We’re excited to have Glasgow City Council join our national street tree sponsorship scheme. This partnership will make it easier for residents, businesses and community groups to sponsor new street tree planting in their neighbourhoods.
And with penalty charge income from Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone part-funding the pilot scheme, it will now be more attainable to become a street tree sponsor in Glasgow and make a positive change to their local area.
Councillor Angus Millar, City Convener for Climate said:
“Tree planting is an ongoing priority for the council and this partnership with Trees for Streets will complement this wider work. By sponsoring a street tree, you’ll be helping to create greener neighbourhoods and play a part in the city’s response to the climate crisis.
Using the Trees for Streets’ interactive map, residents can choose to sponsor a new street tree near their home or in the wider neighbourhood. We also welcome sponsorship from businesses who are looking to create a lasting impact in their local communities. Support is also available from Trees for Streets to organise a crowdfunding campaign to green an entire street.
Sponsoring a street tree is a great way to make our neighbourhoods greener, more pleasant places to live and can create a real sense of neighbourhood connection. I would urge residents and businesses to look at this new scheme and consider planting a tree in a place that’s important to them.
We also know that more trees can help mitigate weather extremes by absorbing pollution and capturing carbon, as well as providing shelter and habitats for birds, pollinators and other wildlife.
This latest venture continues to ensure that penalties collected through the city’s Low Emission Zone are poured back into local communities. Combined with £732,000 already committed to community-led environment projects and a further £165,000 to green the city centre with tree planters, almost £1million of LEZ income is being invested into Glasgow, meaning we can deliver both cleaner air and greener streets in the city centre and beyond.”
WHY ARE street trees important?
Street trees do so much for us:
- improve air quality by acting like natural filters
- capture carbon dioxide and produce oxygen
- absorb air pollution
- improve our health and wellbeing – both physically and mentally
- provide a home for wildlife
- protect us from flooding
- create shading and cooling – so important in towns and cities
- make the neighbourhoods where we live that bit nicer
Carrie Hume, Projects Director at Trees for Streets, says:
“Trees breathe life into streets. They simply transform neighbourhoods, making places more beautiful whilst helping people shelter from the sun and have real connections with nature on their doorstep.
We are pleased to be working with Glasgow City Council supported by funds from the LEZ scheme to bring the national street tree sponsorship scheme into the streets of Glasgow and so aid their ambition for more trees across Glasgow. We look forward to empowering communities and businesses to bring about new investment in their streets.”
How does it work?
The Trees for Streets online app makes it easy for anyone to sponsor a tree in their neighbourhood by making a request to their local council, empowering people to take an active role in greening their streets.
Residents can choose to sponsor a tree in their street or in their neighbourhood. The council then checks if the location is suitable, and if it is, arrangements are made to plant a tree the following winter – the best time to plant young trees to ensure they grow and thrive.
STREET TREE SPONSORSHIP IN THREE EASY STEPS
01
Decide on the location
02
Your local council confirms
03
Your tree is planted
Join us
To sponsor a tree, visit sponsor.treesforstreets.org/provider/glasgow-city-council
If you live somewhere else, then just search to see whether your council is running a scheme.
