Buzzing Roots CiC have been funded to deliver a series of 6 workshops at the Brite Centre. The aim is to support the community garden to become more accessible to the wider community and support the development of garden itself along with teaching the community about the natural environment. 

To fund the services of a qualified Ecologist to carry out a UK-Hab Preliminary Ecological Appraisal of the Parish, advise on a Hedgehog Highway Project and conduct three Guided and Training Walks around the village. 

Funding is to deliver an intergenerational edible garden project for the local community, focused on Scouting groups and older adults in local sheltered housing or care homes. There will be an initial community gardening event hosted by the Skinny Jeans Gardener, followed by weekly sessions and additional family events covering a range of activities including growing produce, jam making and building wildlife area. 

Funding is offered towards materials and staffing to develop their new garden. This will include using natural and recycled materials and will be planted, built and managed via a range of activities involving the families that attend the service. 

Funding is awarded to Kaine Management CiC to deliver a 12 week intergenerational recycle and reuse clothing project. The project's main aim is to educate on increasing recycling and the reuse of materials while at the same time addressing social isolation by bringing Caribbean seniors together with girls aged 11 – 15 years to work on projects using pre-loved or pre-used materials. 

Funding is to offer practical sessions to women and girls to up-cycle, re-use and re-design items including furniture. Sessions will focus on up-skilling participants to enable them to continue to rescue items destined for land-fill, and to alter the mind-set of the throw-away generation; there will also be a focus on discussing issues that impact young women. 

Funding is awarded to Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Headway for their garden project. This will fund a new wheelchair accessible greenhouse, a new pond to attract wildlife and biodiversity, and a range of plants and equipment including water butts. 

Funding is awarded to Melton Learning Hub (MLH) for a project which offers up to 50 students the opportunity to gain a Level 1 Wildlife and Conservation qualification through the NCFE exam board. The course will contain a combination of practical projects working to support wildlife and greenspaces as well as classroom based learning. 

Funding is to to deliver 12 seasonal travelling recycled craft workshops to a range of different local organisations in a variety of settings to enable those unable to travel to the allotment to access sessions. The sessions will focus on re-purposing, re-using, and changing perception of items, with an eco-literacy educational element. 

Soft Touch Arts have been given a grant to deliver a recycle arts project that will be displayed as part of Art Reach City Festival. Using the recycled goods generated by the production and consumption in the community café, they will produce a series of themed sculptures made entirely of recycled items to be placed across the city. 

E2 have received funding towards staff costs to manage the development of a piece of derelict land into an Urban Garden; a green space for community use in Beaumont Leys. There will be a key focus on using the space for primary school children to learn, observe and interact with nature, as well as adopting areas of the site to grow their own fruit and vegetables. The project aims to benefit the environment as well as the health and well-being of the local community in a range of ways. 

Funding is to cover the cost of equipment hire and materials to improve the footpath along the side of the disused canal on a stretch running directly north from Burley Park Way, to replace the existing gate and provide additional fencing. 

Funding is awarded to Wesley Hall to deliver a garden project at the Hall. The funds will cover a 35 week project to transform the rear enclosed area and will include a shed and greenhouse along with planting 

Funding is awarded to Wildscapes Cooperative to support 24 gardening sessions at Queens Community Allotments targeting young vulnerable adults who reside at Park Lodge (supported accommodation for young homeless people aged 16-25). They will also deliver 5 craft sessions and one community open day event.