Green space funding
COVID-19 highlighted the importance of London's parks and green spaces as never before. As part of his Green New Deal, the Mayor is investing in projects that create and improve green and blue spaces across the capital, and that enhance our resilience to the impacts of climate change.
These programmes are supporting a wide range of projects, from community-led action to create new gardens, food growing spaces and wildlife havens; to major innovative schemes that green the grey and transform our parks.
New funding opportunities will be announced on this page as soon as they become available.
Green Roots Fund
The Green Roots programme aims to help nature thrive in the city by giving London communities active ways to transform their local spaces. Through the Green Roots Fund, we're funding projects to improve London's green and blue spaces.
Over £12 million of funding is available from summer 2025 to spring 2028. Local authorities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for a grant of £10,000 to £500,000.
Funding rounds
Rewild London Fund
London's Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) make up London's core wildlife network. They must be at the heart of our action to rewild the city and recover nature.
This Rewild London Fund supported SINC owners and managers to improve these key sites, and ensure that the network is resilient in the face of the climate and ecological emergencies.
Funding rounds
Green and Resilient Spaces Fund
The £3 million Green and Resilient Spaces Fund supported large-scale, innovative enhancements to green and blue spaces, and the wider public realm that will strengthen climate resilience, increase biodiversity, improve accessibility, build green skills and help reduce health inequalities. An additional £800,000 was available for large scale tree planting and woodland creation to boost London’s climate resilience.
Funding rounds
Grow Back Greener Fund
The Grow Back Greener Fund ran from 2020 to 2023. It supported 135 communities to plant trees to provide shade, create and enhance green space and increase climate resilience.
The fund prioritised projects in areas of the city with low tree canopy cover, where Londoners live further than a 10 minute walk from green space and at high climate risk.
Funding rounds
Greener City Fund
The Greener City Fund was the Mayor's programme for supporting green space projects during the 2016 to 2021 mayoral term. The fund is now closed and all projects are completed.
Other funds that support greening projects
Find out more information on how to apply for the Building Strong Communities Fund.
We have made £27 million of funding available to improve our air quality.
