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- Social Prescribing Day 2022
- “Nature For Everyone” campaign launch
- National Federation of Parks & Greenspaces Newsletter – December 2021
- New NFPGS/PCUK path-breaking report shares key findings from the “Better Friends” strength checker tool – discover the current state of Friends of Parks & greenspace groups in 2021!
- Free “Greenspaces for Mental Health” guide released
- Community empowerment in green spaces
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- Liverpool City Council makes pioneering commitment to protect all parks and green spaces forever
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- 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
- 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
- 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”
- The coronavirus public health crisis – what we can all do?
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How To Guides
- Effective greenspace programmes for mental health
- Getting young people involved in green space volunteering - 7 free guides
- Six important policy documents for Friends Groups - free to download!
- How to campaign to save your park or green space
- Management Plans - how are they helpful?
- Improve relationships with user groups who share your green space
- Events in London's Parks: The Friends' perspective
- Festivals and events in our parks; a money generator but is it a step too far?
- Online communication tools for Friends Groups
- 8 tips to create a successful Friends Group
- Are you a key part of the decision-making process for your green space?
- Fundraising Guide For Community Groups
- How to promote your group and park: a helpful guide from the London Friends of Green Spaces network.
- Greenspace Partnership Working between Friends Groups and Landowners and Managers
- Making our groups stronger and more diverse
- Setting up a Friends' Forum
- Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
- Bromley Park Friends Toolkit
- What is community empowerment and how can we make it happen?
- A month by month guide to looking after the wildlife on your green space
- Nesting & Nest Boxes
- Wildlife surveys - benefits and advice
- Coppicing trees and shrubs
- Ancient Woodland Tree Management
- Arranging an event
- How to do a radio interview
- How to run a BioBlitz
- Setting up a Friends of Parks group
- Identifying trees
- Good practice when promoting your activities and your group
- Helping Bumblebees Thrive on Your Site
- How to Set Up and Maintain a Community Group for your local Park or Green Space
- A guide to producing green space and park management plans
- Tree Surgery
- Growing trees and shrubs from seed
- Using images to promote your park or green space
- Running wildlife activities at public events
- Plants For Encouraging Butterflies
- Top pollinator-friendly plants for your park
- Trees for different locations
- What Does A Tree Warden Do?
- A list of inspiring events Friends Groups can put on!
- Running an event in your park? What are your legal obligations?
- Ensuring your event is accessible
- Protecting Bats : what can you do?
- Running A Guided Walk
- Licencing and Permissions Needed For An Event
- Promoting Your Park
- Pond Dipping
- Insurance - we look at the different types and whether you need it
- Common Landscape and Tree Management Tasks
- Bog gardens
- Benefits of Joining a Green Space Forum in Your Area
- Friends Group Forums - Good for Green Space Groups & Local Authorities
- Free Sample Constitution For Download
- Holding an Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Opening a bank account for voluntary and community organisations
- Using Excel to keep your financial records
- The Benefits of Volunteering
- Funding - Tips for Success
- Applying for grant funding
- Sample Meeting Agenda
- What Makes an Effective Chairperson?
- Management of a pond and surrounding area
- How to be an effective secretary
- Applying for a grant for a big project
- Sources of funding
- Plants for Ponds
- How to be an effective treasurer
- Landfill trust funding
- 10 steps to improve the quality of your environmental grant applications
- Using boundary space to enhance your green space
- Green roofs
- Wild Flower Meadows
- Tips and dates for planning practical conservation work in parks and green spaces
- Turf seats
- Free Template for a Friends' Forum Constitution
Case Studies
- Green Social Prescribing (GSP) - what is it and could it be an opportunity for volunteer Friends Groups?
