Hubbub is offering grants of between £3,000 and £6,000 for community groups, registered charities, community interest companies, and companies across England, Scotland, and Wales, to create or enhance green spaces within a 5-kilometre radius of a Starbucks store.
Proposed projects should align with the following criteria:
- Involving the community - Projects that bring people and communities together around nature and green spaces.
- Commitment to reaching new audiences - Projects that are committed to reaching audiences beyond those who typically access green space.
- Need for green space - Projects that demonstrate a community need for a green space project, particularly in dense urban areas.
- Creating or enhancing green spaces - Projects that can demonstrate how they either create new green spaces, or improve, add to, or preserve existing green spaces.
Eligible costs include:
- Materials relating to the nature hub activity.
- Utilities relating to the delivery of the project activity.
- Display materials, signage, and information.
- Services from external suppliers.
- Staffing costs to cover the time spent planning and delivering any activity.
- Volunteer expenses.
- Training, such as safeguarding.
Existing Nature Hubs that received funding in the last round (March/April 2024) can apply for a Top-Up Grant of up to £3,000 to deepen their impact by strengthening community ties to their project and supporting their project's legacy. Proposed projects should demonstrate:
- Successful delivery of their year one Nature Hubs project so far by showing that the green space was created/enhanced, and people were able to benefit from it.
- How they will use additional funding to either encourage more community members to get involved or to further support the longevity of the site.
- An openness to continue working with their local Starbucks store and be willing for Hubbub to share information about their projects with Starbucks.
Priority will be given to areas of England, Scotland, and Wales without a strong Nature Hubs covering.
The deadline for applications is 29 November 2024.
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