The Bigger Picture

We have created a series of videos to illustrate the scope and scale of the GCV Green Network programme, which you will find throughout out website.  Our main video ‘Seeing the Bigger Picture’ can be found below.

 

 

The Green Network Vision

This video showcases the GCV Green Network Vision for the Metropolitan region examining what can be achieved through the commitment, determination and collective will of a number of organisations embarking on a large scale visionary project.

 


Below are some extracts from the video:

‘The role of the Partnership is to add value to the work of many organisations that are working to improve the quality of greenspace across the region’
Max Hislop, Programme Manager, GCV Green Network Partnership.

 

‘A whole range of types of area will benefit partly it will be areas where there is regeneration work underway but also we are dealing with new communities, working with planners and others to ensure really good quality places that people want to live in’
Roger Popplewell, Area Manager, Scottish Government Housing and Regeneration Directorate.

 

‘Creating an environment that is really attractive and of great value is hugely important to people’s lives’
Dr Roddy Fairley, Director of South Operations, Scottish Natural Heritage.

 

‘. . businesses will become involved because of a real business opportunity around this network’
Liz Connolly, Regional Director West, Scottish Enterprise.

 

“At a national level Green Network’s really help deliver the government’s five strategic objectives’
Jane Macrory, Senior Planner, Scottish Government.

 

 

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New Woodland planted in East Dunbartonshire
Biodiversity will benefit from 6.5ha of new planting along stretches of the Luggie Water and Allander Water as part of the Riparian Planting project.
New Green Network Campaign Launched
The Partnership's ‘Adding Value' Campaign has been officially launched by Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham MSP.
New Wood Fuel Depot to be developed
The Lanarkshire Wood Energy Project (LWEP) aims to help North Lanarkshire Council create and build a new wood fuel depot at Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell.

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“This project will not just transform the living and working environment for nearly two million people.  It will make Glasgow and its surrounding areas a more attractive place for business investment, regeneration initiatives and sustainable development”

John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary, Scottish Government