Place Environmental Rejuvenation Programme
The Place Environmental Rejuvenation Programme (PERP) is funded by Hammersmith & Fulham Council and supports tenants’ and residents associations and other resident groups to transform public spaces on estates, at small blocks and sheltered housing schemes, so they are greener, safer and benefit the local community.
Applications for improvements can include, but are not limited to:
- landscaping (gardens, seating areas, fencing, planting, art features)
- designing out anti-social behaviour
- play areas and ball courts
- a food growing project
- green roof or sustainable drainage project
- biodiversity and wildlife features
Please note, PERP can’t fund CCTV, entry phone systems, repairs/improvements to buildings or private gardens. This is because these sorts of improvements add additional ongoing costs for all residents.
Each proposed bid can be for a maximum of £75,000. Projects are delivered through our approved contractor.
How to apply
Funding bids and allocation of project funding takes place once a year and the opportunity to submit a bid opens on Tuesday 13 February 2024.
As part of your application, please describe the area you want improve and your ideas in a few short sentences. You can include relevant images, diagrams and maps to support your application as well as any details from the TRA meetings when you discussed the proposals.
Please contact us if you would prefer the application form in another format.
When is the closing date?
The final date to submit the application is 5pm on Sunday 16 March 2025.
Applications received after this date won’t be considered.
If I’ve submitted before, can I submit again?
If you’ve been successful in achieving PERP funding you need to wait a minimum of two years from the date the funding was awarded to be able to apply again. If you submitted an application in previous years that was turned down, you are welcome to re-submit again as soon as the bidding window opens.
Neighbourhood Improvement Projects
Neighbourhood Improvement Projects are for works to community spaces on council housing land to improve the environment of the estate, block, or sheltered housing scheme for all residents.
You can bid for a wide range of improvement works where the expenditure results in buying, building or improving fixed assets up to the value of £40,000 per bid.
The fund cannot be used for maintenance, replacement or repairs, for improvement to individual properties, or for wages or running costs.
Some examples of improvement works eligible for funding applications are:
- fixed playground or gym equipment
- improvement works to existing communal gardens, including shrubs, planting and garden furniture (not maintenance)
- fences, railings and gates (but not to individual dwellings) and must be part of wider greening improvements
- landscaping, re-wilding, surface urban drainage and increasing biodiversity in H&F
- green roofs
- trees and hedgerow planting
- play areas
- outdoor gyms.
All council housing residents can apply either through their Tenants and Residents Association (TRA) or by a smaller group of residents acting on behalf of their block, street, or sheltered housing scheme.
Where there is no active representation, your housing officer can submit a bid. In all cases, evidence of consultation and support for the proposal needs to be provided.
How to apply
Funding applications can be made throughout the year.
As part of your application, please describe the area you want improve and your ideas in a few short sentences. You can include relevant images, diagrams and maps to support your application as well as any details from the TRA meetings when you discussed the proposals.
Please contact us if you would need the application form in another format.
You can email your completed application to GetInvolved@lbhf.gov.uk
What's next?
Once an application is received it will be reviewed by the Housing Resident Involvement Team who will check that the application meets the criteria for PERP or NIP funding and they will carry out shortlisting.
The Housing Resident Involvement Team will advise all bidders on the outcome of their bid.
Shortlisted bids will then be presented to the resident-led Investment Group who will assess the merits of each application and make the final funding decisions. PERP bidders are encouraged to present their ideas directly to the Investment Group, but it is not compulsory.
If a bid is awarded funding, the Resident Involvement Team will work with the Tenant’s & Resident’s Association or group, as well as the wider community to carry out a consultation to get ideas for the final design. The Resident Involvement Team will work with residents at every stage of the project. We encourage residents to help maintain improvements afterwards, for example, through gardening clubs.
Contact us
Contact the resident involvement team on 020 8753 6652 or email GetInvolved@lbhf.gov.uk
