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Places featuresYou are in: Derby > Places > Places features > Breathing Places  Footpath along the old Derby Canal Breathing PlacesPeople in Derbyshire have been transforming places for people and for wildlife. Andy Whittaker has been meeting some of the volunteers who've been helping to make our part of the world a better place for some of those who share it. Breathing Places is a BBC project in conjunction with numerous wildlife organisations which aims to inspire communities across the UK to work together to breath fresh life into their neighbourhoods. The National Lottery is providing money for the Breathing Places Fund which aims to help change people's environment. BBC Derby is encouraging local organisations in Derbyshire to apply for grants ranging from £300-£10,000 to create a green haven.  Andy Whittaker So, if you know of anywhere in your area which is in desperate need of regeneration and 'greening' up, check out the BBC Breathing Places website for more information. Meanwhile - here are some of the projects that have been going on in Derbyshire. BBC Radio Derby Breakfast Show presenter Andy Whittaker has been finding out more about them.  Footpath along the old Derby Canal The old filled-in canal at Wilmorton, Derby......with the Derby & Sandiacre Canal Society. The society want to restore the canal to working use and have already started some work on hedgerows etc. They describe it as a long, thin, recreational area for walking, cycling and boating.  Two of the Munch Bunch Allotments in Alfreton......home of the Alfreton Munch Bunch - a group of mums who've got together to create a veg garden to show their kids where food comes from. They have a lot of work to do yet, but the basic structure is there.  Bankside Wildlife Garden, YoulgreaveA group of local people have been working on creating a wildlife garden for the village on a hillside. They've already restored the former fishing lodge and made it a summer house and they've built a pond too.  Fox Littleover FoxesDerbyshire Mammal Group are creating an atlas of mammal sightings - the members want your help recording where various wild animals have been spotted. Andy joined Anna Evans for a fox hunt in Littleover. last updated: 19/08/2008 at 11:41 SEE ALSOYou are in: Derby > Places > Places features > Breathing Places |
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