Ancoats and Beswick

Nature and Biodiversity:

• Identify one area in the ward to improve biodiversity by the end of 2025.
• Identify one location in Ancoats and Beswick to host a community fruit orchard by end of Autumn 2025.

Children and Young People:

• Lead and deliver at least one climate change workshop to young people/school group by July 2025.
• Deliver at least one climate change assembly to an Ancoats and Beswick school by July 2025.
• Sign up at least one new school to the Eco Schools program in the ward by the end of July 2025.

Transport, active travel, air quality:

• Fit two age-friendly benches. Map all benches in the ward by summer 2025. This will help encourage older residents to walk more.
• Hold at least one yearly community road closure event with a climate change stall.

Things we buy, use and throw away:

• Pilot the Refill (reducing single-use plastics use) campaign in Ancoats and Beswick. Sign up at least 15 new businesses by end of 2024.
• Support and deliver at least one community clothes swap event by the end of Easter 2025.
• Run a short sewing course to teach residents how to repair and upcycle clothes by the end of spring 2025.

Food:

• Hold at least one cooking class on cheap, eco-friendly slow cooker meals by end of 2024.
• Create 200 vegetarian soup making kits and send them out by the end of 2025.

Homes and energy efficiency:

• Give out 200 winter warmer/energy saving kits by the end of 2025.
• Invite debt advice and energy advice partners to all our events in the ward.

Engagement, Raising Awareness, and Influencing Change:

• Use the Neighbourhood Investment Fund to support two community climate projects each year.
• Give climate change information info and advice in every issue of the Step Up newsletter.

Want to know what progress we made on last year's objectives in Ancoats and Beswick? Email northneighbourhoodteam@manchester.gov.uk.