Grants for local greens

Action Earth, a project run by Volunteering Matters, has just launched its 2016 campaign with the theme ‘New Homes for Scotland’s Wee Five’. Groups of volunteers can apply for an Action Earth grant to help them care for and maintain their local green spaces. Previous projects have included wildflower meadow creation, pond renovation, woodland improvements and establishment of community gardens. Action Earth will encourage all applicants to build or install at least one wildlife habitat as part of their project in 2016. The new ‘homes’ will cover the ‘Wee 5’ of Scotland’s wildlife with the installation of bird boxes, bat boxes, frog hibernacula, hedgehog boxes and bee/insect homes. volunteeringmatters.org.uk/actionearth