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BLOG – Five Top Tips for Creating Your Eco Street
Eco Streets was developed by Groundwork Greater Manchester as part of the IGNITION project. The aim was to support communities to transform unused outdoor areas into exciting green spaces, which featured nature-based-solutions that help alleviate climate change. Since the project launched, we’ve helped to transform 4 areas around Greater Manchester, with the help of some amazing…
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BLOG – Groundwork Greater Manchester’s Aspirations for Biodiversity Net Gain On Nature Sites
In this blog, our Head of Neighbourhoods, Phil Treaton, shares insight into what Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is, and how Groundwork is using BNG to improve our nature sites. Protecting and Enhancing Nature Groundwork Greater Manchester (GM) own just over 22 hectares of land within Greater Manchester across 5 sites, the site are all different…
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BLOG – The Importance Of Orchards In Urban Communities
Orchards are a space dedicated to growing fruit trees, nut trees, or even sugar maples. The size of an orchard can vary from hundreds of trees over a vast stretch of land, to just five trees planted closely together! Orchards have been a staple part of the UK’s landscape, giving us access to local fresh…
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BLOG – Introducing Green Thumbs Community Garden In Brinnington
Brinnington Big Local is a lottery-funded programme seeking to make lasting change by taking a community-led approach. A group of passionate and skilled volunteers regularly consult with their community to identify local needs and from there, coordinate projects and activities which meet them. Two of the long-term priorities in the area are food poverty and…
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NEWS – Walney Road Woodland Brook Community Clean-Up
A total of 66 bags of ancient rubbish, including large objects such as a mattress, tyres and an old toaster were unearthed from the woodland and brook. The Walney Road Woodland is a relatively small forest area situated in the middle of a residential area in Sharston, Wythenshawe. The urban greenspace is home to lots…
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BLOG – Greater Manchester’s Greatest Greenspaces
Everyone has different opinions on what makes the perfect park or green space. For families, it might be a traditional park with a playground and activities for their little ones. For dog walkers, it might be a wide-open space for their furry friends to run around in. For older people, it might be a nearby,…
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BLOG – Friends Groups around Greater Manchester
For many years, friends group volunteers around Greater Manchester have actively contributed to the management, upkeep and promotion of our local parks and green spaces. In this blog, we’ll be highlighting some of the fantastic friends groups in Greater Manchester, and share how you can get involved. Friends of Alkrington Woods Location: Manchester Old Rd, Rhodes,…
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GUEST BLOG – Putting Disabled People at the Heart of Active Living
Even in 2022, disabled people are still facing challenges when it comes to accessing and enjoying our street spaces. In 2021 the Office of National Statistics reported that disabled people in the UK aged 16-64 had poorer ratings than non-disabled people on all four personal wellbeing measures, including life satisfaction, feeling like things they do…
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NEWS – The Groundwork Garden at Manchester Flower Show 2022
About the Groundwork Garden The Groundwork Garden at Manchester Flower Show demonstrated how nature can be used in urban spaces to help make the city more resilient. By slowing the flow of rain water, we can reduce flood risk and by planting the right tree and flower species we can benefit wildlife, providing food sources…
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NEWS – Young People in Rochdale Show Support For Their Local Food Club
The group of 7 young people are all members of Groundwork’s Princes Trust Team programme; a 12-week personal development programme which supports young people aged 16-25 who are not in education, employment, or training to achieve a nationally recognised qualification – ‘Prince’s Trust Award in Employment, Teamwork and Community Skills’. The Pantry is a food…
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BLOG – Meet The Young People Promoting Sustainable Food Production
Have you ever considered how much impact our growing population has on the world? As well as an increased need for energy and water, the increase requirement for food now accounts for 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But not all hope is lost! As part of the Food Wave project, young people across Greater…