Leading on action for nature in the Tees Valley
See how the TVNP is taking action for nature in the Tees Valley
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Advising on the feasibility and impacts of proposed interventions
Supporting evidence-led decision making and prioritisation
Identifying opportunities for nature recovery at scale
Informing the development and delivery of LNRS
Providing expert input on habitats, species, and natural capital priorities
Acting as a link between local knowledge, statutory evidence, and delivery partners
Natural Assets
CREATING AND RESTORING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE NATURE CAN THRIVE
The Natural Assets Group provides technical insight, place-based expertise, and strategic advice to support nature recovery across the Tees Valley. It focuses on what needs to happen on the ground, and how this aligns with wider strategy and investment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supporting collaboration between health bodies, local authorities, VCSE organisations, and delivery partners
Informing funding and investment cases where social impact is a key driver
Identifying opportunities to align nature projects with health, wellbeing, and inequality agendas
Supporting links between nature recovery, public health, social prescribing, and prevention
Shaping the Partnership’s approach to nature-based health and wellbeing outcomes
Acting as a link between local knowledge, statutory evidence, and delivery partners
Natural Assets
CREATING AND RESTORING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE NATURE CAN THRIVE
The Natural Assets Group provides technical insight, place-based expertise, and strategic advice to support nature recovery across the Tees Valley. It focuses on what needs to happen on the ground, and how this aligns with wider strategy and investment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Championing early-career pathways, skills development, and access to opportunities
Creating meaningful connections between young people, employers, academia, and delivery organisations
Supporting inclusive engagement with education providers and community networks
Acting as a regional voice for future workforce and talent needs in the nature and green economy
Informing the Partnership’s long-term strategy from an early-career perspective
Ensuring young people are part of shaping the future, not just consulted after decisions are made
New Environmentalists Working Together
PUTTING NATURE AT THE HEART OF OUR ECONOMY
NEWTs provides a strategic youth and early-career voice within the Tees Valley Nature Partnership, supporting pathways into skills, careers, and leadership linked to nature, environment, and place. It ensures the Partnership is investing in future capacity, not just current delivery.
Ensuring the Partnership remains collaborative, transparent, and rooted in its membership
Acting as a wider sounding board for emerging themes and opportunities
Strengthening relationships across sectors and geographies
Supporting transparency around the Partnership’s priorities and progress
Enabling members to input ideas, insight, and local knowledge
Providing a space for information sharing, discussion, and collective learning
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Members Forum
BECOMING THE HUB FOR PARTNERSHIP WORKING
The Members Forum provides an open, inclusive space for organisations and partners across the Tees Valley to stay connected, informed, and involved in the work of the Tees Valley Nature Partnership.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Providing expert input on habitats, species, and natural capital priorities
Informing the development and delivery of LNRS
Identifying opportunities for nature recovery at scale
Supporting evidence-led decision making and prioritisation
Advising on the feasibility and impacts of proposed interventions
Acting as a link between local knowledge, statutory evidence, and delivery partners
Natural Assets
CREATING AND RESTORING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE NATURE CAN THRIVE
The Natural Assets Group provides technical insight, place-based expertise, and strategic advice to support nature recovery across the Tees Valley. It focuses on what needs to happen on the ground, and how this aligns with wider strategy and investment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Shaping the Partnership’s approach to nature-based health and wellbeing outcomes
Supporting links between nature recovery, public health, social prescribing, and prevention
Identifying opportunities to align nature projects with health, wellbeing, and inequality agendas
Informing funding and investment cases where social impact is a key driver
Supporting collaboration between health bodies, local authorities, VCSE organisations, and delivery partners
Acting as a link between local knowledge, statutory evidence, and delivery partners
Nature, Health & Wellbeing
RECONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE
The Nature, Health & Wellbeing Group ensures that nature recovery across the Tees Valley delivers real, measurable benefits for people and communities, as well as for the environment. It focuses on embedding nature into health outcomes, social wellbeing, and place-based change.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Championing early-career pathways, skills development, and access to opportunities
Creating meaningful connections between young people, employers, academia, and delivery organisations
Supporting inclusive engagement with education providers and community networks
Acting as a regional voice for future workforce and talent needs in the nature and green economy
Informing the Partnership’s long-term strategy from an early-career perspective
Ensuring young people are part of shaping the future, not just consulted after decisions are made
New Environmentalists Working Together
PUTTING NATURE AT THE HEART OF OUR ECONOMY
NEWTs provides a strategic youth and early-career voice within the Tees Valley Nature Partnership, supporting pathways into skills, careers, and leadership linked to nature, environment, and place. It ensures the Partnership is investing in future capacity, not just current delivery.
Members Forum
BECOMING THE HUB FOR PARTNERSHIP WORKING
The Members Forum provides an open, inclusive space for organisations and partners across the Tees Valley to stay connected, informed, and involved in the work of the Tees Valley Nature Partnership.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Providing a space for information sharing, discussion, and collective learning
Enabling members to input ideas, insight, and local knowledge
Supporting transparency around the Partnership’s priorities and progress
Strengthening relationships across sectors and geographies
Acting as a wider sounding board for emerging themes and opportunities
Ensuring the Partnership remains collaborative, transparent, and rooted in its membership
See how the TVNP is taking action for nature in the Tees Valley
What this means in practice
Clearer decision-making
Everyone knows where decisions are made and how they are informed.
Stronger delivery focus
Strategic groups feed directly into a coordinated action plan.
Space for collaboration
Partners continue to shape ideas through groups and the Members Forum.
Better use of time & expertise
Less duplication of effort, more impact through targeted delivery of a joint strategy.
A Partnership that is ready to deliver LNRS, Protected Sites Strategy, & investment-led nature recovery
In short: clearer roles, stronger collaboration, and greater impact for nature and communities in the Tees Valley.
Credibility with funders & industry
Robust governance and financial oversight creating more opportunities.
Partnership Working
As both a strategic coordinator and a hands-on project partner, the TVNP sits at the heart of nature recovery in the Tees Valley. Learn more about our dual role in the regional projects featured below.
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Festival of Thrift
Every September inspirational speakers join forces with skill sharers and ethical traders to help place creativity at the heart of our shared sustainable future and celebrate a new way of ethical living.
Festival of Thrift positions artists as inspirers to action and encourages change through workshops, exhibitions and performances giving families the confidence to create while having fun on a budget.
Based in Redcar, building new partnerships with organisations who share the ethos and with a mission to benefit the community and advance public awareness of sustainable living.
The focus has always been on how individuals can make those small changes, the shift to thrift, that will add up to a big difference for the future of our planet, and encouraging others to join in.
The climate crisis is growing, and we all need to take action, now. In our back yards, in our living rooms, in our communities, every day. Be a part of the solution – not part of the pollution!
Climate Action Middlesbrough
The bid to the national Climate Action Fund – led by Middlesbrough Environment City (MEC), with partners including Tees Valley Nature Partnership and Middlesbrough Council – has secured £1.6m in National Lottery funding to work across sustainable food, transport, domestic energy use, waste and natural environment.
The grant will help the Climate Action Middlesbrough Partnership raise awareness of sustainable living and reduce the town’s carbon footprint. Mark Fishpool, Director of Middlesbrough Environment City, said: “With the shared enthusiasm and commitment of partners, this is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engage local communities and young people in taking action to address climate change and create a sustainable future for our town.”
