Parks Community UK took part in a fantastic parks and green spaces event last month organised by Nesta and the Future Parks Accelerator – ‘Rethinking the Future of Parks’. The event was recorded and has now been edited into handy bitesize chunks with sessions covering income/funding, community involvement, smart parks as well as looking at future innovations for our parks.
12 Nov 2020
News
Can parks serve our every need?
An interesting visualisation from Your Back Yard in Leeds, showing a “Hierarchy of Need(ing Parks) which we think is very useful and worth sharing more widely.
21 Oct 2020
Free membership of TCV
Free membership of TCV (The Conservation Volunteers) offered until the end of 2020 for all Friends Groups.
13 Oct 2020
New network calls on government to deliver truly green recovery
New network calls on government to deliver truly green recovery post-COVID. As we emerge from the pandemic, we have the opportunity to make parks and green spaces a central part of the nation’s economic and social recovery. We need to recognise their role in improving public health, addressing climate change and reversing biodiversity loss.
17 Sept 2020
People want fairer, greener Britain after Covid
A new cross-party government consultation finds people want fairer, greener Britain after Covid, People felt more connected to nature after lockdown and they wanted Government to prioritise giving everyone access to green spaces. people like to be connected to their neighbourhoods and wanted more time to volunteer.
17 Sept 2020
New forum aims to help protect Horsham’s green spaces
A new Friends Group forum in Sussex aims to help protect Horsham’s green spaces. It was created in response to possible development at Rookwood Golf Course.
10 Sept 2020
Events in London’s Parks: The Friends’ perspective
A new report with extensive contributions from London Friends of Parks groups has been released, looking at the increasing use of London’s Parks and green spaces for events. The report has an introduction by Dave Morris chair of the National Federation of Parks and Greenspaces.
July 14 2020
Festivals and events in our parks; a money generator but is it a step too far?
Events taking place in open green spaces generate useful money for Councils, but local communities can be significantly disadvantaged. Research as park of the Festspace project looks into this contentious issue.
2 July 2020
Free nature activity packs to help with #homeschooling during the pandemic from Fields in Trust
We are entering into the seventh week of #lockdown as we all work together to try to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. There are 8 different activities on offer and all are free for dowload from Fields in Trust.
6 May 2020.
Communities secretary says 340 parks now reopened in time for fifth weekend of lockdown: “People Need Parks”
Communities secretary says 340 parks now reopened in time for fifth weekend of lockdown: “People Need Parks”
25 April 2020.
