Our parks make our lives better. Let’s help keep them this way.

The 2026 Round of the Parks4Life Community Fund is now closed, the Fund will open again in 2027.

The primary goal of the Parks4Life Community Fund is to support community groups to deliver on their aim in bringing their parks to life and make the best of our parks for everyone to enjoy now and in the future.

Scotland’s parks are well-used and much loved. Each year Scots make over 162 million visits to parks and greenspaces. Greenspaces are our natural health service, our children’s outdoor classrooms and our towns’ and cities’ green lungs. They bring benefits for our families, our communities, our health and wellbeing, and the environment. 

The Parks4Life Community Fund will offer grants annually and groups can only apply for one grant in each financial year. As in the previous round of grants we are looking for applications between £500 and £1,500 to support park and greenspace projects across Scotland.

Community groups play a vital role to ensure parks and green spaces across Scotland remain well run and welcoming.

If you want to hear about a previously funded project, have a look at our Instagram where we recently spoke with Livingston Community Shed.

To keep up to date about the Parks4Life Community Fund sign up to the greenspace scotland ebulletin. 

In 2025 we supported 21 projects from across Scotland to improve and animate parks and greenspaces and we want the 2026 Parks4Life Community Fund to be even more successful.

Find out more and apply

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Parks4Life Endowment

The Parks4Life Community Fund has been created through the donations and support to work towards creating the first £1m endowment fund for parks and greenspaces.

Scotland’s Parks4Life Fund is a partnership project between MyParkScotland and greenspace scotland, with all funds securely invested by MyParkScotland using an ethical investment approach in conjunction with CCLA Investment Management.

Parks4Life is Scotland’s first ever fund for parks and greenspaces. Managed by greenspace scotland, it aims to raise £1million to help support Scotland’s parks. The ambition is to create an endowment fund that will enable communities to bring local parks to life.

greenspace scotland - works to ensure that blue-green infrastructure is future-proofing our towns and cities, and everyone in Scotland can access and enjoy quality greenspaces which meet their needs and improves their quality of life

MyParkScotland - Scotland’s only crowdfunding site specifically for parks and greenspaces. And the great thing about MyParkScotland is that you’re able to Gift Aid your donation and this ‘extra funding’ will go towards building an endowment fund for Scotland parks – helping to safeguard our national treasures for future

Supporting the Parks4Life Endowment

Regular Donations 

By offering a regular donation you can help support Scotland’s parks all year long. Regular donations are steady resources we know we can count on. Your regular support will help us create funds that communities across Scotland can access for parks projects.  

Select the amount you would like to donate below and tick the Regular Donation Box. You can then decide if you want to support Parks4Life with a monthly, quarterly or annual donation.  

One off Donations 

One off donations are a crucial part of reaching our £1million target. We appreciate all contributions and even small donations can make a big difference. If everyone in Scotland donated a pound every time they visited a park, we would raise £162million! 

Pick the amount you want to donate from the list below or choose to donate a different amount.