Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust receives grant of £249,500 from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund10 December, 2020 18 June, 2024 68 projects have been awarded grants between £62k and £3.8 million to kick-start a pipeline of nature-based projects while creating and retaining jobs First funding round sees £40 million pot allocated, second round of funding to open in early 2021 Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund. Defra announced grants between £62,000 and £3.8 million today, to help create and retain thousands of green jobs. The projects, spread across England, will see trees planted – 800,000 in total – and protected landscapes and damaged habitats such as moorlands, wetlands and forests restored, alongside wider conservation work. The projects will also support environmental education and connecting people with green spaces. Following the successful bid for funding, Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust is launching the South Yorkshire Nature Networks project to pilot Local Nature Recovery Strategies. Working with partners from the South Yorkshire Local Nature Partnership, the Trust will begin to develop action plans that can both aid nature’s recovery, respond to the climate crisis and meet some of the demand from local communities for more involvement and access to nature where they live. The project will also deliver on four sites in South Yorkshire owned or managed by the Trust or Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, each with their own important natural heritage and community. The pilot scheme will create, expand and enhance woodland and wetland habitat, helping to reduce local flood risk by planting t