Funding calls offer community groups parallel routes to social and green-space projects

Voscur reported that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is launching the Common Ground Award, a capital funding programme for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations that build social connections across and between different communities [1]. BBC News Gloucestershire reported a separate £1m grant that local communities can use to protect threatened green spaces and wildlife sites [2]. Together, the two announcements show community groups being offered funding along two distinct lines: one for social cohesion between communities, and one for environmental protection [1][2].