Projects
Below is a list of projects that are looking for investment. They can be displayed on a map or as a list and can be filtered by location and funding size.
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Hawne Park Community Orchard Creation
Location: DudleyTotal funding required: £9,100
Creation of new traditional orchards in urban areas which will boost biodiversity, link habitats and involve communities through planting, volunteering and education.
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Huntingtree Community Orchard Creation
Location: DudleyTotal funding required: £8,100
Creation of new traditional orchards in urban areas which will boost biodiversity, link habitats and involve communities through planting, volunteering and education.
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Sandwell and Wolverhampton Primary School Birdbox Project
Location: Sandwell, WolverhamptonTotal funding required: £24,000
This project will deliver 10 free birdboxes to every local authority owned primary school in Sandwell and Wolverhampton. Supported by a series of online resources providing activities and session plans that encourage pupil interest and knowledge.
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Coventry and Solihull Primary School Birdbox Project
Location: Coventry, SolihullTotal funding required: £22,000
This project will deliver 10 free birdboxes to every local authority owned primary school in Coventry and Solihull. Supported by a series of online resources providing activities and session plans that encourage pupil interest and knowledge.
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Wild Walsall Heaths
Location: WalsallTotal funding required: £121,300
We will restore key heathland habitats in eastern Walsall, whilst re-establishing the historic heathland corridor between Shire Oak and Barr Beacon. Creating a landscape with improved biodiversity, climate resilience and community access to nature.
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Bilston Urban Village Nature Reserve
Location: WolverhamptonTotal funding required: £49,000
The project will provide 12 months of volunteering opportunities at Bilston Urban Nature Reserve, engaging staff, families and schools to boost biodiversity, enhance green space and build community wellbeing through hands-on environmental action.
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Establishing a Community Tree Nursery
Location: BirminghamTotal funding required: £190,000
Birmingham TreePeople are seeking funds to develop their new community tree nursery in Kings Heath. The tree nursery will grow trees for areas of the city with low tree cover and provide community training and volunteering opportunities.
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Lyndon in Leaf
Location: Solihull£3,000 5 Street Trees
Total funding required: £150,000Lyndon in Leaf is a street tree planting project seeking funding to boost canopy cover. It will deliver high quality trees to improve climate resilience, enhance biodiversity and create healthier, attractive streets in a low tree cover area.
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Hedgetastic! Happy Hedgerows Happy Dormice!
Location: CoventryTotal funding required: £50,000
This project will restore and create hedgerows linking key woodlands near Coventry, supporting hazel dormouse establishment and delivering wider biodiversity gains and long-term nature recovery.
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The Ripple Effect – ponds for wildlife, people and climate
Location: Coventry, Solihull£10,000 per pond
Total funding required: £1 millionA pioneering project, creating and restoring 100 ponds across the Meriden Gap, Solihull and Coventry - boosting biodiversity, water quality and climate resilience to benefit local wildlife, communities and businesses.
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Water Vole Recovery Project
Location: Dudley, SandwellTotal funding required: £120,000
This project will help water vole populations recover by restoring and improving canalside habitats. Local volunteers will help improve the waterside environment and will carry out citizen science type surveys for water voles and pollinator species.
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Purple Horizons – Pollinator Project
Location: WalsallTotal funding required: £60,000
Creating sandy nesting sites and boosting key food plants to protect rare species like the Tormentil mining bee in the Midlands’ largest remaining heathland.
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Love Your River Cole (LYRiC): Restoring the Lower Cole
Location: SolihullTotal funding required: £160,000
Imagine transforming a tired stretch of the River Cole into a thriving, living landscape. Where wildlife flourishes, communities connect and nature once again takes centre stage.
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Coventry’s Tiny Forests
Location: Coventry£32,000 per Tiny Forest
Total funding required: £128,000Coventry’s Tiny Forests boost tree coverage and climate resilience, creating wildlife‑rich, tennis‑court‑sized woodlands that reconnect communities with nature.