Making a Splash - Small Ponds for Biodiversity. WMCA Community Green Grants: Increasing Biodiversity Webinars.

About this event

The West Midlands Combined Authority Community Green Grants offers small and large grants to organisations in the West Midlands to run projects that increase access to green/blue space and improve biodiversity.

We are running a series of short webinars on various topics that will equip projects with the knowledge needed to make sure increasing biodiversity is part of the project plan.

Details

- Time of webinars 30 mins (with time included for questions)

- This Webinar will be delivered via Microsoft Teams and you will receive the link prior to the event.

- Please note we are recording these webinars.

Book through eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-a-splash-small-ponds-for-biodiversity-wmca-community-green-grants-tickets-365470340627

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