Fund your Project

Bags of Help Centenary Grants

Bags of Help Centenary Grants support projects in England, Wales and Scotland that provide significant benefit to their wider region. Grants of up to £25,000 are available. Read more

Bags of Help funds local projects in England, Wales and Scotland that benefit their community. Grants of up to £4,000 are available. Working with Tesco and Groundwork UK, we deliver the Bags of Help in Scotland. Read more

Crowdfunding

How about crowdfunding as part of the funding mix for your project? MyParkScotland is Scotland's only crowdfunding platform specifically for parks and greenspaces. Check out this exciting project which helps you discover, enjoy and support Scotland's parks. Read more

Other funding sources

There are lots of grant and funding programmes that can support greenspace and park projects, activities and events. Thinking about the impact or benefits of your project might help you identify other funding opportunities too. Read more

Inspiring Fundraising

This online resource is the legacy of the four-year Resourcing Scotland’s Heritage partnership programme. Inspiring Fundraising aims to help everyone in the heritage sector in Scotland raise funds for their organisation, cause or project, effectively and with greater confidence. Read more

Latest

How can singing help communities prepare for flooding?

SEPA and Creative Carbon Scotland worked with a local primary school and a musician in Aberdeen on a creative, new approach to communicate about flooding and flood risk management.

National Lottery launch Heritage Horizon Awards

The Heritage Horizon Awards will invest £100million over the next three years in ambitious, innovative and transformational projects that will revolutionise UK heritage.

Planning Bill and Open Space Strategies

Amendment to require Planning Authorities to prepare Open Space Strategies has been retained in Scottish Government’s Stage 3 amendments to the Planning Bill.

Edinburgh announced as Future Parks Pioneer

Edinburgh's Thriving Green Spaces project announced as one of eight Future Parks pioneers to find sustainable ways to manage and fund parks and greenspaces

Young Placechangers Ideas Fund

Is there anything you and your youth group would like to change about the place where you live, go to school or work?

Bags of Help grants

Greenspace map

The greenspace map developed with Ordnance Survey provides information about the location and type of all of Scotland's greenspaces.

Our story

Since 2002, greenspace scotland has provided a national lead on greenspace, working towards our goal that everyone living and working in urban Scotland has easy access to quality greenspace which meets local needs and improves their quality of life.

How we work

We provide a national lead for action on parks and greenspaces. Working in partnership we pioneer new approaches to managing and resourcing greenspace.

What is greenspace?

Greenspaces are the 'green lungs' of our towns and cities which contribute to improving people's physical and mental health by providing places for informal recreation and 'breathing spaces' to take time out from the stresses of modern life.

Statistics

Statistics about the size and importance of greenspace across Scotland.

ParkPower is Rethinking Parks project

Nesta have announced that ParkPower will be one of five UK Rethinking Parks Prototyping projects.

Find and enjoy greenspace

Explore and discover Scotland's wonderful parks and greenspaces using Scotland's greenspace map and MyParkScotland

Ebulletin

Our free, monthly e-bulletin includes local, national and international greenspace-related news, as well as the latest information from greenspace scotland and our members.