Project background The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is working in partnership with the Environment Agency and Thames Water to protect streams and rivers from pollution, and to ease the strain on existing drainage systems. As rainwater in your local area flows over hard surfaces such as roofs and roads, Read more [...]

We are currently raising money to get into this premise, where we will create a skatepark/activity centre teaching a wide range of activities from circus, extreme sports, trapeze, photography, editing, slack line and much more…

Food Growing Schools: London brings together the very best of London’s food growing expertise, information and support, with the ambition to inspire and equip every school in London to grow their own food. Complete our London schools survey to tell us what food growing you are already doing and what Read more [...]

WANTED: Education Volunteers! We are looking for one or two volunteers to support our exciting new Tri-Borough Outdoor Learning project; assisting on preparation and delivery of our outside sessions. Plus we are looking for support with our general administrative activities in our friendly Hammersmith office. Responsibilities will include assisting monitoring Read more [...]

During the week of 15th Sept, there was a 2-day Fresher’s Fair at East Surrey College, where I had a stall for volunteers to sign up to contribute their creative, fashion & media skills to my company. I was also giving away free organic tees if they would be involved Read more [...]

Historic Bowring Park is Knowsley’s oldest municipal park, established when the Georgian Roby Hall estate was gifted in 1906 by Alderman WB Bowring to the people of Liverpool after the adoption of the Open Spaces Act 1906. Knowsley Council, working with our partners, has successfully passed Stage 1 of a Read more [...]

Tuppenny Barn Education Centre is set on an organic smallholding where we grow vegetables and fruit for sale to the local community. The Centre is the hub for community events and courses and in particular for schools as we offer a ‘fork to fork’ experience so students can pick crops from Read more [...]

We are a group of local residents and school parents based on an allotment plot in Moston, Manchester. We’ve got a community garden here with raised beds, small orchard, fruit bushes, a little pond, a big polytunnel and an outdoor classroom and we grow our 5-a-days and enjoy ourselves in the Read more [...]

Junior Showtime Theater Group is an idea for children between the ages of 7 and 16 to be able to experience the art of music, drama, and dance.This is developed through a series of workshops on a regular weekly basis working with a professional Musical Director (Keely Barugh) and professional Read more [...]

A city-wide Wildlife Garden Festival that aims to help people in Glasgow to get closer to nature. From the opening ceremony on September 9 that includes a mass bike ride, through storytelling, walks, a comedy night and canoe trips to a schools closing gala in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow’s green spaces Read more [...]

Just Act is a website providing practical advice for anyone wanting to make a difference and improve their community.  The site points visitors to advice and resources sourced from a variety of organisations and people who are involved in a community project. It also contains a forum where we host monthly live discussions, Read more [...]

Thrive are the UK’s leading charity using gardening to bring positive change to the lives of disabled people, those living with ill health, the isolated, disadvantaged and vulnerable. Our mission is to use our passion for the power of gardening to change the lives of people touched by disability. Since Read more [...]

This is a greening project, aiming to transform an unused space into a beautiful green space with raised garden beds and some seating. We will plant ornamental shrubs and flowers and some food plants like herbs and berries. We would like to create a peaceful space taht the local community Read more [...]

Please see our facebook page for all info on our project. http://www.facebook.com/nyfworkshop

We have won funding from Pocket Parks and Barnet Borough Council to transform a run down children’s playground in to a new space for all the community. We still want to retain the playground but create a green space that all members of the community can use.

Supporting people in Wingrove and New Mills to live sustainably Greening Wingrove is a community partnership project to support the people of Wingrove, Newcastle upon Tyne to live sustainably through growing, recycling and saving energy – helped by BIG Lottery’s Communities Living Sustainably Fund. The partners in the BIG Lottery’s Read more [...]

We are a new group meeting twice a week at the moment, we hope to create a garden share project within our estate. So far we have helped clear two gardens of residents who have mobility problems and are looking pair up the residents with people who live in a Read more [...]

