Plymouth Natural Grid

Plymouth Natural Grid is a partnership project between Plymouth City Council, The National Trust Plymouth Natural Grid is a multi award winning partnership project between Plymouth City Council and National Trust that has been working to enhance biodiversity for wildlife and people, engage local communities and upskill young people in greenspaces across the city since 2021.

Plymouth Natural Grid has secured funding of £966,000 for a nature-based solutions project to continue our work to create healthy, thriving nature spaces in Plymouth. The programme is co-sponsored by BEIS and Defra and is led by Natural England in partnership with the Environment Agency, RBG Kew and the Forestry Commission. This will be a 15 partnership project between Plymouth City Council, National Trust and Natural England; creating and restoring habitats with local communities across 8 nature reserves in Plymouth and South Devon to address climate change.

The project will run between January 2023 and March 2024 and the team will consist of National Trust Rangers, Plymouth City Council officers and young apprentices.