4th May
The latest phase of our Community Matters Fund is open now.
The Green Spaces Community Fund is supporting charities and grassroots organisations to enhance their local environment and encourage more people to make the most of their green spaces.
They are offering grants of up to £10,000 to registered charities and eligible non-profit organisations. Unregistered charity organisations can apply for up to £2,000.
The latest round of funding – totalling £500,000 - aims to support projects that will bring communities together, encourage more wildlife and biodiversity, improve air quality and reduce noise, as well as delivering health benefits, and creating employment and volunteering opportunities.
Applications for Green Space funding could include the following:
- Planting spaces and new allotment creation in existing green spaces
- Bee banks, bird/bat boxes, wildflowers, ponds, trees, hedges, and projects to improve biodiversity
- Development of unused land into green space
- Gardening workshops and allotment activities to bring vulnerable members of the community into green spaces
- Access pathways, ramps and seating in parkland or nature reserves
- Redevelopment of existing green spaces to encourage greater community use
- Forest School education sessions for young people or craft workshops in nature
- Innovative approaches to create or develop green spaces for public enjoyment
If you think your project may be eligible, find out more and apply by Friday 12th May, Here.