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Project blog: understanding the state of nature in Greater Manchester

Learn all about Greater Manchester’s first State of Nature Report in our regular project team blog.

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Hamer Primary School Eco Refill Shop launch
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Greater Manchester School Eco Refill Shops – Opening time, the launches begin!

In the second blog in our series covering the progress of the ten School Eco Refill Shops, we can happily report that the schools have undergone their enterprise training and are now beginning to launch and open for their school communities…

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Feel The Benefit of Making Your Home Better

Fresh after the launch of GMCA’s ‘Feel The Benefit’ campaign, Hellena Mason-Smith, Community Engagement Assistant from Your Home Better, takes a look at you can reduce your home’s carbon emissions when making home improvements through this programme…

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Solar array at Wellington School completed!

Following a community share offer in summer 2023, local social enterprise Greater Manchester Community Renewables (GMCR) has installed the largest community-owned solar array in Greater Manchester at Wellington School in Timperley.

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Local Nature Champions: Claire Biggs, Director and Project Manager at SNUG

In our next Local Nature Champions interview, we speak to Claire Biggs, Director and Project Manager at Sustainable Northmoor Urban Greening (SNUG).

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Project blog: setting out our shared Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Find out more about the development of Greater Manchester’s first Local Nature Recovery Strategy in our regular project team blog.

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Local Nature Champions: Susan Faulkner, Farmer at Woodside Farm

In our next Local Nature Champions interview, we speak to Susan Faulkner, Farmer at Woodside Farm.

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Next Energy Officers
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Delivering home energy improvements to GM residents through ECO4 Flex

Continuing our series of guest blogs from partners, Next Energy Solutions, a market-leading and award-winning specialist in improving the energy efficiency of homes, tells us how they are delivering the Energy Company Obligation Flexible Eligibility Scheme (ECO4 Flex) across Bolton, Salford and Wigan…

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School Eco Refill Shop
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Greater Manchester Schools to launch pupil-led Eco Refill Shops

Ten Greater Manchester schools will soon launch their pioneering, pupil-led, fully-stocked, Eco Refill Shops. Our series of articles will put the spotlight on the schools and report back on their progress as they undertake their Enterprise Training, launch their shops and measure their success.

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North West Net Zero Youth Conference 2023

Youth Focus North West hosted the second North West Net Zero Youth Conference which took place on Saturday 25th November at the University of Salford. The event aimed to bring together young people aged 13-19 from across the Northwest to share their thoughts and ideas about a range of climate and net zero topics.

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Solar panel project shines bright in Salford

Housing Association, Salix Homes has recently completed solar panel installations to 49 properties after securing funding through the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

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Southway Housing Trust and Cara EPS: Delivering Home Energy Efficiency Measures in South Manchester

In this article, Manchester housing provider Southway Housing Trust and Cara EPS, a multi-disciplinary net zero and retrofit business from Salford, provide an update on their partnership delivering on the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund…

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