PARTNERSHIPS in Bolton can apply for funding to enable more people to access green spaces in order to boost mental health. Greater Manchester has secured £500,000 in government funding for green social prescribing - which includes activities such as walking and cycling, community gardening and food-growing projects. The Greater Manchester Mental Wellbeing Conversation Survey revealed that 4,000 residents said that green open space would boost their mental well-being. Access to the natural world will be improved through two ways. Test and learn sites across the region will pilot schemes that link people to green activities. Applications for the local funding need to be voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) led, with partners including grass roots organisations. They should focus on those communities hardest hit by the pandemic and work at a local ‘place’ level.