Grants are available for grassroot groups to improve or transform outdoor community spaces where people can meet and be together, building pride in the local area.
The funding is for projects that address at least one of the following aims:
- Transform an outdoor area, creating greener and more engaging community spaces.
- Create or enhance community growing projects.
- Enable community clean ups.
The total fund value is £500,000.
Grants of £500, £1,000, £1,500, £2,000, £2,500, or £3,000 are available.
The maximum award for community clear-up grants is £500.
Projects should be completed by August 2025.
Applications are accepted from local grassroots, community-led organisations in the UK.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be not-for-profit.
- Have an annual income of less than £250,000.
- Have governing documents.
- Have a safeguarding policy.
- Have a bank account in the group’s name and be able to provide proof.
Applications are encouraged that:
- Increase access to outdoor spaces, particularly for marginalised or vulnerable groups of people. Asda Foundation is committed to enabling as many people as possible to be able to benefit from their funding.
- Bring local communities together i.e. outdoor spaces which are open and accessible for a wide range of people on a regular basis.
- Make a lasting and demonstrable difference to an outdoor space.
- Enable groups to undertake a project that truly enhances a local space: applications that focus on just one or two expensive items are unlikely to be successful.
A range of project costs are supported.
Examples of eligible projects include (but not limited to):
- Materials to build and transform outdoor areas (e.g. planters, raised beds, benches, paint).
- Equipment to be able to deliver a community clear up (e.g. litter pickers, bin bags, hi-vis vests).
- Machinery hire/purchase (e.g. rotavator hire).
- Permanent fixtures and features (e.g. sheds, outdoor furniture, pathways, gates and fencing).
- Gardening tools and equipment (e.g. spades, wheelbarrows, polytunnels, water butts, compost bins).
- Plants, shrubs, trees, bulbs, etc.
The funding round opens at noon on 14 January and closes at noon on 11 February 2025.
The scheme may close early if demand for funding is high.
The project or activity should start no earlier than six weeks after submission of the proposal.
Application forms are available at the Asda Foundation website: applicants can check eligibility and will then be directed to the Foundation’s Grant Management System to register and complete the application form. Governing documents, safeguarding policies, bank statements and financial accounts must also be submitted.
Successful applicants will be notified by email, plus the local Asda Community and Customer Champion will be notified, who may visit the group.
