comparable volunteer-driven delivery model.
• Earthwatch Europe: Environmental charity engaging the public and corporate groups in citizen science and conservation fieldwork — comparable in the corporate away-day and community volunteer engagement model.

Regional players

• Surfers Against Sewage: UK-based environmental charity mobilizing community volunteers for coastal and marine conservation, including beach cleans and habitat restoration in the South West — a regional peer with overlapping coastal/conservation focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parklife-south-west

Compliance1 record

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Investors

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