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Connecting communities, neighbourhoods and nature: A toolkit

The toolkit was launched at our Parklife! Conference. It was written to support those working on, or interested in, developing environmental nature based projects that work with and benefit people. The toolkit is now out of print but you can download it as a PDF document.

The toolkit contains the following chapters:
1. Learning and improving / Evaluation
2. Green empowerment / Community environmental projects
3. Working in partnership
4. Land management for people and wildlife
5. Show me the money! Funding

Click here for a pdf version (4 MB) The Toolkit has been designed to work in conjunction with the 'Urban Greenspace Support Pack: working with groups' detailed below:

Urban Greenspace Support Pack: Working with groups

This Pack has been produced for the benefit of project officers and community groups involved in caring for greenspaces in urban areas.  It aims to provide a resource to help groups develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes that will enable them to meet their aims and continue to take successful, independent and sustainable community action into the future.  

The Pack is now out of print but you can download as a PDF document by clicking here (3.4MB).  

The Pack contains the following chapters:
1. Getting started
2. Getting more formal
3. Planning for action
4. Money Matters
5. Staying safe
6. Getting your message across
7. Working with others
8. Involving the wider community
9. Keeping going
10. Who else can help
11. Useful reading and References

Support Pack templates (Word file 274 KB) - this Word file contains blank templates for some of the activities in the pack so that you can adjust them to suit your circumstances.