Carbon conscious woodland management. Increasing biodiversity through Employability Skills training and Authentic Leadership

The Villages is a privately owned pre-school run by a permanent, fully qualified staff with a ratio of 1 adult to at least 8 children (1-4 when children are aged under 3). Our pre-school offers education and care for children from 2 years until they are able to take up Read more [...]

We are an informal network / collection of people who live across 3 estates in Lower Clapton, Hackney. The 3 estates are: Clapton Park, Mill Fields and Nye Bevan. We have a community website, which is just starting up and a facebook page: Clapton Park Green Fingers. There are 45 growing Read more [...]

Dominic Drive is a cul de sac comprising 4 blocks of flats. The Community Garden project started in April 2014, encouraged by the setting up of 4 raised planters, 3 compost bins and several bird boxes by Trident Housing Association as part of their Go Green Scheme. This year we planted several Read more [...]

Pioneering Urban Living London Community Neighbourhood Co-operative (LCNC) is an innovative urban project who are making a positive difference. With increasing climate challenges, breakdown of communities and financial insecurity, LCNC is committed to being part of the solution. LCNC plans to create a community run, low tech, flexible model for Read more [...]

New Ark is a play facility for all ages 0-16 where the emphasis is on outdoor play.Opened in 1976,at the heart of the local community,managed by local people. We have a big adventure playground,city farm,eco centre,forest & garden.The indoor activities use mainly recycled materials.All our staff are qualified & experienced Read more [...]

L8 Living Sustainably is an initiative in Toxteth, Liverpool to promote local food growing, energy generation and to educate people on the impact of climate change and the measures they can take to improve their lives. The five year project is funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Communities Living Sustainably’ Read more [...]

Sharpham Outdoors Project is a joint Sharpham Trust, Ambios Ltd and Robert Owen Communities initiative that strives to build closer links between the human and natural world. It provides opportunities for reconnecting people with themselves, each other, and to the land The Sharpham Outdoors Project offers innovative, creative and practical programmes for Read more [...]

Studio 3 Arts, in collaboration with our neighbours in the Gascoigne Estate in Barking, will transform our garden at our venue, The Galleon Centre, into a creative, beautiful garden and park for local people to relax, play and be creative.  We’re working with volunteers, a visual artist and our local Read more [...]

The Gosford Hub is a centre for adults with multiple and profound disabilities who often find it hard to join in with community events. The Hub has a large outside area with easy access for the local primary school and the community in general which is very diverse. We are Read more [...]

We will be clearing an area to the rear and side of the community centre wher rubbish and garden debris has previously been dumped. Planting bulbs in smaller suitable areas and partitioning off this rea and preparing the soild to grow food and bee and butterfly-friendly flowers. We will be Read more [...]

Friends of Thorpe St Andrew Parks are excited to say that we are now looking for Landscape Architects to share their inspiring visions for our recreational spaces in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich. The aim of this project is to maximise the full potential of both Laundry Lane and Dusssindale parks Read more [...]

Dorney Community Garden is the first resident-led project in a north London council tower block. We have transformed empty council land surrounding the tower into a very successful community garden.  The tower’s population is a rich mix of nationalities, cultures, families, pensioners and people with physical and mental health disabilities. Read more [...]

We offer an Adventure play and child care facility to our local area. Adventure Playground Opening Hours: Term Time: Monday to Friday 3 – 7pm Saturday 12 – 4.30pm Holiday periods: Monday to Friday 1pm to 6pm Child Care:  Term Time: Monday to Friday 3pm to 6.30pm Holiday periods: Monday Read more [...]

Following the fantastic success of our new community garden created in 2013 we have been lucky to be awarded a second capital clean-up grant to cheer up the rest of the entrance area of the school with a mosaic and new planting. We will continue the work we started with Read more [...]

We will undertake a litter pick of the stream and the surrounding banks and walkways. Rubbish will be raked from the top layer of silt and volunteers will wade into the middle of the river to remove deposited rubbish. We will aim to remove any problem branches and dead wood Read more [...]

Trust Thamesmead is the only community development agency working exclusively for Thamesmead and we use our income to deliver direct services and to work with others to improve the quality of the lives of the 30,000 plus residents of Thamesmead, focusing on the most disadvantaged. Our charitable objectives are focused Read more [...]

