Big Lottery Fund awards 10,000 to Manor House group to plan for a sustainable future

Good news today for the Manor House Development Trust, part of Transition Finsbury Park, which will receive £10,000 to explore ideas to address concerns around the five specific consequences of climate change relevant to dense urban areas: flooding, heat wave, drought, food scarcity and air pollution.

The project wants to educate communities in Hackney and Haringey so that they can make long term positive changes in lifestyle, with a network of residents, businesses, community groups and statutory agencies all working together.

The money was awarded from BIG’s Communities Living Sustainably programme which aims to inspire people to adapt the way they live, work and connect together to reap financial, environmental and health gains. The learning gained from the ten funded projects over a five year period will be shared with other communities in England to inform and influence others on how communities can become more sustainable.

To help them achieve their goals, a partnership led by Groundwork UK and including BRE, Federation of City Farms, Energy Savings Trust and nef has been appointed to deliver support, advice and guidance to the community partnerships. They will also establish a learning support network to capture and share learning with other communities and to inform the future development of investments in BIG’s Sustainable and Resilient Communities strategy. (www.communitieslivingsustainably.org.uk)