Transforming towns and cities for people and nature
Explore how we are supporting places across the UK, helping them plan for a greener, thriving future through our accreditation scheme, and with capacity building grants awarded in July 2025.
Discover our Nature Towns and Cities
Demonstrates commitment to improve nature and green space across whole towns or cities
Helps places to spot and develop new funding opportunities for future work
Highlights good leadership and the building of effective partnerships
Encourages organisations to engage with diverse communities
We are supporting towns and cities across the UK to transform urban landscapes for people and nature. Places who have achieved official “Nature Town” or “Nature City” status through our accreditation scheme have shown their commitment to making sure the benefits of nature can be enjoyed by all of their communities.
Building capacity in towns and cities
An investment of £15.5m across the UK to improve and create accessible green spaces, streets and neighbourhoods
Working to benefit millions of people living in urban neighbourhoods in the UK over the next decade
Enabling much needed capacity growth within local government and partners
Supporting the vision to improve thousands of green spaces for communities and wildlife
To help build much-needed capacity in towns and cities, grants (made available by The National Lottery Heritage Fund), have now been awarded. This £15.5m investment will support places across the UK to improve and create accessible green spaces, streets and neighbourhoods.
40 towns and cities (in 19 urban partnerships) will receive grants from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, from Portsmouth to Bradford in England, to Fife in Scotland, Torfaen in Wales, and Belfast in Northern Ireland. These places have been selected following a rigorous application and assessment process which started in autumn 2024, with work now able to get underway to deliver those plans for people and nature.