It helps local community groups create or improve green and open spaces for the benefit of local people. The scheme is managed by the charity, Groundwork UK, which builds healthy and safe environments for local communities.

How much is on offer: The total fund is £50m. Small grants are worth between £10,000 and £25,000, medium grants are between £25,001 and £49,999, large grants are between £50,000 and £100,000, and flagship grants range from £100,001 to £450,000.

What it will fund: Community Spaces will fund improvements to green and open spaces, including play areas, community gardens, parks, city farms, wildlife areas, ponds, village greens, kick-about areas and pathways. The main aims of the scheme are to give more interesting places for children to play, safer places for people to sit and greener spaces where people and nature can grow and flourish.

Who can apply: Grants are on offer to not-for-profit community groups that run projects within a two-mile radius of residential areas and are open to the public most of the time. This means the project or space must be available to the public free of charge for at least six days a week. Projects must also either improve local environments, increase people's access to quality local spaces, increase the amount of people involved in developing and running an environmental project in their community, or improve partnerships between support organisations, communities and authorities.

Who it has funded: This is a new grants scheme yet to make any awards.

How to apply: Visit www.community-spaces.org.uk.