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A new £50m Lottery-funded grant programme called Community Spaces was launched last week. The Community Spaces programme will provide grants and support to community groups wanting to make their neighbourhoods cleaner and greener. Community Spaces will help local people improve and create play areas, community gardens, parks, wildlife areas, ponds, courts, village greens and churchyards.

Community Spaces is funded through the Big Lottery Fund and will make grants of between £10,000 and £49,999 and some limited grants of up to £450,000. The small and medium grants will be available until January 2011. Applications for the large and flagship grants will be open from summer 2008.

Not-for-profit community groups based in England are eligible to apply, including church-based and faith groups. Projects must be within two miles of a residential area and open to the public.

For further information about Community Spaces, and to find out how to apply, telephone 0845 3671 671 or visit www.community-spaces.org.uk .