Meet our shortlist

The village that built its own affordable homes.

Arundel Community Land Trust on behalf of Arundel Gate partners: Arundel’s first new general needs social housing in 50 years.

The UK’s largest cohousing scheme, a decade in the making.

Free solar for 1,500 homes: how Energise Barnsley is tackling fuel poverty.

Barlows Park community facility: How solar and a battery saved a volunteer-run sports club.

Northumberland Community Energy Ltd (NCEL): Solar-Powered Community Buildings - Bringing Rural Communities Together.

A national network of young people rewilding Britain.

A Cumbrian village saves its last green field.

Your Community Greenspace: reconnecting Peterborough with its ’Green Jewel’.

Transforming 160 acres of post-industrial land into a unique community hub and visitor destination.

Never Walk Alone from Fences and Frontiers. Opening the countryside to refugees and asylum seekers.

The Newcastle centre turning a Northumberland farm into a place of belonging for women and girls.

Giving rural Britain’s overlooked stories a voice.

Making the case that everyone belongs in the countryside.

A lifetime of action for rural communities and landscapes.

The 15-year-old who made a documentary to save Minster Marshes.

Bringing young people and communities into Cumbria’s landscapes.