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What We Do
Funding a Greener Greater Manchester
The Greater Manchester Environment Fund (GMEF) is the UK’s first regional environmental impact fund benefitting the region socially, environmentally, and financially. We are a central funding source for environmental projects that are working to benefit both nature and people.
We bring great causes and great supporters together, matching generous funding from philanthropists, private donors and compensation funds with exciting projects of all sizes across Greater Manchester.
GMEF can ensure there is funding available for projects working to resolve environmental and natural health issues in the diverse communities around Greater Manchester through funding from donors, enforcement undertakings, and taxes and levies such as landfill tax and carrier bag charges. We have already supported over 100 projects across Greater Manchester, ranging from encouraging recycling and reuse to improving green space across the region and creating and restoring habitats.
We can also work with companies to enable them to deliver their Biodiversity Net Gain commitments and to accelerate their journey to Net Zero through carbon offsetting opportunities. An added bonus for companies choosing to support and collaborate with GMEF is that all of the projects we fund are local, improving the areas that employees live in and can be visited for corporate volunteer days.
If you are interested in meeting the team to discuss current opportunities and how we can work together to improve Greater Manchester’s environment for all, we would love to hear from you. You can get in touch by e-mailing us at gmenvfund@lancswt.org.uk.
Find out more in our annual review
Greater Manchester Environment Fund’s annual review for 2022-23 reflects on both our journey to date and our activity over the last year. It is a celebration and thanks to all who have enabled, supported, funded and encouraged the establishment of the UK’s first city region wide environmental impact fund.
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Biodiversity Net Gain
We can work with developers, landowners and managers, and Local Authorities to deliver their Biodiversity Net Gain commitments, ensuring that responsible development results in more biodiversity in our county, not less.
Funding Local Projects
Get inspired by the many fantastic projects that we have already supported across Greater Manchester.
Carbon Offsetting
We are exploring opportunities to set up a regional carbon mitigation facility which will enable local businesses to support high quality carbon projects across Greater Manchester and accelerate their journey to net-zero through the purchase of carbon credits.
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