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Grants to make the City
'greener'
LIVERPOOL will be cleaner and greener
thanks to a new fund to help community groups make improvements in their
neighbourhoods.
The Environmental Initiatives Fund was set up by the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe
Anderson, following a recommendation in the Interim Report for the Strategic
Green and Open Spaces Review.
This called for community groups, schools and small businesses to be helped to
play more active roles in improving their local environment.
A funding pot of £20,000 was set up and groups were invited to bid for grants of
up to £500.
23 groups have been awarded a total of £10,430 in the first round of
applications. Among the successful were those to improve community gardens, to
engage children in gardening projects and community clean-ups
A 2nd round of applications will be considered in late in 2016.
Councillor Steve Munby, cabinet member for neighbourhoods, said:- "While
the grant to each group may not be a large amount of money they will still have
an impact on making neighbourhoods greener and cleaner.
But, just as importantly, they will help to get communities working together to
improve their neighbourhoods.
I have been encouraged that we had a wide range of organisations from across the
City coming forward with ideas on how they can improve their local environment
and we were able to support several bids."
The successful applications are:-
► Bronte Youth and Community Centre – to improve Bronte Garden (£500)
► Norris Green Youth Centre – to create a safe green space for young people
(£500)
► Grandison Road Allotments Society - to provide compost bins (£500)
► Afro Caribbean and Lunch Club – to provide tools for the Green Growers
Club (£400)
► River Oaks Residents' Association – to repair and maintain furniture
around community pond (£500)
► Amadudu Women and Children's Refuge – to support gardening for health
project (£500)
► Active Community Enterprise A.C.E. – to provide a disabled toilet at
community garden (£500)
► Rotary Club of Liverpool, St Vincent's - to purchase a poly tunnel to
nurture tree saplings which will be gifted to schools (£500)
► Lee Valley Pensioners Club – to support the Incredible Edible Valley
project (£500)
► The Sound Agents – to support the Growing Up in Chinatown project with
hanging baskets and planters (£500)
► Fazakerley Health and Wellebing Forum - to fund a community clean-up of
Hawksmoor Park ecology park (£500)
► Anfield Neighbourhood Forum - to fund tools and equipment for the Green
Shoots project (£450)
► Netherley Youth and Community Initiative – to fund equipment for a
project to grow fruit and vegetables for families accessing a foodbank (£500)
► Deysbrook Village Centre - to supply furniture and equipment for the
Growing Deysbrook Project (£500)
► Triple C (Liverpool) - to provide gardening resources and equipment for
the Norris Green Harvest! Scheme (£200)
► Childwall in Bloom - for plants and other material to enhance Childwall
Triangle (£250)
► Green Harmony Garden Project – to support a plant propagation project
(£480)
► Florence Institute Trust – to support the maintenance of the Florrie
Pocket Park (£500)
► St Cyril's Children and Youth Project – to help provide a safe garden
area for children and young people (£150)
► Tree House Liverpool CIC – to provide equipment, plants and seeds for the
Veg Bed in the Rose Garden at Newsham Park. (£500)
► Alt Valley Community Trust - to support the Ellergreen Community Centre
Garden Project (£500)
► ARCH Under the Bridge Ltd – to provide equipment for the Little Dibbers
environmental growing scheme. (£500)
► Merseyside Police – to provide litter pickers for Operation Clean Sweep
(£500) |
