Nature Connected Communities Handbook

There is growing activity and interest in nature-based community initiatives around the United Kingdom, which help people connect with each other, their local areas, and with the natural world. Such initiatives take many forms, and can include community events, rewilding a patch of grass in a suburban street, or developing a community garden, through to creating a greener city, and everything in between. As well as benefitting individual and community wellbeing and resilience, such initiatives can improve nature’s wellbeing and resilience by boosting biodiversity and creating more space for more nature. Crucially, these initiatives can also help strengthen people’s relationships with the rest of nature, improving nature connectedness which is associated with even greater benefits for personal, social and environmental wellbeing.

The handbook includes some practical guidance and inspiration with tips and case studies from those who are designing and delivering excellent green community initiatives.