In June 2024 there was a Nature Hubs Grant awarded to LCVS.
Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) has been announced as one of 100 natiowide winners of The Nature Hubs Fund, a new initiative that aims to widen community access to green spaces.
Hubbub and Starbucks received over 600 submissions for funding when they announced the Nature Hubs grant applications were open for applicants in November 2023.
The grants, awarded by environmental charity Hubbub and funded by Starbucks, have been allocated to community groups and projects that will increase local access to green space, upskill communities, bring people together in nature and / or build climate resilience.
In total, over £560,000 in grants is being awarded to 100 Nature Hubs projects across Great Britain with the aim of bringing nature closer to people and people closer to nature.
Awarded £6,000, the Nature Hubs Grant awarded to LCVS will be used to build on the successful Geoff Moulder Community Garden in Boston, adding to it to create a welcoming and sensory space where the local community can grow fruit, vegetables and flowers, and learn new skills.
The garden will welcome local schools and organisations to come and use the space as well as residents.
The £6,000 grant will help build a community garden at Geoff Moulder where the local community can grow fruit, vegetables and flowers and a sensory space that can local people can come and use whenever they want.
The community garden will continue to provide opportunities for people that are suffering with their mental health and feeling isolated to get out in the fresh air with likeminded people and come together to garden.
This new green space will provide opportunities for local residents to come together and to learn from one another, passing on their skills, gaining new friends, feeling the benefits of being in the fresh air close to nature, growing, harvesting and eating organic fruit and vegetables.
Leanne Hills and Jackie Lane, Environmental Project Officers from Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service, are excited about working with the existing volunteers at the Geoff Moulder Community Garden to offer more opportunities for local people and organisations.
When asked about the project they said “Our previous work has shown how creating, maintaining and encouraging involvement in green spaces within our local community is so important, not only for our mental and physical wellbeing but also to foster a strong sense of community and connectedness.
We’re delighted to receive this Nature Hubs Grant awarded to LCVS from Hubbub and Starbucks, and are looking forward to seeing the huge impact that the development of this project will have on our local community.”
The Geoff Moulder Community Garden will benefit the whole community and provide opportunities for people that are suffering with their mental health and feeling isolated to get out in the fresh air with likeminded people and come together to garden.
Gavin Ellis, Co-founder at Hubbub said: “Access to safe and inclusive green spaces, particularly in urban areas, is so critical to our mental, physical and social wellbeing. Improving the green spaces in our towns and cities also helps to improve biodiversity, cool our streets and provide fantastic opportunities to grow fresh produce.
The Nature Hubs initiative is designed to make these natural spaces – and the many wonderful ways to engage in environmental activities within them – much more accessible for everyone.
We received so many incredible applications from community groups across Great Britain and are really excited to work with all of our new Nature Hubs partners to see the impact that these varied and ambitious plans will have on local communities.”
The Nature Hubs scheme is funded by Starbucks and is part of Hubbub and Starbucks’ wider ambition to build stronger, greener communities across the UK.
The fund aims to improve access and connection to nature in the communities Starbucks serves, by creating green spaces within a 5km radius of Starbucks stores.
For more information on the Geoff Moulder Community Garden programme, please contact Leanne Hills and Jackie Lane, the LCVS Environmental Projects Officers.
Send an email to Jackie.
Send an email to Leanne.
