Green Roots Fund

Funding is for projects that:

• Enhance blue and green spaces in London, making neighbourhoods healthier, more nature-rich and climate resilient, so that they are higher quality and natural spaces are better connected.
• Include and involve Londoners in blue and green spaces, ensuring access to green and blue infrastructure and its benefits for all Londoners, so they feel welcome and comfortable in green, blue, and natural spaces. This also means involving diverse groups in management and decision-making.

Each funding round will have priority themes to reflect the most up-to-date sector priorities and drive impact against priority needs.

The current priority theme, ‘Clean and Healthy Waterways’ is a fixed priority theme through the lifespan of the fund. 

For Round three onwards, there will be a priority theme for projects that focus on improving the green infrastructure associated with travel to accessing waterways. Examples could include:

• Greening and wayfinding along a route connecting an underground, tram, DLR, or overground station to a riverside or canal path.
• Greening and wayfinding along the road or cycle network to a lake or pond.

All projects must provide or secure at least 10% match funding from alternative sources. This can be:

• In cash, such as from another grant or from the group's own funds.
• In-kind, such as donated materials, staff, or volunteer time.