Southwark biodiversity fund
The Southwark biodiversity fund will provide grants of £15,000 to £120,000 to not-for-profit groups to deliver biodiversity enhancements in the borough. The total funding available is £500,000, which will be allocated in grants for capital projects starting in 2025. Depending on the specific projects that come forward, we hope to support around 10 to 12 projects across the borough.
This fund is part of our ongoing work to implement the recommendations of our Citizens’ Jury on Climate Change . In line with their recommendations and Southwark’s Climate Change Strategy and Adaptation Plan, the fund’s key aims are to:
- Deliver strategically impactful, lasting interventions for biodiversity and nature recovery in Southwark (priority aim), especially in the places and habitats that will make the most difference to nature.
- Make the borough and its residents more resilient and adapted to our changing climate, for example, through greening and depaving projects that will protect residents from flooding and overheating, especially in areas and communities at greatest risk.
- Protect, enhance and grow the community benefits that green space and access to nature offer to Southwark residents, particularly in areas and communities with less access to nature or experiencing other inequalities.
While we are looking for projects that contribute to all three aims, this specific funding scheme has been designed with the biodiversity outcome as its key priority aim. Applicants looking to deliver projects related to green space that do not directly provide new habitats for biodiversity (for example, activities to engage people with green space or offer amenity improvements to green space) may be better suited to one of our other funds, such as Neighbours Fund or Cleaner, Greener, Safer.
Page last updated: 07 October 2024
