What is the Gwent Green Grid?
The Gwent Green Grid Partnership (GGGP) is a collaborative initiative between the five local authorities of Gwent, working alongside Natural Resources Wales and a range of partners and stakeholders. Since its launch in 2020, the partnership has been driving forward efforts to enhance the region’s natural environment. Initially supported by the Welsh Government’s Enabling of Natural Resources and Well-being Grant, the GGGP received a significant boost in 2023 with nearly £1 million awarded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund in Wales. This funding is helping to develop resilient ecological networks across Gwent—connecting habitats, improving biodiversity, and strengthening the landscape’s ability to adapt to climate change.
With additional investment from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the partnership is delivering a wide range of projects aimed at:
- Raising awareness of the climate and nature emergencies
- Enhancing the quality of green spaces in urban and rural areas
- Strengthening environmental resilience for both wildlife and people
Building on this momentum, the Nature isn’t Neat project will expand its innovative approach to grassland management. By promoting coordinated green space management, the project will help establish wildflower-rich habitats for pollinators across Gwent. It will also work closely with local communities to raise awareness about pollinator decline and foster community-led action to support their recovery.
Through this work, the GGGP will deliver meaningful well-being benefits, offer nature-based training opportunities, and encourage volunteer involvement in improving green spaces, parks, cycleways, and public rights of way. The partnership will also support better management and creation of woodland and river habitats, while exploring ways to use natural spaces to promote preventative health-focused activities.
This project is made possible through support from the Heritage Lottery Nature Networks Fund and the Shared Prosperity Fund.
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The Resilient Greater Gwent project, a complementary initiative to the Gwent Green Grid, was completed in 2022. It laid the groundwork for the ongoing efforts of the Gwent Green Grid. To learn more about Resilient Greater Gwent — please click here.
Includes the Regional GI Strategy, Regional Access Strategy, i-Tree study and Health Impact Assessment.
The partnership has made improvements in communities, including GI, tree planting and more.
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This project is establishing joined-up green space management to create wildflower-rich pollinator habitats.
Find out more about community grants and the wellbeing projects that have been supported.
Resilient Greater Gwent was the sister project that started the GGG collaboration.
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