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GMCA Retrofit Team Win Regional Award
Representatives from the GMCA Environment Team, scooped up the ‘Regional Council or Local Authority Body of the Year’ at the North West Energy Efficiency Awards 2025 for the second year running!
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DETERMINER Project Launch
DETERMINER is an ambitious EPSRC/IAA knowledge exchange project delivered in collaboration with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA) focusing on lowering the embodied carbon footprint of home retrofitting and new build homes projects.
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Mayor’s nature fund looking for more great green ideas in Greater Manchester
The latest round of the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s ‘Green Spaces Fund’ has re-opened for applications.
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Open Homes Event 2025
Sign-up for the Your Homes Better Open Homes Event 2025 – Saturday 28th June.
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Borro: Minimising single-use cup waste through a returnable system
Borro is a new returnable cups scheme helping Manchester ditch single-use takeaway cups and make a real impact in the local community.
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Greater Manchester Retrofit Scheme Featured on Channel 4 News
A Greater Manchester energy efficiency scheme has been featured on Channel 4 News.
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Funding Boost Supports Green and Social Projects Across Greater Manchester
A £40,000 donation from 0800 Repair is helping fund green and wellbeing projects across Greater Manchester.
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NextGen Net Zero Youth Conference
Do you work with young people who have a keen interest in doing something about the climate crisis? This is their opportunity to find out more and get involved at the NextGen Net Zero Conference, a free and exciting youth-led climate action event at the University of Salford.
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New solar calculator measures cost and benefit of installing renewables
A new independent Solar Calculator has been launched, helping commercial and domestic property owners understand the capability and cost savings from installing solar.
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Campaign launches to raise £3m by cutting waste from corporate events
A campaign is calling on the city region’s business community to cut the waste from their events and raise £3million to help put better quality food on the tables of local communities.
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Trees Take Root at GM Fire Stations
City of Trees and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service planted Defra-funded trees at fire stations across the city-region.
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School Eco Refill Pilot – The Results
During October 2023 recruitment commenced for a small number of schools across Greater Manchester to be part of a unique pilot programme which promoted reuse and refill within schools and their wider communities. The project was supported by GMCA and delivered by Pupils Profit.
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