Environment

Gardening for wellbeing

Do you want to get outside more and meet new people?

22nd April - 10th June, 10am - 11.30am at The Grange Community Resource Centre, Pilgrim Drive, Beswick, M11 3TQ

Ecotherapy uses the power of nature to support people to improve their health and wellbeing. Sessions will be fun, informal, and relaxed, with activities including food growing, environmental art, and nature-based crafts. Sow the City will provide hot drinks, snacks, and all necessary gardening tools and materials.

The Grange Community Resource Centre, Pilgrim Drive, Beswick, M11 3TQ

Community Green Leaders Course

Do you want to strengthen your organisation’s environmental and social impact?

Sow the City is hosting a unique development programme for 20 community green leaders in the VCSE sector – delivered at Manchester Museum.

This is a free, five-day programme (spread over three months) designed for 20 community green leaders in the VCSE sector. It brings together leadership development, practical skills training, peer learning, and opportunities to connect with key experts and partners across the city.

The course will cover:

Garden City Discovery Day Community Connector

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) invites you to their Garden City Discovery Day Community Connector, a family friendly event celebrating gardening, creativity, and community in Wythenshawe.

This family-friendly Connector will bring together residents, local Community Groups, and organisations to champion community growing, sustainability and local pride.

Wythenshawe Park (in front of Blossom), Manchester

Action for Conservation’s Summer Camps

Action for Conservation’s (AFC) Summer Camps are a chance for young people to spend five all-inclusive days exploring and experiencing the outdoors, taking action for nature and making friends for life. The camps are open to young people aged 12-16 who are living in England or Wales.

AFC mission is to bring the magic of nature into young people’s lives, inspiring a youth movement committed to conservation and to the earth. AFC work with 12 to 24-year-olds across the UK, empowering and inspiring the next generation of environmental leaders.

City of Trees: Citizen Forester Woodland Management

Join us for a day of woodland management and become a Citizen Forester with City of Trees!

We are carrying out this work to maintain a healthy and sustainable woodland that supports local wildlife and the surrounding community.

All tools will be provided; please wear suitable clothing for outdoor work and sturdy footwear. Drop in for an hour or stay the whole day – you will be guided throughout the day so no prior experience is necessary. This activity is suitable for adults and older children.

Little Wood, Hatchet Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 0FB
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NPC: Everyone's Environment – Women & girls report launch

This online launch will mark the upcoming publication of How Will the Climate and Nature Crises Impact Women and Girls? – a major new briefing produced jointly by the WEN (Women’s Environmental Network) and NPC’s Everyone’s Environment programme. The session will introduce key findings from the report and explore what they mean for women’s and environmental organisations, funders, policymakers and practitioners across the UK.

Online

GMCR Solar System Competition

Greater Manchester Community Renewables have launched a solar panel competition to help local communities benefit from the low carbon, low cost electricity provided by solar panels.

Greater Manchester Community Renewables are inviting charities to apply for up to £10,000 towards the purchase and installation of solar panels on their building.

The competition is open to charities in Greater Manchester. Applicants must have a quote from an MCS accredited solar PV installer.

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Manchester Outdoor Education Trust (MOET) Film Night

Manchester Outdoor Education Trust  (MOET) is a charity which aims to increase the opportunities for Children and Young People to access the outdoors and learn through participation in outdoor adventurous activities. We do this by working with delivery partners, youth groups and the education sector and try to influence decision makers.   We use funds to support training and develop skills of teachers and youth workers. 

Withington Public Hall Institute, Manchester, M20 3ED