The additional investment from The National Lottery Heritage Fund will fund an extra 25 work placements for young people, through Groundwork’s New to Nature programme.
The project, launched last year to mark The Queen’s Jubilee, targets young people from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds, offering them the opportunity to apply for paid work placements across the natural environment and landscape sector. Young people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled or low-income homes have been encouraged to apply.
The extra funding has been invested in celebration of the Coronation of King Charles III, which is set for 6 May this year.
A total of 95 young people will now be provided with work experience placements through the programme, ranging from desk-based roles in communications to outdoor conservation roles. Some 70 young people have already received their placements, joining a raft of organisations including WWF-UK, The Woodland Trust, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the National Trust.
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