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<\/p>\nTHE Port of London Authority has unveiled a new \u00a3175,000 fund to support community-based environmental projects along the tidal Thames.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new Environment Fund follows on from a fund which the PLA has\u00a0operated\u00a0for 5 years, during which time it has backed 26 projects with \u00a3180,000 of funding. Last year, \u00a350,000 went to support six environmental projects.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Building on the success of that fund, the PLA has launched a new, bigger, more ambitious fund with a 250% increase in support available for environmental projects, across three categories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Environmental\u00a0Improvement\u00a0Programme\u00a0with \u00a3100,000 available. This is a fund to support environmental improvement programmes that can make a strategic difference\u00a0to the tidal Thames.\u00a0\u00a0Local Environment Champions\u00a0with \u00a350,000 available. This is a fund to back and empower community groups making a difference to their local environment.\u00a0Tidal Tributaries Stewardship Fund\u00a0with \u00a325,000 available. This is a fund to support groups dedicated to caring for tributaries of the tidal Thames.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a result of the PLA’s\u00a0status as a trust port \u2013 meaning\u00a0it\u00a0reinvests\u00a0all\u00a0the money\u00a0it\u00a0makes\u00a0to care for the tidal Thames and its communities\u00a0\u2013\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0able to\u00a0commit this significant\u00a0extra\u00a0funding to enhance and improve the local environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Grace Rawnsley, Director of Sustainability\u00a0at the PLA, said:\u00a0“We want a clean, thriving, resilient tidal Thames and have big ambitions to work towards that aim. To help us, we are\u00a0reinvesting\u00a0all the money we make back into caring for the river and supporting the communities who live and work along it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0“We\u00a0are\u00a0pushing\u00a0for net zero emissions\u00a0on the river, capturing opportunities for renewable energy, and boosting biodiversity.\u00a0Last year we led a project to remove five million wet wipes from the banks of the river in West London, clearing away the so-called wet wipe island.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0“There is more work to do and so\u00a0I’m\u00a0delighted to unveil our new Environment Fund with a 250% increase in funding.\u00a0\u00a0This will help community-based projects to make meaningful and lasting changes to the environment.\u00a0I’m\u00a0also particularly excited that, for the first time, we will have a fund dedicated to supporting the tributaries that feed into the river.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
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