Building a better and safer environment for your community

Central Networks is committed to working with the communities it serves and building better and safer environments across central England. To help to do this, we have a fund to support community projects that will have a positive and lasting impact on their local environment. The fund is open to all community groups who want to build safer and better environments.

Projects supported recently include:

• Mount Street Infant & Nursery School in Lincoln which developed a sensory garden
• A woodland management programme at The Bront Regeneration Project in Breewood, Staffordshire
• Gotham Memorial Hall and Recreational Ground Trust which replaced the surface of a children's play area

Who can apply

The fund is open to all local community groups and not for profit organisations with their own bank account located in the Central Networks distribution region, see below map for exact boundaries. Joint proposals (e.g. with local authorities) will be considered, although the community organisation or group must lead the applications.

Criteria for eligible projects

The fund will support projects that will have a lasting and positive affect on the community’s environment. From improving safety in a children’s playground to building a nature reserve on some old waste ground, Central Networks will consider a wide range of applications. Applications are invited for funding up to a maximum of £2,500 and grants may be awarded for the full amount of the project or for part of the project.

As a guide, here are some examples of projects that would be considered:

• Refurbishment of community play areas
• Building nature conservation areas that will benefit the community
• Creating sensory gardens in community spaces
• Replacing and installing fences around community public places
• Laying or replacing safe flooring on children's playgrounds

Making an application

For further information, please download the funding pack:

PDF version (PDF, 161KB)

Word version (DOC, 437KB)