School Projects
If you are a local school or organisation that works with children or young people, then there are opportunities for you to get involved in playing your part to make Thame a greener and cleaner place to live.
green spaces in thame
Thame Sustainability Champions
To support local businesses and organisations to engage with the Green Living Plan, the Thame Sustainability Champion Awards were launched in March 2025 as a partnership project between Thame Town Council and 21st Century Thame. The award is designed to celebrate local businesses and organisations committed to sustainable practices – encouraging them to not only … Read more
QEC Recreation Ground Planting
The Queen Elizabeth Circle Recreation Area lies south-west of Tythrop Way. As part of a joint project with 21st Century Thame and Thame Town Council we have planted trees here – but they need a team to sustain them. Could you help?
Thame Walking Routes
Since the launch of the Green Living Plan in 2020, two new walking routes in and around Thame have been developed: Thame Inner Circuit and Thame Outer Circuit. Find out more before going for a walk
The Triangle Planting Project
Get involved in this project Volunteers are needed to maintain this area in the future. Work includes: If you want to get involved then let us know using the form below. Funded by Partners
Verge Restoration
Get involved in this project Become a ‘Verge Volunteer’ Funding needed Funds are needed to cover the costs yellow rattle seed so if you, or the company you work for are interested in covering this cost, please get in touch through the form above. Partners
Howland Road tree planting
Get involved in this project With funding from With thanks to Lucy Electric who paid for the trees – and helped to plant them! Partners This was a collaboration between Thame Green Living, Thame Trees (part of 21st Century Thame), Thame Town Council and Lucy Electric UK Ltd.
Rycote Meadow Conservation Project
Get involved in supporting the work of Cuttle Brook Conservation Volunteers With funding from This project has been supported by the Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment with funding from Section 106 funds and the Community Infrastructure Levy, as well as by Section 106 funds generated from the Thame Meadows development on Oxford Road, Thame. Partners
Hedge Fund! – Carmichael UK sponsor a ‘collaborative’ new hedge for Thame
Thame Green Living, 21st Century Thame, Carmichael UK in collaboration planting hedges in Thame.
Planting projects need a maintenance team
Queen Elizabeth Circle Rec and land adjacent to the Skate Park need a maintenance team for a couple of years. Can you help ?
Help clear Scotgrove Stream banks of litter
Rotary Phoenix is calling on volunteers to help clear Scotgrove Stream banks – weekend 7-8 May 2022
Have you seen these signs around Thame?
You may have seen these new signs appearing in areas around Thame, indicating verges that are part of a no mowing trial. They are the result of a joint initiative led by Thame Green Living working with Thame Town Council, and part of a broader project that aims to restore some of the richness of … Read more
Thame Wombles clean up our act
In January 2021 a BRAND new litter picking group Thame Wombles was established and instantly overwhelmed with support. Tidy-minded Thame residents collected more than 40 large refuse sacks of litter from streets and hedgerows in and around Thame within the first 2 weeks of the group’s existence. Alongside many drinks cans and crisp wrappers, items … Read more
Nature restoration – Wild Oxfordshire
Wild Oxfordshire, our local conservation organisation, has been very supportive to Thame Green Living and has advised on the Green Living Plan. It hosts Annual Lectures online and in 2021 Dr. Richard Benwell, CEO of the Wildlife and Countryside Link, gave a salutary analysis of the situation facing the natural environment. Despite the promising content … Read more
New bio-diverse habitat created on Greyhound Lane
Churchill Retirement Living has teamed up with Thame Green Living on plans to create a new ‘bio-diverse’ area of land opposite the Yeats Lodge development on Greyhound Lane. Prompted by support for the ‘natural world’ principles embraced in the Thame Green Living plan, Churchill Retirement Living will landscape and plant the area with a variety … Read more