City Bridge Foundation

Round One opens Monday 6 July 2026. Area : Greater London Open to: Community-led organisations working with people living in London who are most affected by climate-related harm and environmental challenges Duration: Five years Funds available: Core five-year grants ranging between £125,000 and £450,000 depending on organisational income Deadline: 12 noon on Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Climate & Environmental Justice — Round One

This City Bridge funding round supports community-led organisations working with people living in London who are most affected by climate-related harm and environmental challenges. They want to support work that addresses these immediate issues while helping communities influence longer-term systems change.

City Bridge’s Definition of Climate and Environmental Justice is:

“Climate and environmental injustice is a social justice and human rights issue shaped by wider inequalities linked to race, income, disability, migration status, age, health, and housing, among other factors. It affects people’s health, wellbeing, safety, and daily lives through extreme heat, poor housing conditions, flooding, air or water pollution, food insecurity, and limited access to green spaces”.

This funding round supports community-led organisations working with people living in London who are most affected by climate-related harm and environmental challenges.

They are offering core and flexible funding to community‑led organisations delivering climate and environmental justice work in London through one or more of the following three funding approaches:

Place-based resilience

Community‑led action addressing climate and environmental harm experienced in a specific place, location or community.

For example, supporting communities during heatwaves while working together to improve local housing and access to green spaces. Systems change could include influencing local decisions, building community power, or shifting how climate issues are understood and addressed, from within communities to wider society

Community organising and influence

Supporting communities most affected by environmental harm, and building collective power through social action, campaigning and influencing decisions.

For example, supporting communities to organise and campaign on issues such as housing, flooding and pollution. Systems change could include influencing local planning and policy decisions.

Storytelling and narrative change

Work that shifts how climate-related harm and environmental challenges are understood and addressed, starting from lived experience and local relevance, and influencing wider narratives.

For example, using storytelling to highlight the lived experiences of air pollution. Systems change could involve challenging dominant narratives and influencing how climate issues are understood, from lived experience to wider public understanding.

How to apply

The fund opend on Monday 6th July 2026 and closes on 8th September 2026

Your organisation’s income must be between £50,000 and £1.5 Million

Please take their eligibility quiz first (10 questions)

Your work must align with both of the following:

Go beyond immediate response
Contribute to longer-term systems change

and

your organisation must demonstrate that it’s community-led
that it understands, relates to, and is informed by the people it works with.

You can access further details and the eligibility quiz at:

https://www.citybridgefoundation.org.uk/funding/climate-and-environmental-justice/round-one

How much you can apply for

The total amount available for this funding round is £5.6m.

Grant amounts	Your organisation’s income
£125,000 over five years (£25,000 a year)	£50,000 to £120,000
£200,000 over five years (£40,000 a year)	£120,000 to £250,000
£300,000 over five years (£60,000 a year)	£250,000 to £750,000
£450,000 over five years (£90,000 a year)	£750,000 to £1,500,000