Groups across the Manhood peninsula are being helped to tackle the challenge of climate change by a community grant fund.
Community groups and organisations on the peninsula applied for grants of between £100 and £1,000, to help them raise awareness of, or to take practical action against, the changing climate.
The grants were offered by the Manhood Peninsula Partne
rship as part of its work on the European Spatial Planning: Adapting to Climate Events (ESPACE) project.
Grants were awarded to:
Friends of East Wittering School, to buy bike and scooter racks.
1st Birdham and Wittering Scouts, to install water butts and compost bins.
Birdham Nursery, to provide sunshade.
Selsey Town Council, for community garden equipment, and towards staging a coastal project conference.
Manhood Wildlife and Heritage Group, to produce local walks leaflets, hold climate change talks and offer volunteers training in phenology, a way of monitoring the change in species population, which may be indicative of climate change.
County and district councillor Peter Jones, who is also chairman of the partnership, said climate change was a big issue, and it could be difficult for people to know what they could do on a local level to help tackle it.
"I am delighted these grants have allowed local groups to initiate small-scale projects that demonstrate we can all do something to help adapt to climate change," he added.
For more information about the Manhood Peninsula Partnership, log on to the website www.climateforchange.org.uk
Further details about the ESPACE project can be found on its
website.
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