Lottery grant aid worth more than £12.8m will boost a new national initiative to help communities create their own green spaces over the next seven years.
Groups can seek a grant of up to £150,000 and technical advice to create a village green or open space or revive an existing area. This initiative follows on from the Millennium Greens programme which is already creating 250 open spaces. For details contact Marilyn Rawson on 020-73402947.
The latest issue of Countryside Focus detailed the action taken by Turning The Tide to reclaim 18 kilometres of the coast of County Durham where coal mining waste had been tipped: removing derelict structures from cliffs and beaches removing two spoil heaps totalling 1.3m tonnes at Horden and Easington leaving natural marine action to remove 40m cubic metres of spoil over twenty years conserving the coastline and providing access For more details contact Ray Leonard on 0191-3833741 or www.turning-the-tide.org.uk