{"id":12551,"date":"2021-11-08T10:46:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T10:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=12551"},"modified":"2021-11-08T10:46:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T10:46:14","slug":"groundwork-announces-new-round-of-funding-for-london-greening-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2021\/11\/08\/groundwork-announces-new-round-of-funding-for-london-greening-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundwork Announces New Round of Funding for London Greening Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Our Space Award is now open to non-profit community groups, charities and schools for projects taking place in disused, open spaces in Greater London.<\/p>\n<p>Groups may consist of three or more people who meet regularly. They do not need to be formally arranged or constituted to be eligible to apply.<\/p>\n<p>The following grants are available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Small grants of \u00a3500 to \u00a32,000.<\/li>\n<li>Standard grants of \u00a32,000 to \u00a35,000.<\/li>\n<li>Flagship grants of \u00a35,000 to \u00a320,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Flagship grants are primarily intended for organisations who have previously delivered a successful Our Space Award project.<\/p>\n<p>Activities should contribute to a number of wider social and environmental objectives, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tree planting (it is hoped that each project will plant at least one tree).<\/li>\n<li>Climate resilience and adaptation to climate change.<\/li>\n<li>Improvements to water quality and drainage through planting and reducing hard surfaces.<\/li>\n<li>Ecological and biodiversity benefits.<\/li>\n<li>Climate education alongside physical improvements.<\/li>\n<li>Improving air quality.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing health inequalities and isolation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funding can cover a variety of items related to projects including materials, sessional worker fees, plants, tools and storage.<\/p>\n<p>The Award aims to ensure funding is available for groups who may not have accessed grant funding previously as well as those with a track record of project delivery.<\/p>\n<p>There will be an online workshop on 30 November 2021 to answer any questions about the fund.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The deadline to apply is 15 December 2021 (12 noon).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Our Space Award is now open to non-profit community groups, charities and schools for projects taking place in disused, open spaces in Greater London&#8230;. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2021\/11\/08\/groundwork-announces-new-round-of-funding-for-london-greening-projects\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3560,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12552,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12551\/revisions\/12552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}