Apr 22, 2025
HVA, in partnership with Public Health East Sussex, is pleased to announce a new project designed to improve access to nature for health and wellbeing, and to develop the capacity of local organisations or individuals to create or manage our greenspaces.
The project will build on insights gathered from a recent 6-month peer-learning initiative, Learning to Grow, and a series of earlier community conversations, all hosted by Transition Town Hastings and the Hastings Garden Town team. The aim of these events has been to highlight local assets, focus attention on where support can be directed, and improve our collective impact to create a healthier, greener, more sustainable and biodiverse town.
Genuinely led by community goals and plans the project will maximise opportunities for engagement and involvement, it will amplify voices of groups experiencing barriers to accessing greenspaces; and will create collaborative relationships that build on community strengths and local leadership.
Project staff can support organisations that are maintaining public greenspaces with capacity building, shared learning activities, volunteering, and the opportunity to apply for small grants. Find out more about the small grants and how to apply here: https://hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.uk/news/community-nature-connections-small-grants
The project has also introduced a shared calendar to promote all the amazing green and growing events and projects happening across Hastings. Please 'Join', share your events and spread the word, using this link: https://groupcal.page.link/dTgLS9S5NibwRBo86
For more information, please contact Lucy Abbott or Su Barnicoat at HVA:
[email protected], mobile: 07513 827784,/ [email protected], mobile: 07702 902840.
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If you are interested to volunteer to help with projects in our greenspaces, please complete this short form. Alternatively, take a look at the pdf form below which shows a selection of local opportunities. This list of opportunities is not exhaustive and there are other existing projects, plus new projects being established.
