18 May High Streets for All Challenge and Future Neighbourhoods 2030
The BID is applying for two funding opportunities this May, as we focus on our new Public Realm Vision and creating a resilient, inclusive and greener Hammersmith.
The High Streets for All Challenge Fund, supported by the Greater London Authority, would give the BID additional resource, to allow us to enhance the public spaces of Hammersmith and utilise neglected high street buildings in innovative ways. This funding would support improvements in air quality, making public space more accessible, and increasing the presence of outdoor space, seating, and lighting around the town centre.
The Mayor’s Future Neighbourhoods 2030 programme is a strategy that would support the development of Hammersmith as a ‘Future Neighbourhood’ over the next three years. In particular, it aims to tackle air pollution and improve public health.
These funding pools have both emerged in line with the Green New Deal put forward by the London Recovery board, which aims to re-build the city in a healthier, greener, and more inclusive way in our emergence from COVID-19.
The BID’s Public Realm Director Livia Caruso said: “At the BID, we are committed to investing in our Public Realm, and we are developing an integrated, green Public Realm Vision to support our approach and to involve our many stakeholders and partners. To successfully gain additional funding from the GLA will be a huge boost to our ambitions”.
The BID has submitted funding applications for both programmes this month, and hopes to be awarded investment that will be used to support our work.