Over 100 grants worth over £560,000 are being awarded to community groups across the UK to help transform local areas into vibrant community green spaces.
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Carpentry Students Create Bug Hotel for RHS Cancer-Awareness Garden
For the second consecutive year, students at Leeds College of Building are using their skills to help create a poignant RHS show garden. The Level 1 Diploma Carpentry & Joinery students have crafted two five-foot triangular wooden bug hotels. The structures will feature at the main entrance of a garden going on display at RHS Tatton Flower […]
Read MoreSchoolchildren in Cornwall become beekeepers
A primary school in Launceston, Cornwall, is helping its pupils become young beekeepers thanks to support from South West Water. St. Catherine’s Bee Club started in May 2022 when they purchased two established bee colonies from the Launceston Beekeepers Group. Since then, they have run a weekly after school club for any keen Year 5 […]
Read MoreCharter Launched Calling for Scotland to Become World’s First Rewilding Nation
More than 2% of Scotland’s land is now rewilding according to new figures from the Scottish Rewilding Alliance, as it launches a Rewilding Nation Charter calling for Scotland to declare itself the world’s first rewilding nation. Despite growing praise for its rewilding progress, Scotland remains one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth. The new […]
Read MoreEmbrace the darkness! Cosmic fun as Dark Skies Festival returns
The South Downs National Park’s popular Dark Skies Festival returns on 10th February, with nine days of celebrations to explore the awesome wonders of the dark skies of the South Downs, which remains one of only 21 International Dark Sky Reserves in the world. Among the highlights will be a dark skies-themed ride at 450ft […]
Read MoreRewilding charity chosen to be part of the Projects for Nature platform
The national charity Heal Rewilding has been chosen to be one of the nature organisations taking part in the government’s new Projects for Nature platform.
Read MoreFour hundred trees will be planted across Dumfries and Galloway to mark the impact of the COVID pandemic
The planting of a Dispersed Memorial Forest is part of ‘Remembering Together Dumfries and Galloway’ which is this region’s contribution to the Scotland-wide memorial project funded by the Scottish Government. The tree planting plans for the memorial have been developed for Remembering Together Dumfries and Galloway and are part of the Scotland-wide development of memorials […]
Read MoreNew project seeks to save animals from plastic pollution
Whilst extensive research has previously focused on the impact of plastic pollution in marine environments, its repercussions on land animals remain an underexplored frontier. A new study will take a major step towards unravelling the critical issue of plastic pollution and its far-reaching consequences, especially for animals like livestock and working animals such as donkeys, […]
Read MoreLast Chance to Apply Before Weston Charity Awards Deadline
Ambitious small charities working in Community, Welfare, Youth, and Environment have just one month left to apply for the Weston Charity Awards 2024. Thanks to a collaboration between The Garfield Weston Foundation and charity partner Pilotlight, the Weston Charity Awards celebrate and support small front-line charities in the North of England, Midlands, and Wales. The Awards offer a […]
Read MoreCOP28: Countries agree loss and damage fund at climate summit
COP28 opened last week with agreement on how a “loss and damage” fund to compensate low-income countries suffering from the effects of climate change will operate.
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