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A hub for everyday inspiration, tips, and hacks for greener living in Manchester.

Together, we can help tackle climate change at home and in our communities. 🌎 🌱

29/09/2026

📢 Applications for Community Support are now open!
We’re looking to support projects across the city that enable people to live better lives as a result of taking climate action.
What’s available
Successful applicants will receive:
💵 up to £4,000 indirect financial support – this means we can pay for things like materials and facilitator costs on your behalf.
🤝 Support with delivering your project. Including offering advice and helping you to connect with local networks and groups.
🔉 Support with project promotion and publicity to help you reach the right audiences.
📈 Support with measuring and reporting on your project’s results so you can demonstrate all your amazing achievements.
Interested in applying, or know someone else who might fit the bill? Head to our website via the link in our bio to find more information, including our eligibility criteria, and fill out our application before midday on Monday 23rd November

17/08/2026

Opportunity alert! 📢 We're recruiting new members to our Steering Group!

Join a group of individuals from across the city who come together to help bring diverse voices to climate action. This opportunity is focussing on people in Manchester who experience of identify with any of the following:

*coming from a low-income household,

*ethnically diverse communities,

*living with a disability,

*living with a chronic or long-term illness,

*carer responsibilities,

*older individuals

We’re also really interested in hearing from people based in North Manchester (by that we mean people who live, work or study in Harpurhey, Miles Platting & Newton Heath, Clayton & Openshaw, Cheetham, Higher Blackley, Crumpsall and Charlestown), East Manchester (Gorton & Abbey Hey, Burnage and Levenshulme), and Wythenshawe.

You don't need to be an expert or have any previous experience to join, all we ask is that you are 18 or over, live, work, or study in Manchester and would be able to spare a few hours every couple of months to attend our sessions.

Here's some more information...

🌱 What sort of things might you do as a Steering Group member?

*Our work is really varied and led by our members. Some examples of what we've been involved in to date include:

*Supporting the selection of community-led climate projects across the city

*Inputting into city-wide consultations

*Encouraging networking and collaboration amongst community climate initiatives across Manchester

🌍 What can you get out of becoming a Steering Group member?

*By becoming a member,you'll be able to:

*Connect with people who care and act for our climate and the environment

*Support people to make changes in their own communities

*Help ensure a diverse range of voices are included in the climate conversation

*Be able to access training opportunities

*Your travel costs will be reimbursed

*You'll receive a voucher for your time

🍃 What we need from you:

We hold six meetings a year, typically every two months. There are also occasional tasks outside of meetings, but these are kept light touch and aren't mandatory.

Interested? Head to our website (link on bio) to find out more.

09/07/2026

Keep your cool this summer with these quick and easy steps... 😎

🍦Keep a stash of homemade ice-lollies in the freezer. No moulds? Leftover yoghurt tubs and pots can work a treat!

🚰 Stay hydrated. Bonus points if you keep a jug of water in your fridge ready to go so you don't have to run the tap until the water goes cold.

🚿 Splashing cold water on your wrists or dipping your feet in cold water is another quick way to cool down.

🧊 Place a bowl of ice cubes in front of your fan to cool the room down quicker.

🍓🥪 Embrace a picky bits tea! Its the season for sandwiches, salads, dips, and cold dishes.

🌅 Get out early to exercise during the coolest parts of the day.

🌡Heat rises. The ground floor or basement can become a cold refuge in the summer for sleeping or whilst you're working from home.

🛏 Grab a hot water bottle, but hear us out, fill it with cold water instead.

🪟 Keep windows and curtains closed during the day, especially those which are facing the sun.

Let us know your tips for keeping cool in the comments below!

03/07/2026

Can you think of a person or community group who deserves some recognition for taking climate action and encouraging others to do the same?

Whether its recycling, reusing items, food growing, walking and cycling or supporting nature - nominate them for the new Best of Manchester awards. They deserve it!

Nominations close Sunday 12th July: https://www.manchester.gov.uk/people-and-communities/best-of-mcr-awards

21/05/2026

A big part of In Our Nature is working to empower the groups and individuals we support so that they can continue their amazing work.

Here's a few stories we've been loving recently!

🍛 Our friends, Ngwafu of and Nort from .cic collaborated to create Supper 4 ALL a fine dining experience with a difference, bringing together people from all walks of life to enjoy local, sustainable food, share stories and joy! Give them a follow: .mcr

🧵 Sustainable Threads, a community initiative previously supported by In Our Nature, has been working to continue delivering practical sewing workshops for asylum seekers and other marginalised groups.

🔧 an initiative in Chorlton that we helped to revive in collaboration with and a number of dedicated volunteers, are now continuing to run sessions every second Saturday of the month at St Margaret's Centre, 10am-12pm.

💻 Revamp Repair Cafe, a community-led repair cafe, that we supported to get set up in Openshaw are still running repair sessions at the Grace Life Church, 10:30am-12:30pm every first Saturday of the month! Give them a follow:

🌳 In Our Nature Rusholme are still running volunteer sessions every first Sunday of the month, 10:15am-11:30am to transform the areas green spaces.

♻️ Following on from their energy-saving project with us, The Green Superheroes secured further funding from the Renew Community Fund to continue their arts and crafts sessions and litter picks.

Head to our website to find out more!

13/05/2026

📣 Good news, Manchester!

We’re delighted to announce that we’re going to be bringing you even MORE projects, MORE support, and MORE opportunities to get involved.

Following In Our Nature’s huge successes over the last few years, we’ve now secured a further four years of funding from The National Lottery’s Reaching Communities Fund.

Led by in collaboration with , , , , and , we’ll be working across Manchester to bring climate action back down to earth, making it make sense for everyone and our everyday lives.

So, join us as we…

💡 Keep our homes warm whilst saving on our energy bills

🚲 Explore the city whilst leaving our cars at home

🌳 Get outside and reconnect with nature

🍛 Flex our culinary muscles and make some delicious new discoveries

👕 Restyle and re-wear our old clothes, and
Save our most loved items from a lifetime in landfill

Why?

Because climate action is In Our Nature!

Head to our website (link in bio!) to find out more

28/11/2025

Three years later! We’ve certainly been busy bees 🐝

From supporting community-led climate action to delivering creative campaigns and sharing practical tips, In Our Nature is helping Manchester’s residents and communities to make a BIG difference for themselves and the city.

Here's the headlines!

Together, we have:

🏙 Saved 67 tonnes of carbon - that’s more than the amount of carbon it would take to drive to the MOON 🌙 or round the world 10 times! 🌍

🌱 Supported 87 community-led climate projects across the city which have benefited people in lots of other ways too.

💚 Created over 200 handy resources, inspired by In Our Nature projects and the communities who were involved, to support further climate action in Manchester and beyond.

And that’s not all! Head to our website to read more about what we’ve been up to and discover how you can make a difference where you live too www.inournature.uk/updates/in-our-nature-report-2022-2025

The In Our Nature 2022-2025 programme was a partnership between Manchester Climate, Hubbub, Groundwork Greater Manchester, Tyndall Manchester, Amity CIC and Manchester City Council

Made possible thanks to our generous funders The National Lottery Community Fund and The Wates Family Enterprise Trust

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