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Green Spaces Fund

Published date: 
Sunday, 12th June 2022

Green Spaces Fund

Green funding could help improve your community 

Following its announcement earlier this year, the £2.6m Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund is now open to applications, seeking community projects that will make a real difference to their local area. 

The fund makes small and large grants available for community groups wanting to create new spaces or improve existing ones in their local area, particularly where there is currently poor local access to good quality green space.

National Lottery Awards for All - England

Aims/priorities: The aim of the grants programme is to support communities to thrive by funding projects that:

  • bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities

  • improve the places and spaces that matter to communities

  • help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage

  • support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.

National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Communities

Aims/priorities: The aim of the grants programme is to support communities to thrive by funding projects that:

  • bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities

  • improve the places and spaces that matter to communities

  • help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage.

Organisations can apply for funding to:

Rosa’s Stand with Us Fund

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to support women-led organisations who are helping victims of male violence to recover and rebuild their lives, and working to improve the safety of women in the UK.

Who can apply? To be eligible, organisations must meet all of the following criteria:

Veterans' Foundation

Aims/priorities: The aim of the Foundation is to help charities and other organisations that support serving and former members of the British Armed Forces, and sometimes their dependants, who are in need.

A potential, qualified beneficiary “in need” is one or all of the following:

Barchester Healthcare Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to make a difference to the lives of older people and other adults with a physical, learning or mental disability; supporting practical solutions that lead to increased personal independence, self-sufficiency and dignity.

The aim of this fund is on connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community. Applications that combat loneliness and enable people to be active and engaged will receive highest priority.

7stars Foundation

Aims/priorities: The foundation makes grants to projects which support young people (16 years and under) who are challenged by abuse or addiction, who are young carers, or who are homeless/without a safe place to call home.

Project grants to cover the costs of projects which:

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