£15M Big Lottery Money to Enhance Green Public Spaces

publication date: Mar 18, 2008

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author/source: David Harris

Over 70 communities across England are set to benefit from a £15.6M Big Lottery grant, as part of a series of nationwide projects aimed at improving people`s local environments.

The multimillion pound "Green Spaces for People" project will see a consortium of housing providers, led by Places for People and including The Riverside Group and Peabody Trust, regenerate over 70 local communities across the country to create green community spaces, and recreational activities for thousands of customers.
Source: Places for People

Places for People, one of the UK’s largest housing associations which manages 60,000 homes, is in talks with a contractor and materials supplier with a view to building thousands of zero-carbon homes a year. Chief Executive David Cowans said PfP’s is committing to building 5,000 homes a year by 2016, compared with 1,700 now.