Brookside
The Brookside Restoration Project
Started in Spring 2024, the Brookside Restoration Project is an 18 month project bringing Hyndburn Borough Council together with local partners whose combined knowledge and expertise will help to explore the potential for the site and it’s future management, whilst developing links with local communities to understand their needs.
The PROSPECTS Foundation are Accrington’s community-owned environmental charity and have been delivering projects aimed at improving people’s quality of life through environmental action for 25 years. They appointed a new Project Officer at the start of the project to take the lead on events and community involvement, including volunteering.
Ribble Rivers Trust is a Lancashire based charity working to improve the River Ribble and all its tributaries for both people and wildlife. They too have been operating in the local area for 25 years and bring catchment management expertise to the project along with experience of working with landowners and communities.
Lancashire Wildlife Trust (the area’s leading wildlife charity) bring expertise to survey the flora, fauna and fungi and provide recommendations for increasing biodiversity, improving wildlife habitats and for a woodland restoration plan.
Stanhill Village Community Organisation represents the communities that live closest to the site and will promote the project and all associated activities and events at its meetings, online and across their network. They have developed the ‘Stanhill Heritage Trail’ that showcases the local connections to the early textile, particularly James Hargreaves invention of the Spinning Jenny.
Proffitts – Investing in Communities (CIC) work on community based regeneration, neighbourhood management and green space solutions. They aim to connect local people with local investment and give them the opportunities to get involved in improving their communities.
Our working vision for Brookside is that it will be “A living model for nature recovery, community wellbeing and a climate resilient future”
Project partners and volunteers attended a ‘Vision Setting’ workshop.
The project has six themes:
Climate Action
Nature and Habitats
Community Activities
Heritage and Place
Learning and Education
Access and Facilities
You can read more about each theme on the following pages.