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Funding to Increase Local Green Spaces (Greater Manchester)
Funding is available for community-led projects that increase the amount and quality of accessible, nature-rich green spaces.
The Greater Manchester Environment Trust’s Green Spaces Fund supports projects that create or improve local green spaces, particularly in areas where they are needed most.
The fund has two types of grants available:
- Small grants between £2,000 to £15,000
- Large grants between £15,001 to £40,000
Examples of the type of projects that could be supported include:
- Enhancing or creating publicly accessible green spaces for people and wildlife and engaging communities with these new spaces
- Permanently greening streets or turning unused viable land into green community spaces
- Creating new permanent parklets or pocket parks and engaging people with these new spaces
- Cleaning up and restoring green spaces, streams, rivers, canals or ponds (blue spaces) with local communities
- The development of green corridors linking parks, community gardens or other green spaces
- Projects that significantly improve the biodiversity of the area and engaging communities with these new spaces
Eligible organisations include charities, community groups, Community Interest Companies (CICs), social enterprises, tenant and resident associations, schools, and academy trusts.
The deadline for applications is 12pm on 3 August 2026.
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4th June 2026