Environment

Weston Communicating Climate

Are you looking to extend the reach, power, and impact of your organisation's communications on climate change?

environmentThe Weston Communicating Climate programme is back, and Media Trust are inviting 20 registered climate and environmental charities to take part in the online programme, beginning in March 2022. 

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Great Big Green Week

great big green weekThe Great Big Green Week will take place 18 - 26 September 2021, and will be the largest event for climate and nature ever seen in the UK. Thousands of events will celebrate how communities are taking action to tackle climate change and protect green spaces, and encourage others to get involved too.

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In Our Nature Community Grant

fundingApply for up to £10,000 of grant funding and bring your community project to life.

Are you part of a Manchester based community, youth or voluntary group? Has your group got an innovative project idea to help your community come together to take positive action on the environment?

If the answer is yes – apply for a community project grant and bring your group's ideas to life.

Join Climate Hive MCR

opportunityAre you a community group, individual or project interested in sustainability and climate change?

Climate Hive MCR are using empty high street spaces to showcase, promote and connect projects, ideas and people. Championing sustainability, reuse, repair, food growing, skill sharing and waste reduction.

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Join your local In Our Nature group and work with neighbours to create positive change in your community

opportunityResidents in Hulme, Moss Side, Rusholme, Newton Heath and Miles Platting, Levenshulme, and the Northern Quarter are being invited to join a local community climate action group and work together to plan and deliver projects in your community.

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Sow the City and Partners Green Prescribing Project launch event

sow the city logoSow the City are launching a new Manchester wide Social and Therapeutic Horticulture service in July. Greater Manchester was selected as one of seven government ‘Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn’ sites and awarded £500,000 to fund two-year pilot nature-based pilot projects.

Manchester City Council Parks improvements funding 2021

man city councilManchester City Council are making £12.5m available to support a range of capital investment opportunities in the city's parks and green spaces, to realise the vision for parks to be the heart, lungs and soul of the city.

The City Council want to hear from local groups and organisations with ideas to use this funding: to build upon, add to, or improve park assets.

The £12.5m will be split:

Parks improvements funding 2021

parks imageManchester City Council are making £12.5m available to support a range of capital investment opportunities in the city's parks and green spaces, to realise their vision for parks to be the heart, lungs and soul of the city.

The City Council want to hear from local groups and organisations with ideas to use this funding: to build upon, add to, or improve park assets.

The £12.5m will be split:

Thyme for Growing: it makes sense – Gentle volunteer gardening for the over 50's

gardening imageRyder Brow Community Allotment Society is offering a gentle gardening volunteering workshop for the over 50's. Beneficiaries will be guided in designing and creating a sensory garden, no previous experience is required. It is hoped that the attendees will be motivated for weekly visits to maintain the garden.