A partnership scheme involving Groundwork, GreenSpace, the Experience Corps, the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens and the Wildlife Trusts. This scheme provides grants to help people improve open spaces in their neighbourhood, so they can create valuable places for the whole community to enjoy. Living Spaces provides help for people who have good ideas, but don't know how to put their plans into action. A network of trained Living Spaces Enablers are on hand across the country to turn your ideas into reality.
Visit www.living-spaces.org.uk or telephone 0845 600 3190 for more information.

It's Your Space is primarily a website resource to inspire local people to apply for funding to transform a community space including parks or gardens on their doorstep. It gives links to a variety of funding sources and advice on applying, and gives many examples of local people who have already taken things into their own hands. It encourages people and organisations to sign up to the Manifesto for Better Public Spaces and explains the essential ten ingredients that make a great public space.

For more inspiration and information visit www.itsyourspace.org.uk/ or telephone 0161 872 0901

A range of publications for the public giving advice on how they can tackle specific issues such as abandoned vehicles. Crime Concern aims to empower people to take action and to reduce the fear of crime and crime itself at a local level. It also provides information on the Crime and Disorder Act.
Visit www.crimeconcern.org.uk or telephone 01793 863 500

GreenSpace (formerly Urban Parks Forum) is a not-for-profit organisation set up to help those committed to the planning, design, management and use of public parks and open spaces. GreenSpace is a membership organisation dedicated to promoting the importance of public spaces whilst increasing awareness of related issues.It promotes the regeneration of public parks and open spaces in towns and cities throughout the UK and support the investment being made in these important social and cultural assets. It organises a number of events, produces publications and good practice information, and its website www.green-space.org.uk/Links/funding.htm has invaluable information on how to find the right fund for your project or enterprise, and how to make an application for funding.

For more general information visit www.green-space.org.uk or telephone 0118 946 9060

English Nature champions the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places in England. It is a Government agency funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It works with a wide range of partners and gives advice and grants to organisations involved with nature reserves or sites of special scientific interest. It produces a wide range of publications, many academic or scientific, and can provide assistance with research.
For more information visit www.english-nature.org.uk or telephone 01733 455101