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Welcome to the October edition of the CN28 newsletter! Read on for the latest updates, highlights and opportunities for to get involved in climate action in Nottingham City 💚
In this edition:
- National recognition for Nottingham's Green Heart 💚
- Nottingham City Council awarded £7.4 million grant to tackle fuel poverty🏠
- Nottingham City Council to receive £5 million grant to improve recycling♻️
- Terrific transport improvements across our city! 🚲
- Get Involved! Climate and biodiversity support for schools 🏫
- Upcoming events in Nottingham🌞
If there's anything you would like to hear about in future newsletters, get in touch.
 Nottingham's Green Heart development has received national recognition, and award nominations, in recent weeks.
Nominations for both the 'Architect's Journal (AJ) Architect Awards 2025' and the 'Pro Landscaper Sustainability Awards 2025' recognise the social and environmental considerations of the flagship project - supporting the Council's vision to support a 'flourishing, connected and sustainable city where every resident can thrive". Whilst the project missed out at the Pro Landscaper Awards, keep an eye out on the 27th November for the AJ Architect Awards.
These nominations follow on from a win for the Broad Marsh project at the East Midlands Property Awards, recognising the ambition of the wider project in developing this area of the city.
Councillor Neghat Khan, Leader of Nottingham City Council and Executive Member for Strategic Regeneration, Property and Communications, said "What we’ve created and the way the wider Broad Marsh area continues to be transformed is worthy of recognition."
"The Green Heart has proved extremely popular with residents and visitors to Nottingham. It celebrated its first birthday at the start of last month and the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust has documented numerous species of insects and small mammals on the site.”
For more information see My Nottingham News 🍂
 Following on from the news of £18.2 million of funding under the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund last month, Nottingham City Council has been awarded an additional grant for £7.4 million to improve homes across the city.
The Warm Homes Local Grant (WH:LG) awarded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), will be utilised in the private housing sector. Funded measures will seek to make homes across Nottingham warmer, whilst lowering energy bills, reducing carbon emissions, and tackling fuel poverty.
For more information/eligibility criteria see Nottingham City Council and Greener Housing🏠
 A government grant of £5.025 million will see Nottingham expand its citywide recycling collection and disposal.
This grant will aid the Council's efforts in upgrading recycling infrastructure and vehicles, whilst improving access to recycling services. Additional staff will be on hand to help residents understand new services, how they will benefit from the changes, and how residents can participate. These improvements will contribute to the Council's waste reduction and sustainability targets.
Councillor Corall Jenkins, Executive Member for Neighbourhoods, Waste and Equalities said: "Improving recycling by taking even more fossil-fuel derived plastic waste out of our residual waste, alongside food waste collections, will also help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, taking us closer towards our sustainability and CN28 targets.”
For more information see My Nottingham News ♻️
 Numerous improvements have been going on across the city, improving access to active travel routes and improving user experiences.
Improved roads and paths 🛣️ across Nottingham thanks to the Streets for People programme. 15km of roads and paths, across over 100 schemes, have helped to make walking and cycling easier for residents across the city.
Progress with Waterside Bridge 🌉 has continued, with the bridge expected to be lifted into place in November. Once opened, expected in Spring 2026, the bridge will provide economic opportunity alongside active travel opportunities across both sides of the river.
NET trialling of more frequent evening tram service 🚃 comes following customer feedback during Goose Fair, as well as the 2024 festive period. The one-month trial period commenced on the 6th October.
 A number of organisations across the city and country are on-hand to offer guidance, support and funding for schools who are keen to make a difference to the environment, climate and biodiversity.
See the below programmes and how they are able to assist in young people's climate and biodiversity action efforts:
Let's Go Zero's📝Climate Action Advisors are able to provide free support and guidance that is not only practical, but is tailored to each school's needs, maximising results for those involved!
National Education Nature Park 🌲helps to embed nature-based learning in the curriculum. Identifying opportunities within a given space, the team will support and guide schools to turn spaces from grey to green! Funding opportunities of up to £5,000 are available to implement these positive changes.
Climate Ambassadors 🌡️ are helping to turn climate ambition into climate action in education! Their volunteer ambassadors will help to develop climate action plans in nurseries, schools and colleges.
🚲Join a free led cycle ride with Travel Well - various dates and locations across Nottingham including Saturday 15th November at Bulwell Recreation Ground and Monday 17th November at Harvey Haddon Sports Village.
Travel Well have a full calendar of events including cycle rides, wellness walks, and Nordic walking. Find out more information and book your place on the Transport Nottingham website.
🚮Become a Nottingham Clean Champion and join a local litter picking session.
Join the Nottingham Clean Champions voluntary scheme and play your part in keeping our city litter-free. You’ll become part of a growing community of dedicated volunteers, all making a difference right from their doorsteps. Together, we can create a cleaner, greener Nottingham for everyone to enjoy. Dates and locations of events vary.
Find out more and see a calendar of events on the Nottingham Council website.
🎥 Catch a film at Mammoth - A Climate Action Cinema, Broad Street Nottingham
Upcoming shows include:
🌍Critters - 6th November, 7pm
Meet the critters who fill our world and the humans working tirelessly to protect them, from the wisdom of First Nations firefighters half the world away to the beekeepers right here in Nottingham.
🌍Green - 7th November, 7pm
This selection of films about the climate crisis shows both the devastation being dealt to the natural world and the hope for change happening right on our doorstep.
🌍 Space and Place - 8th November, 2pm
Celebrating the unique spaces which hold such emotional importance to an individual, demographic or society. Whether it’s the value of a tearoom, a home, radioactive material storage or your friendly local cinema, each of these spaces are irreplaceable.
For more information see the Mammoth Website.
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Got a local climate action story or opportunity you'd like to share? Get in touch with us at climatechange@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
See you next month!
The Carbon Neutral Policy Team
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