The 2023 Ashden Award for

Local Nature Recoverers

What is the Local Nature Recoverers award?

Developing skills and training for sustainable land management

Award prize: £10,000

Supported by: The Lund Trust

Nature is a powerful tool helping us adapt to the impacts of climate change. Woodland and green infrastructure can protect us from extreme heat, while natural drainage systems lower the risk from flooding. When communities help design and deliver solutions, there are even more benefits – as people come together, improve their health, and enjoy getting closer to nature. 

The Ashden Award for Local Nature Recoverers will boost innovative and inclusive schemes tackling the dangers of flooding, heat stress and water scarcity. These could feature tree planting, creating wetlands or restoring natural resources. They might involve local voluntary groups, national charities or councils and public bodies. The best examples will embrace the priorities and diversity of local communities. 

2023 finalists

Liverpool’s 40 URBAN GreenUP projects range from green walls and rain gardens to mobile forests – with 120,000 residents benefiting from the work.

Working with local residents, this collaboration has restored rivers and created new ponds, woods and wetlands to build climate resilience in north London.

2023 shortlist

Trees for Cities’ Forgotten Places scheme delivers training, volunteering, tree planting and new resources for neglected coastal communities in the UK.

The Alconbury Brook Flood Group is a community organisation, harnessing nature-based solutions to protect villages in Cambridgeshire threatened by devastating floods.

Key 2023 Award dates

applications open

18 January2023

Applications Closed

8 March 2023

Shortlist
announced

April2023

Finalists announced

September2023

Winners announced at award ceremony

Autumn2023

Join the 2023 Ashden Awards ceremony

Tuesday 14 November 2023

Held in London and streamed online

This November, journey with us – from Liverpool to Kenya, Brecon to Peru – to meet the grassroots innovators transforming the way we work to upskill communities, supporting those most in need and protecting our planet

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