Nextdoor Nature is one of the latest initiatives in The Wildlife Trusts’ mission to inspire and support 1 in 4 people to take action for nature.
- Projects include making streets wilder, community gardens, accessible walking trails and pollinator corridors
- Fifty new Community Organisers for nature recruited across the UK
- Communities taking action to benefit people and wildlife in their neighbourhoods
Groups across the UK are kickstarting a grassroots response to the climate emergency and nature loss.
Nextdoor Nature is one of the latest initiatives in The Wildlife Trusts’ mission to inspire and support 1 in 4 people to take action for nature.
Fifty new Community Organisers have started in post from Scotland to the Isles of Scilly. They are enabling communities to take charge of creating and restoring wild places, improving nature connectedness for people and providing much-needed habitats for wildlife.
The projects, made possible with £5 million funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, include:
- More than a dozen community gardens – from The Larder in East Belfast to Corwen in North Wales, including in Exeter, Bristol, Doncaster, Newcastle and many more.
- Helping vulnerable groups take an active role in nature’s recovery in communities in Kent, Gloucestershire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Wiltshire and Northumberland.
- Places of worship turning their green spaces over to benefit wildlife and people in Cornwall, Surrey and Nottinghamshire.
- Cross-generational projects bringing old and young together, sharing memories of nature, and igniting a fierce determination to bring about positive change for the next generation in Derby, Dorset, London, Sussex and Teesside.
- Regenerating urban centres to create habitats for wildlife and green areas for people to use and enjoy in Surrey, Warwickshire, Derby and Swansea.
- Community art and nature projects in Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Suffolk and Radnorshire.
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Posted On: 15/02/2023