Live better: get involved
Taking a look at the inspiring community projects around the country and showing you how to get involved
Live Better Challenge Community Project award – winners announced
In September, we profiled 17 wonderful community projects. You voted for your favourite. Here are the winners …
How to combat food waste in a 'food desert' – video
Brixton People's Kitchen's has created a network of volunteer collectors and cooks to divert food about to be discarded and then make it into healthy dishes for local people
How community groups are generating their own energy - video
8 of the UK's most endangered insects and invertebrates – in pictures
Five best reusable sandwich wrappers
Eight reasons people don't get involved
The carbon-cutting transport scheme helping the Black Isle go green
A group in the Scottish Highlands is helping locals make better transport choices through lift-sharing, buses and pedal-power. Maxine Perella gets on her bike
How can I reduce traffic in my area?
Your street should be more than a road. Emma McGowan looks at how to reduce the noise of traffic and increase the noise of play in your neighbourhood
How can you be more involved in your community? - infographic
How to set up a school growing project
Digging the love: the school growing project taking learning outdoors
Where the wild things are: the nature reserve giving kids the wildlife bug
How to set up a nature reserve
Second chance salads: the urban farms that help disadvantaged people find a future – video
Meet some of the staff on Severn Project's urban waste-ground farms who are helped to reclaim their lives through the simple work of farming
How to set up your own community allotment
Hartlepool Team 34 turned a junk-filled allotment into a vibrant space for children and young people to learn about growing food. How can you do the same?
The allotment that helps abused and neglected children thrive
A team of unemployed teenagers has transformed an abandoned allotment into an oasis with chickens, courgettes and hedgehogs for children and young adults in care
How to set up a therapeutic garden project
Garden ecotherapy: 'Here it's just easier for people to open up'
How to set up your own repair cafe
The joys of a repair cafe: Mad Max with a KitKat and a nice cup of tea
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