- Having a Management Plan allows ambitious partnership working to flourish - Friends of Troopers Hill, Bristol
- 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 Parks Community UK
- Building a network: Birmingham Open Spaces Forum
- Friends of Central Park dog show
- Dukes Meadows: Local people organise together to save their park
- Disused wasteland transformed into Meadow Orchard
- Saving Turn Moss from non-community use development
- Defeating a “land Grab” and making a green space an "Asset of Community Value" - Friends of Wandsworth Park
- Woodcock Park Mural - from eyesore to local landmark
- Green Tides: Adur and Worthing Green Spaces Partnership
- A successful cricket fun day raises the profile of Hackney Downs and its user group (HUG)
Groups
- Wandle Valley Forum
- Stockport Greenspace Forum
- Thurrock Parks Friends
- Tower Hamlets Friends of Parks and Green Spaces Forum
- Wakefield Voluntary Parks and Open Spaces
- Walsall Friends Groups Network
- Waltham Forest Friends of Parks
- Wandsworth Parks Forum
- York Natural Environment Trust
- Perton & South Staffordshire
- Plymouth Friends of Parks Groups
- Preston Parks Groups Forum
- Poole Parks Forum
- Reading Econet
- Redbridge Parks Forum
- Richmond Parks Forum
- Sandwell Parks Forum
- Sefton Friends Groups Forum
- Sheffield Green Space Forum
- South Gloucestershire Green Spaces Forum
- South Staffs Friends Groups Network
- South Tyneside Green Space Forum
- Southampton Friends of Parks Forum
- Southwark Friends of Parks Groups
- London Friends of Green Spaces Network
- Luton Friends of Parks and Green Spaces Forum
- Trafford Parks and Green Spaces Forum
- Medway Urban Parks and Green Spaces Forum
- Independent Merton Green Spaces Forum
- Natural Basingstoke
- Nottingham Open and Green Spaces Forum
- Pendle Parks Groups Forum
- Hyndburn Green Spaces Forum
- Islington Friends of Parks Groups
- Kent Friends of Parks Groups
- Kirklees Wildlife and Landscape Partnership
- Lambeth Friends of Parks Forum
- Lancaster Green Spaces Forum
- Leeds Parks and Green Spaces Forum
- Lewisham Green Spaces Forum
- Liverpool Parks Friends Forum
- Hounslow Friends Forum
- Hackney Parks Forum
- Haringey Friends of Parks Forum
- Harrow Parks Forum
- Havering Parks Forum
- Horsham Forum
- Glasgow Friends of Parks Forum
- Greenwich Parks Friends Forum
- Friends of Greenwood Community Forum
- Enfield Friends Consortium
- Edinburgh Green Spaces Forum
- Dudley Open Spaces Forum
- Doncaster Green Space Network
- Coventry Green Space and Heritage Forum
- Croydon Parks, Woodlands, and Greenspaces Forum
- Cambridgeshire Green Spaces Network
- Camden Friends Groups
- Bromsgrove and Redditch Open Spaces
- Cardiff Friends Forum
- Friends Forum of Bromley Parks and Green Spaces
- Bristol Parks Forum
- Brent Parks Forum
- Bradford Parks Forum
- Wirral Parks Forum
- Bath Friends of Parks Groups
- Barnet Green Spaces Forum
- Bury Parks and Open Spaces Users Forum
- Association of Manchester Open Spaces Societies (AMOSS)
- Newcastle Parks Forum
- North West Parks Friends Forum
- Friends of Woodcock Park
- Friends of Wandsworth Park
- Friends of Turn Moss
- Meadow Orchard Project
- Dukes Meadows Trust
- Friends of Central Park
- Birmingham Open Spaces Forum
- Friends of Lordship Recreation Ground
- Brighton and Hove Green Spaces Forum (BHGSF)
- Green Tides (Adur and Worthing Green Spaces Partnership)
- Seaford Community Garden at 'The Crouch'
- Friends of Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve
- Peacehaven Community Garden and Orchard
- Friends of Broadwaters Park
- Greenhavens Network
- Sunderland Green and Open Spaces Forum
- Friends of Hednesford Park
- Friends of Edgbaston Reservoir
- Warley Woods Community Trust
- Stirchley Fruit and Nut Village
- Friends of Latchmere Recreation Ground (FoLaR)
- Friends of Troopers Hill (FoTH)
