Ealing Council have received almost £750,000 in funding from the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to plant additional woodland in Northolt. 

Khan announced on Tuesday 18th April that he was investing £3.8 million into various projects across London to see 100,000 trees planted across the capital and 50 hectares of publicly available woodland. 

Ealing Council's Northolt Green Ring was one of the projects chosen and has been given £746,125 to help improve access to green space in a vulnerable area and improve biodiversity, despite the council committing to reducing this by voting to build a sports facility at Warren Farm. 

Cllr Deirdre Costigan, Ealing Council's Deputy Leader and cabinet member for climate action, said: "We are delighted that Ealing has secured this much-needed funding to support plans for developing Northolt Green Ring, adding to our existing active travel improvements in Northolt. 

"The funding will help us to improve connections to six parks in Northolt, whether our residents are walking, cycling or scooting, which we hope will encourage more active travel.  

"It will also allow us to make the area greener, contributing to much cleaner air, as well as add sustainable drainage to prevent flooding, supporting our climate emergency actions. 

"Finally, there will be exciting opportunities for the local community to take part in volunteering, planting, guided cycling and even walking tours." 

Ealing is one of four councils sharing the bulk of the funding of £2.55 million split between them, Haringey, Harrow, and Southwark, an additional nine projects received a share of £334,000 and a further three received part of £944,000 from the Mayor's Trees for London programme to create new areas of tree canopy cover to combat over-heating and flooding. 

Khan said: "I'm delighted to announce nearly £4m in additional funding to increase tree planting and boost our resilience to climate change across the capital. 

"Trees, green spaces and the natural environment have a critical role to play in tackling the climate and ecological emergency, and planting 100,000 new trees, including 50 hectares of new publicly accessible woodland will help make London a better, greener and safer place for everyone. 

"I'm doing all I can to boost London's climate resilience and have awarded almost £30m in funding to vital tree planting and green space projects across the capital since becoming Mayor in 2016.  

"I will continue to take bold action, particularly in the areas of the capital most vulnerable to climate change impacts."