Three community groups selected to receive £100,000 each from Bristol’s Nature Together project
Eastside Community Trust, Bristol Older People’s Forum, and Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust have each been awarded £100,000 to deliver their plans for nature. This will fund work between January 2026 and December 2027.
In March of this year, community-based organisations were invited to express their interest in actively working with Bristol City Council and residents to develop and deliver plans for nature within their neighbourhoods. Following an application and assessment, three community groups were selected to receive the funding.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded £984,000 to Bristol’s Nature Together project to help improve nature and make it easier for people to enjoy and benefit from our city’s urban green spaces. From this, a total of £300,000 has been allocated to these three community organisations due to the importance of community-led action in improving access to nature.
“I can’t wait to see the brilliant ways these organisations use this funding to improve access to nature closer to where people live. In addition to seeing how their own plans develop, I’m also looking forward to working alongside them to develop new ways of working to improve nature in their communities.”
Councillor Martin Fodor, Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee
Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust said: “We hope that Lockleaze can be a site of inspiration for urban nature recovery, and we can’t wait to get working with the other successful teams, Bristol City Council and the wider Nature Together partnership.”
Bristol Older People’s Forum said: “We are excited to build on recent nature and climate work, placing older people at the heart of the project.”
Eastside Community Trust said: “We have worked alongside residents for many decades empowering resident action in parks and green spaces and this project will renew this emphasis on community-led nature projects.
Bristol’s Nature Together Project is being delivered in partnership with Avon Wildlife Trust, Bristol City Council, Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership and Your Park Bristol and Bath. Some of the remaining funding will be used to introduce a Greening Permit scheme that will allow communities to grow plants in council-owned parks and green spaces.
Bristol’s Nature Together project will carry out green space quality and access audits to assess the efficacy of any interventions. These learnings will make it easier for other community groups to work with the council to improve nature in the future.
The funding awarded to Bristol is part of the UK-wide Nature Towns and Cities programme working to enable millions more people to enjoy nature closer to home. This funding is to improve Bristol’s parks and green and blue spaces for nature and people. It will help Bristol take steps towards achieving Nature City accreditation and secure further investment to continue enriching nature across Bristol’s urban areas.
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