Welcome to Living Spaces

Living Spaces

Living Spaces was a £30 million three-year programme launched in May 2003, funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government and managed by Groundwork in partnership with a number of national organisations. The programme supported neighbourhood groups throughout England in making
improvements to open space in their neighbourhood and creating valuable places for the whole community to enjoy.

Living Spaces :

  • Delivered 1,100 projects
  • Improved 12m square meters of land
  • Gave 96,000 people the opportunity to learn new skills and build their confidence.
     

Click here to read the evaluation of the programme [PDF 5.5mb].
 

Community SpacesLogo : Big Lottery Fund

Community Spaces was launched on 19 March 2008 and is a £50 million open grants programme funded through the Big Lottery Fund's Changing Spaces initiative.

The programme provides funding and support to community groups across England and responds directly to people's aspirations to have better places on their doorsteps. It aims to create more interesting places for children to play, safer places for people of all ages to enjoy and greener spaces where people and nature can grow and flourish. The programme is managed by Groundwork on behalf of a consortium of national organisations.

  • Applications for funding are now being accepted.
  • Click here for information on how your community group can apply for funding.

Logo : Awarding funds from The National Lottery

Photo : Pond silhouette
Photo : Girl in garden

last updated 21 July 2004

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