Summer successes for ecoACTIVE in Hackney – John Lewis Partnership Foundation

John and Rachel have been working with ecoACTIVE for around 4 years now. It is a highly enjoyable and successful collaboration. We worked on three applications which came to fruition in June and July – amounting to £70,000 in grants over two years. John Lewis Partnership Foundation: JLFP awarded £20,000 to support an environmental learning and skills programme.

This will include:

• Access to Nature and Forest School Sessions for Primary Schools and Nurseries;

• Sustainability Education and Green Skills Sessions for Secondary and Post-16 Pupils:

• Pollinator Training Pilot:- Development, piloting and evaluation of a new pollinator training programme with three schools located along the Hackney Buzzline (a pollinator corridor that ecoACTIVE is currently developing in partnership with the local authority and other landlords). Participants will learn to plant for local pollinators, create suitable habitats, and gain ecological skills for surveying, identifying and recording pollinators.