Story 'Listening to locals is key': learnings from a successful community group Grow Batheaston is an inspiring example of a community group that is growing organically as more people get involved.
Story A centre for the elders of the West Indian community in Derby The Hadhari Centre offers food and companionship to the elders in Derby's West Indian community.
Story A group of new gardeners in Exeter learn to grow food and help wildlife Emily Perryman tells us about a group of keen beginner gardeners at Beacon Centre in Exeter.
Story A nature refuge in Southampton city centre Local people wanted to make the community aware that nature and wildlife are just on their doorstep.
Story A place for nature in Nottingham City Watch how local residents worked together to create and maintain a beautiful community garden in Nottingham City.
Story Bringing nature to an urban art space in Ipswich In this video, Lucy from Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the amazing team at Rock, Paper, Scissors, explain how they are bringing nature to…
Story Bringing together language lessons and nature in Hull Welcome to English helps newcomers - mostly refugees and asylum seekers - to learn English, make new friends and find out about living…
Story Building a butterfly and moth garden in a disused quarry A small, dedicated team of volunteers have come together to build a butterfly and moth garden.
Story Building a wildlife-friendly garden for the community in Bristol The Beehive Community Centre wanted to improve their garden for people and wildlife and get out into the local community. Two years…
Story Building planters and raised beds in Newcastle In this video, residents of Walker came together on a frosty day to learn how to make planters and raised beds.
Story City centre schools bring nature to the city Two schools in central Southampton are creating new wildlife-friendly areas in their school grounds and learning about nature in the…
Story Community arts venue transforms their garden space In this video, Lucy from Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the community around The Hive in Ipswich show us their amazing garden transformation…
Story Community beach cleans in Swansea Ciera from Swansea shares how she has been getting the community involved to help wildlife on Swansea beach.
Story Community centre brings new life to its back garden Fee from Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, Rupal from BNCHA and an intrepid band of willing volunteers set about bringing life…
Story Community in Hull makes their local park a better place to be The Friends of Alderman Kneeshaw Park are a group of volunteers. Here, they tell us a bit about what they're doing.
Story Connecting with people and nature at Washington Mind Gardening Group A small gardening group is working with Durham Wildlife Trust to build a nature-friendly community garden.
Story Creating habitats at Crewe Railway Cottages The residents of the 1840s railway cottages in Crewe want help with a plot of land that’s 300 feet long and 20 feet wide.
Story Essex housing estate is nurturing its community and nature Residents of Clayburn Gardens worked with the local council to transform their communcal outdoor space.
Story From rubbish tip to wildlife-friendly vegetable garden A group of passionate volunteers are creating an area of green space where there was once a rubbish tip.
Story Growing a community garden from the ground up This small eco group had been doing activities like litter picking but was struggling to get more people involved.
