The Green Spaces Fund is managed and administered by the Greater Manchester Environment Trust.
The Greater Manchester Environment Trust was created as a partnership between The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to bring together communities and funding bodies keen to channel their resources into addressing environmental problems.
The Green Spaces Fund was launched in summer 2022 following a commitment in the Mayor’s manifesto to: “Create a new Green Spaces Fund to give small grants to communities to clean up and improve pocket parks and local green spaces or create new ones where they are needed.”
Aims of the Green Spaces Fund
Aim 1 – Benefitting communities with a lack of quality greenspace
Reach communities where there is poor access to quality green spaces
Tackle inequalities including health and wellbeing
Enable people to have contact with nature
Aim 2 – Tackling our climate and biodiversity emergency:
Improve GM’s green and blue spaces
Tackle the climate and biodiversity emergencies
Have a priority fit with GM’s priorities for nature recovery and wider environmental ambitions
Aim 3 – Encourage and Empower communities to take positive action for nature.
Opportunities for training & skills through volunteering
Empower community groups to take actions in their local area
Small grant size available £2,000 - £15,000
Large grant size available £15,001 - £40,000
There is an online application process