Cwm Taf Nature Network & Active Travel Projects

Tender description

The Cwm Taf Nature Network Project has been successful in obtaining funding from Welsh Government’s Enabling Natural Resources and Wellbeing (ENRaW) Fund. The Cwm Taf Nature Network aims to form a collaboration of organisations in the Cwm Taf Health Board region to manage the green infrastructure of the region for the benefit of people, businesses, and communities. The project is split into three themes that align with the Cwm Taf and Bridgend Well Being Plans with the themes of action for the ENRaW Scheme. -Enable - Increasing access to green infrastructure. -Empower - Improving environment quality for thriving communities. -Unite - Creating a connected network of green spaces. Enable - Increasing access to green infrastructure. This focuses on ENRaW Theme 1 - Developing, regenerating and broadening access to sustainable green infrastructure through nature-based solutions. We aim to develop, regenerate and increase access to 20 high quality green spaces across the Cwm Taf region. Empower - Improving environment quality for thriving communities. This focuses on ENRaW Theme 2 – Improving the quality of the urban and rural built environment. It will align this theme with the wellbeing plan objectives of supporting “Thriving Communities” to be “safe and cohesive”, contributing to: “We will work with communities to help them improve the local environment and increase opportunities to come together to promote a sense of ownership and security”. Unite - Creating a connected network of green spaces. This focuses on ENRaW Theme 3 - Developing resilient ecological networks and Nature Based Solutions. It will look at the 20 green spaces improved in theme 1, as a connected network of green space across the Cwm Taf Health Board Region. The 20 sites within the project will be uniformly spaced across the region to achieve three goals: -All residents will have access to a high quality local green space. -The sites will form an ecological network focused on biodiversity connectivity through the movement of birds and managing the spaces as meta-population sites for bumblebees and butterflies. -The sites will be improved to form a network of green spaces that can be accessed easily on foot or by bike encouraging active travel.