Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Nature and Biodiversity:

• Help local groups improve nature in at least two green spaces by the end of 2025.
• Support local community gardens with volunteers and funding.

Young People:

• Give a climate change assembly in two primary schools by July 2025:
  • One in Miles Platting.
  • One in Newton Heath.
• Help young people from Newton Heath Eco-Youth improve the planters outside their office by the end of 2025.
• Help one new school join the Eco-Schools programme by July 2025.

Transport, Active Travel, Air Quality:

• Support local groups to create a green and blue walking route around the ward by April 2026.
• Run Dr Bike sessions at two schools and one community event by April 2026:
  • One in Miles Platting.
  • One in Newton Heath.

Things We Buy, Use and Throw Away:

• Help the community run five litter picks in Miles Platting and Newton Heath for the Great British Spring Clean by May 2025.
• Support one community venue to start a TerraCycle recycling scheme by April 2026.

Food:

• Run two cooking classes to teach low-cost, low-carbon meals by the end of 2025:
  • One in Miles Platting.
  • One in Newton Heath.
• Work with the Parks team to fix and reuse the raised planting beds in Brookdale Park by the end of 2025.

Homes and Energy Efficiency:

• Make sure all neighbourhood events include energy and debt advice by April 2026.
• Share retrofit tips and the government’s retrofit website at all events by April 2026.

Engagement, Raising Awareness, Influencing Change:

• Fund at least two local climate projects through the Neighbourhood Investment Fund by April 2026.
• Include a regular climate feature in every issue of the Miles Platting, Newton Heath and Collyhurst Community Newspaper by April 2026.

Want to know what progress we made on last year's objectives in Miles Platting and Newton Heath? Email northneighbourhoodteam@manchester.gov.uk.