Seventeen community environment projects across Northumberland have received funding.
Grants of up to £5,000 from a pot of £50,000 have been awarded via Northumberland County Council’s Environment and Climate Fund.
The projects span a wide range of activities – all with the aim of reducing emissions and enhancing the natural environment to support the council’s ambition of making Northumberland a net zero county by 2040.
Cllr John Riddle, cabinet member for Environment, Rural and Farming at Northumberland County Council said: “It is fantastic to see the council once again supporting these innovative projects.
“I’m incredibly proud of the work going on across the county in protecting and improving our environment. It is all these small changes that add up to bigger impacts.
“I would like to thank all of the groups who bid into the funding and I’m excited to see the benefits these projects bring to local areas.”
Projects awarded funding:
Alnmouth Village Golf Club – Building a programme of work to move the golf club towards net zero operations over the next 10 years.
Amble Youth project – Removing a significant volume of waste so the allotment can be safely and effectively developed for community use.
Ashington Town Council – Creating a community gathering space with full wheelchair access and rehabilitating an abandoned plot area to establish raised beds for fruit and plants.
Choppington Parish Council – Creating a network of wildflower corridors along selected park edges, and footpaths to increase biodiversity, support pollinators and enhance the character of the local landscape.
Climate Action Wansbeck – Enhancing safe and consistent community-led water monitoring on the River Wansbeck with accessible sampling sites around Morpeth and Ashington.
Cowpen Quay Community Association – Implementing Phase 2 of the energy improvement programme at the Buffalo Centre, replacing light fittings with LEDs and older radiators with thermostat-controlled energy efficient units.
CPRE Northumberland – Documenting the restoration of two traditional cast‑iron signposts in Stamfordham and Corbridge.
Friends of Newbrough Primary School – Purchasing and installing a durable polytunnel on the school grounds for year-round growing space.
Friends of Swansfield Park – Expanding and enhancing a school-based biodiversity and environmental education initiative centred around Forest School provision, habitat improvement, and community climate engagement.
Go Local Food – Installing a cold store to support in the collection and distribution of vegetable bags for local community members.
Grow Hexham (Hexham Town Council) – Replenishing the existing soft fruit beds within Hexham Community Garden.
Hexham Farmer’s Market – Initiating conversations through an online platform about the role of food in the climate and nature debate and helping to make locally produced food more easily available to residents.
Morpeth Repair Café – Expansion of repair activities to help recruit more volunteer repairers and provide the tools and materials needed to encourage more reuse and recycling.
Northumberland Wildlife Trust – Delivering hands-on peatland climate education sessions in the College Valley to schools, youth groups and community organisations.
Prudhoe Community Partnership – Clearing a large flowerbed of brambles and dying shrubs to restore it with a wide range of plants and flowers.
Solidarity Farm CIC – Purchasing an electric transport bicycle and mountain bikes to embed low-carbon travel into daily operations.
Whittingham PTA and Friends – Storage for new bikes.
