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- Category: Case Studies - ideas to inspire people to take action
- Having a Management Plan allows ambitious partnership working to flourish – Friends of Troopers Hill, Bristol
- Safe volunteering as lockdown begins to lift
- How can Friends groups stay effective in a pandemic? We share some fantastic examples from around the UK
- Consulting with the community and developing a master plan – Latchmere Rec, Kingston upon Thames
- Restoring and managing a historic ‘People’s Park’ – Warley Woods Community Trust, Sandwell, West Midlands
- Creating a network of community orchards and forest gardens – Fruit and Nut Village, Stirchley, Birmingham
- Protecting a historic reservoir – Friends of Edgbaston Reservoir, Birmingham
- Engaging the generations – Friends of Hednesford Park, Cannock, West Midlands
- Restoration of 13th Century mill – Friends of Broadwaters, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire
- From an anti-social to a social space – Friends of East Rugby Group, Rugby
- Bringing together community groups to work with other stakeholders – Greenhavens Network, Sussex
- How to set up a Forum and some advice for creating a Friends Group – Sunderland Green and Open Spaces Forum
- Community engagement and partnership working – Green Tides (Adur and Worthing Green Spaces Partnership)
- Providing a hub for groups to come together – Brighton and Hove Green Spaces Forum
- Community-led regeneration and co-management of a major urban park – Lordship Rec, Haringey
- Community Empowerment Conference for parkscommunityuk
- Building a network: Birmingham Open Spaces Forum
- Friends of Central Park dog show
- Dukes Meadows: Local people organise together to save their park
- Tree Care at Meadow Orchard
- Saving Turn Moss from non-community use development
- Defeating a “land Grab” – Friends of Wandsworth Park
- Woodcock Park Mural – from eyesore to local landmark
- Green Tides: Adur and Worthing Green Spaces Partnership
- What can be achieved by organising a cricket fun day.
- Category: Community Development
- Category: Community Involvement
- Category: Constitutions & Governance
- Category: Environmental Projects
- Category: Funding
- Festivals and events in our parks; a money generator but is it a step too far?
- Fundraising Guide For Community Groups
- Funding – Tips for Success
- Applying for grant funding
- Applying for a grant for a big project
- Sources of funding
- Landfill trust funding
- Steps to successful environmental grant applications
- Category: How To
- Category: Latest
- Category: Managing Finances
- Category: Nature and Ecology Activities
- Category: News
- “Friends United”
- Enjoy inspiring talks from ‘Rethinking the Future of Parks’
- Can parks serve our every need?
- Free membership of TCV
- New network calls on government to deliver truly green recovery
- People want fairer, greener Britain after Covid
- New forum aims to help protect Horsham’s green spaces
- Free nature activity packs to help with #homeschooling during the pandemic from Fields in Trust
- Communities secretary says 340 parks now reopened in time for fifth weekend of lockdown: “People Need Parks”
- Online communication tools for Friends Groups
- The coronavirus public health crisis – what we can all do?
- Can you help us with some feedback?
- We are now on Twitter!
- Category: Other resources
- Category: Park & Green Space Management
- Management Plans – how are they helpful?
- Greenspace Partnership Working between Friends Groups and Landowners and Managers
- A guide to producing green space and park management plans
- Maintaining Land
- Bog gardens
- Management of a pond and surrounding area
- Plants for Ponds
- Fencing
- Wild Flower Meadows
- Tips for planning practical conservation work in parks and green spaces
- Turf seats
- Category: Publicity, Marketing, Media
- Category: Running Events
- Category: Running your group
- Category: Setting up a Friends' Forum
- Category: Starting a Friends Group
- Category: Tree Management
- Category: Volunteers
- Category: Wildlife