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A new mission to bring nature to towns and cities across the UK was recently announced, to benefit millions of people living in urban neighbourhoods in the UK over the next decade.

Nature Towns and Cities is a coalition of organisations united by the ambition to enable everybody to experience nature in their daily lives, particularly those places and communities currently lacking access to quality green space.

Kickstarting the programme, 40 towns and cities across 19 partnerships have received grants to improve the provision, quality and connectivity of green spaces and nature locally. As part of the announcement, Birmingham was declared the UK’s first official Nature City, with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole collectively named the first Nature Towns. The designation recognises the local authorities’ commitment with their partners in those places to transform life for urban communities by providing more and better nature and green space.

Find out more https://www.naturetownsandcities.org.uk