friends of GREAT
friends of GREAT was formed in 2016 as a development out of G.R.E.A.T - the Goit River Environmental Action Team - a local community group, formed in 2005, primarily concerned with developing a bio-diverse wildlife environment in the midst of the villages of Withnell and Brinscall, in Lancashire England, by uncovering and landscaping the Goit waterway and its surroundings.
Why friends of GREAT
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There are several reason for the change in status agreed in 2016.
Primarily the group is keen to expand its thinking beyond the single objective of 2006, to 'uncover' the Goit as an open stream,
- to broaden the range of people and the opportunities they have to get involved in the
group,
- to become more active and participatory within the local area in conjunction with other
major stakeholders, primarily United Utilities the major local landowner for whom the
Goit and its connecting reservoirs are a major asset.