Idea submission is now closed.

The City of London is excited to announce the launch of the 2024 Neighbourhood Decision Making program. Through this program, Londoners can submit ideas to improve their local neighbourhood for a chance to make their idea a reality. New this year, the program has been enhanced to further improve equity and participation, building on the record-setting number of idea submissions in 2023.

Program enhancements include expanded engagement strategies with additional support for idea submission, updated geographic boundaries for better population distribution, and a revised voting process allowing residents to vote for one larger idea and up to three smaller ideas.

A total of $250,000 is available through the program to enhance neighbourhoods across the city. Individual projects can receive up to $30,000 in funding. Some examples of project ideas include community art, neighbourhood events, public ping pong or chess tables, bike parking and tree planting, to name a few. Londoners are encouraged to submit their own project ideas, big or small, since they know their neighbourhoods best!

About the program

Residents know the needs of their neighbourhoods better than anyone. They're the ones with great ideas to help make their neighbourhood stronger, safer, connected and vibrant. Many neighbourhoods can benefit from things like community events, a playground upgrade or outdoor exercise equipment. But some ideas need a bit of cash to come to life.

That’s why the City of London created the Neighbourhood Decision Making program, where residents submit their ideas and get to vote on which ideas they want to see come to life. That’s what makes this program special -- the community gets to decide!

Neighbourhood Decision Making allows residents to be involved in making their neighbourhood a better place to live, while connecting with their neighbours and engaging in their municipal government.

Through this program, a total of $250,000 is available to enhance neighbourhoods across the city. Individual neighbourhood projects can receive up to $30,000 to be implemented.