Healing Nature is one of the first environmental projects to be awarded a grant from the Government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund. Durham Wildlife Trust has been awarded £407,300 to carry out vital work on 20 urban sites in Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside, and bring communities closer to nature on their doorstep.
Regionally important wildlife including the dingy skipper butterfly, skylark, water vole, otter, and wading birds will benefit from wide-ranging project to create a healthier future for wildlife. Durham Wildlife Trust is partnering with local councils in Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland who own the sites and who are contributing £69,500 in funding for capital works. Volunteers and new staff and trainees will look after woodland, undertake pond restoration, grassland management, scrub clearance, and planting hedges, connecting spaces for wildlife.
