Nature North is a collaboration between organisations in the North of England, which have come together to drive climate resilience and green growth through nature recovery.
Nature North Partnership Board
National Parks UK
Our national parks are innovation engines for the green recovery, they are ideal locations to explore how we can live on this planet without destroying it.
National Landscapes Association
National Landscapes are protected and enhanced for nature, people, business and culture.
The Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust plants, restores, protects and cares for woodlands across the UK.
The Wildlife Trusts
The Wildlife Trusts are working to bring people close to nature and support land and seas rich in wildlife.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The RSPB are working to create bigger, better, more joined-up spaces to save our wildlife, and our shared home.
National Trust
Natural Trust are working hard to safeguard nature for years to come.
The Rivers Trust
The Rivers Trust aim to support wild, healthy, natural rivers, valued by all.
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency works to create better places for people and wildlife, and support sustainable development.
Natural England
Natural England are government’s adviser for the natural environment in England. They help to protect and restore our natural world.
National Lottery Heritage Fund
The Heritage Fund have awarded over £1.8bn to more than 4,200 land, nature and biodiversity projects across the UK since 1994.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation want to ensure that our natural world is restored and protected and that people benefit from that recovery.
Nature North Advisory Group
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
The largest Chamber of Commerce in the UK with over 5,000 members.
Groundwork
Groundwork is a federation of local charities that work with communities and businesses to create better places, improve people’s prospects and protect the planet.
Historic England
The public body that looks after England’s historic environment. Championing historic places to help people understand, value and care for them.
N8
The N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of the eight most research intensive Universities in the North of England: Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York.
The Natural Curriculum Hub at Liverpool John Moores University
Natural Curriculum develops approaches to help provide enriched learning experiences for both children and Education students.
Nestle
Nestlé UK is the world's largest food & beverage company, offering a range of products from coffee to confectionery.
National Farmers Union
The NFU represents more than 46,000 farming and growing businesses. Our purpose is to champion British agriculture and horticulture, to campaign for a stable and sustainable future for British farmers and growers.
NP11
The NP11 is the business-led voice for the North that brings together the 11 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) from across the North of England.
Transport for the North
Transport for the North (TfN) is the first statutory sub-national transport body in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2018 to make the case for strategic transport improvements across the North of England.
United Utilities
United Utilities is the company that supplies water and manages wastewater in the North West of England.
History
In response to the need for collaboration to achieve nature recovery in the North, senior leaders of environmental organisations came together at a Northern Nature Leaders workshop in December 2019 in Leeds. It was here the concept of Nature North was born. This resulted in the establishment of the Nature North Partnership Board in early 2020, made up of senior leaders from eleven organisations. In parallel IPPR’s Natural Assets North series final report (IPPR 2020) highlighted the need for “Northern leaders and organisations with a strategic interest in the health of nature in the North, [to] create a joint forum for discussion … and where appropriate, aligned decision making across the North”. This report recognised Nature North even in its early stages as being the foundation for this.