The Collective Roof Garden is a temporary installation reflecting the nature of Collective, a 2 year funded project supporting young creative enterprise in Camden. Commissioned by Collective, it has been designed by Little Big Design using reclaimed materials where possible and with a focus on flexible use of space. The roof will Read more [...]

Charlton Manor Primary School is working with Chris Collins-Blue Peter Horticulturalist, Olivier Blanc- Creator of Henri Le Worm app and Woodlands Farm Trust on a community garden project. We have been allocated land on the farm to create a growing/cooking garden with an outdoor classroom, kitchen and chill out zone. Read more [...]

EcoACTIVE is an innovative environmental education charity with a reputation for using hands-on, practical and fun approaches to explore complex issues of sustainability. We create eye-opening experiences for children and adults alike, working with schools and the wider community to develop their understanding of the world around them and give Read more [...]

We want to grow our community through practical skills training and volunteering by actively engaging local youth, disabled people and socially excluded individuals in our diverse and vibrant local culture with a growing area featuring terraced beds, fruit and unusual vegetables that you can’t find anywhere else. What we’ll do: Read more [...]

Welcome to Seed Grow Change. Good living that doesn’t cost the earth Seed Grow Change develops and supports initiatives designed to foster and promote health, wellbeing and sustainability. Our Mission Our aim is to help people embrace healthier, more sustainable lifestyles.  We  offer innovative  workshops, activities and events that  support Read more [...]

Our project is to refurbish the Baldock Town Hall and use the space to make arts and heritage activities available for the local community and neighbouring villages.   As such, it is known as the Baldock Arts and Heritage Centre. The Baldock Town Hall group is a registered charity.

Hyde Park Source aims to improve people’s health & well-being through improving the environment of local areas.We are committed to increasing the potential of individuals and communities – promoting equality of education and training. Since 1998 we have created over fifty community garden spaces and have provided on-site training for Read more [...]

Our campaign project on Project Dirt has now been promoted to Cluster so please do join this. This project will now become a forum for asking questions, sharing ideas and connecting with others. Let’s make London a National Park! We are campaigning to make London the world’s first National Park City, a Read more [...]

Harvest of Grace Trinity Centre is a Charity Project, a place of change where holistic support is offered to vulnerable people in the community, especially disadvantaged young people, older people on low-income, homeless, refugees & asylum seekers across the borough. HOGTC provides free hot meals. Breakfast and Lunch served every Read more [...]

WHAT WE ARE FUNDRAISING FOR Soho children have almost nowhere to play outside. The closest park (St James’) has little provision for primary school children, none of the local squares have any play equipment and there are no slides within the whole parish! Consequently our children and others who use Read more [...]

It has taken us 3 years to renovate an old derelict scout hut into a safe, friendly, family centre.

The Living Wandle Landscape Partnership Scheme is a Heritage Lottery Funded (HLF) Project, which aims to deliver a series of improvement projects along the whole length of the River Wandle. The over-arching aim of this scheme is to re-vitalise the Wandle as an identifiable, high quality asset to the communities Read more [...]

Forest Farm Peace Garden is a unique environment and mental health project. Our garden on the edge of London has become an oasis of beauty and tranquility offering an inspiring and welcoming space for people to connect with the therapeutic value of nature. We provide nature-based ecotherapy activities for people Read more [...]

The group was established in June 2013 and their first project was the Jubilee Gardens, Astle Court. Following the success of this the group raised over £6,500 to provide a Community Greenhouse. Thank you to all our Sponsors which included Peaks & Plains Housing Trust, Manchester Airport, Cheshire Community Foundation, Read more [...]

Here at Barking & Dagenham College, we are passionate about success and we consider support, encouragement, and opportunity as our basic principles. All of our students are unique and we aim to encourage them with positive leadership to ensure their experience at the college is a very special one. Innovation Read more [...]

On the 6th-8th June schools, clubs and organisations across the UK will Go Blue! and do something amazing for our seas in support of our charity partner, the Marine Conservation Society.  People will be organising their own events, including anything from a beach clean to a sponsored swim, to help Read more [...]