The National Lottery Heritage Fund today announced a £5million investment in a ground-breaking initiative to create a huge matrix of community-led rewilding projects – improving the lives of people from some of the most under resourced areas across the UK and leaving a lasting natural legacy in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The funding is part of The National Lottery’s £22million investment to mark the Jubilee and Cornwall will benefit with its own project.
Delivered by Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Nextdoor Nature will support local people in Camborne and Redruth to develop the skills, tools, and opportunities to take action for nature. This could include establishing wild habitats and green corridors, rewilding school grounds, or naturalising highly urbanised or unused areas. The pandemic has demonstrated just how important access to a well-cared for natural environment is to communities across the UK.