Funding to make the borough greener

[ForestHull]

Apply for funding to make the borough greener

About the Greening Fund

The Greening Fund provides grants of up to £40,000 to support volunteers and community groups working to make the borough greener. This will help improve air quality and the local environment. The fund comes from section 106 money**.**

What the money can be spent on

The money can be used on projects that will improve green infrastructure.

The themes for 2021 are as follows:

• Access – enabling inclusive and equitable access to our open spaces which are at the heart of local neighbourhoods and community well-being. Enhancing spaces so that they are safe, welcoming and promote physical and social accessibility for Lewisham’s diverse population.

• Young People and Play – access to good quality open spaces for fresh air, interactive play, physical exercise, education and a safe environment to gather with family and friends, pivotal to the health and well-being of young people.

• Biodiversity and Sustainability – all of our green spaces have varying landscape features and serve differing needs according to the local area. Where applicable and appropriate a range of landscapes and characteristics is desirable to encourage more and varied wildlife as well as incorporate elements that can help mitigate the effects of climate challenges. Additionally a more biodiverse open space offers educational purposes for young people and opportunities for all to engage with nature.

Who can apply

• Park user groups
• Allotment committees
• Community gardens
• Nature reserves

These must be constituted groups on Council-owned land.

Closing date

11.59pm on Friday 24th September 2021.

[Rob]

Nice idea. Although I’ll believe it when I see it, I’m still waiting to get a new green wheelie bin, been over a year now

[marymck]

@ForestHull

These must be constituted groups on Council-owned land.

Meanwhile, on a Council estate near you, they’re chopping down trees and building over communal green space.

Cognitive dissonance? Or treating the electorate as easily conned idiots?

[Nomis46]

Perhaps this can used to end the problems of the idling ice cream vans in Mayow Park by providing an electricity point. /se23.life/t/mayow-park-ice-cream-van/9483