Grants

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Grants Programme Guidelines

London's Environment

Aims of the Programme
In recent years, awareness about the effect of human activity on the state of the earth’s natural environment has become much more widespread.  Yet there is still much more that we could all do, both individually and collectively, to ensure that resources are conserved, waste is minimised and that London’s carbon footprint is reduced.  The sharing and dissemination of knowledge and best practice across London’s population is key to achieving this. 

London’s biodiversity is a critical indicator of the overall health of the environment.  Maintaining and enhancing the diversity of both species and habitats within the capital is therefore essential.

What will we fund?

• Work to support the environmental education of Londoners.
  
• Work to maintain and enhance London’s biodiversity.

Please specify on your application form which of these themes your project is addressing.

Making a Difference
We want to fund projects that really make a difference to people’s lives. We would like to know how our funding has helped achieve positive changes or “outcomes”. We want you to tell us how your work will contribute to our overall programme outcomes. You will need to demonstrate that your project can contribute to one or more of these and that you have systems in place to collect information on numbers of people who have benefited, and how you will measure the changes your work has brought about.

Our Programme Outcomes
We want to fund projects which will achieve one or more of the following:

• Londoners will have a greater knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting the nature and quality of London’s environment and what they can do to improve it
  
• London’s biodiversity will be maintained and where possible enhanced
  
• there will be a reduction in London’s overall carbon footprint.

If your application is successful, we will ask you to report regularly on your progress in reaching these outcomes although we recognise that some of these will be long-term. In addition, we will be interested to hear about other outcomes that you may have achieved as well as any unexpected issues that have added to your learning.

Please contact us if you are unclear on what an ‘outcome’ means in your area of work.

Good Practice
Please show how you:

• involve local people in the management and running of the service
• welcome people of all backgrounds and value diversity
• value and support volunteers
• are taking steps to reduce your own organisation’s carbon footprint.