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UNIVERSALITY OF PARKS: Diversity Park - a playground for children of all abilities
Our latest Summer of Parks spotlight shines on Diversity Park in Portstewart and showcases how they have created a play space that all children can enjoy.
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UK'S BEST PARK: South East's Best Parks as voted by you named
Find out who you named as the Best Park in the South East as well as the region's other six "Much Loved" spaces.
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UK'S BEST PARK: "Much Loved" spaces in the capital as decided by your votes revealed
Your votes have given "Much Loved" status to four parks and green spaces in the London region - discover those spaces and the regional winner.
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UK'S BEST PARK: Celebrating the East of England's Best Parks
Discover the overall winner and recipients of "Much Loved" status in the East of England region in UK's Best Park 2019.
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UNIVERSALITY OF PARKS: Ten things to consider when reviewing your local park’s accessibility
As our Summer of Parks discusses universality of parks we look at ten things to take into consideration to help a park be as accessible as it can be.
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SUMMER OF PARKS: Championing this year’s UK’s Best Parks
You cast a stunning 36,832 votes for 364 nominated parks and green spaces. Discover when and how to find out the results from the UK's Best Park 2019 award.
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ORGANISED SPORT IN PARKS: Top tips for joining organised sport in your local park
As our Summer of Parks week on organised sport in parks concludes we take a look at some tips if you're wanting to try out a new sport at your local park or green space.
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ORGANISED SPORT IN PARKS: What playing sport has given me
As Summer of Parks discusses organised sport in parks, our latest staff blog comes from Fields in Trust Wales Manager, Rhodri Edwards, who discusses how playing rugby helped shape him as a person and still provides lasting benefits.
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ORGANISED SPORT IN PARKS: A long innings
This week's Summer of Parks spotlight shines on Sherwood Cricket Club in Kent, who have used Fields in Trust protection to secure their home ground and ensure organised sporting activity in Rochester is safeguarded for future generations.
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ORGANISED SPORT IN PARKS: A to Z of organised sport in parks
This week our Summer of Parks is discussing organised sport in parks and here we take a journey from A to Z through 26 sports you may find in your local park or green space.
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PARKS AND PLAY: Not all children experience the sort of outdoor play many of us took for granted
We welcome a guest blog from Marguerite Hunter Blair, Chief Executive of Play Scotland and Fields in Trust Scotland Committee member, who discusses the importance of outdoor experiences for children's development.
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PARKS AND PLAY: Child’s play is a serious business
Our latest Summer of Parks spotlight shines on Kay Park in Kilmarnock, highlighting the work they do year-round to encourage and champion play, including their annual Playday event.
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SUMMER OF PARKS: Celebrating how much we love our local parks
With park lovers across the nation getting involved in our Summer of Parks in record numbers, we provide an update on UK's Best Park 2019 as voting enters the final ten days.
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PARKS AND PLAY: Play Must Stay
We welcome to Summer of Parks a guest blog from Mark Hardy, Chairman of the Association of Play Industries, who reflects on the importance of play and shares their latest research findings.
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PARKS AND PLAY: Play Builds Children
Our Summer of Parks discusses the importance of play for children and how we are putting it at the centre of our work.
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PARKS AND PLANNING: Effective campaigning through the planning consultation process
A look ahead to our upcoming support resource, Watch This Space, and a focus on the case of how effective campaigning helped secure River Lane Sports Pitches in King's Lynn.
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PARKS AND PLANNING: Spotlight on Pentre Felindre urban village
Our latest Summer of Parks spotlight shines on an example in south Wales, examining planning tools and legislation and considering how they can be applied to ensure new developments have sufficient parks and green spaces.
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PARKS AND PLANNING: Frequently asked questions on our Guidance for Outdoor Sport and Play
We've been advising on the amount of accessible public open space that should be provided for communities since 1927. Here we take a look at five of the most commonly asked questions we receive on our Guidance for Outdoor Sport and Play.
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NATURE IN PARKS: Memories of discovering the natural world at the local park
In our latest staff blog Terry Housden shares memories of how his local park helped him discover nature as a child.
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NATURE IN PARKS: A bee friendly Friends group
Our latest Summer of Parks spotlight shines of Sandringham Park in Wetherby and the work they are doing to increase biodiversity at the park.
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NATURE IN PARKS: Green spaces on former industrial land providing a platform for nature
With London now the world's first National Park City, our Summer of Parks takes a look at four green spaces in the north of the capital which have been rewilded and transformed from industrial sites into havens for nature.
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NATURE IN PARKS: London becomes world’s first National Park City
A look at the importance of nature in cities as London becomes the world's first National Park City.
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HERITAGE OF PARKS: Historical tour of Wales' urban parks
Our latest guest blog welcomes Glynis Shaw, a Trustee of the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust, who takes us on a journey through the history of some notable urban parks and gives some tips on researching the history of your local park.
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HERITAGE OF PARKS: Spotlight on Cedars Park
Our Summer of Parks spotlight shines on Cedars Park in Hertfordshire and its rich heritage.
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HERITAGE OF PARKS: A legacy of remembrance
Ahead of the 100 year anniversary of Peace Day, a look at some of the stories and the legacy created by our Centenary Fields programme.
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HERITAGE OF PARKS: Travis Elborough's A Walk in the Park
Travis Elborough's 'A Walk in the Park' provides a vibrant, loving history of our nation's parks and green spaces. With Summer of Parks this week looking at heritage and parks, here we publish the introduction to Travis's book
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SPORTING JOURNEYS: Memories of playing on local green space as a youngster
Our latest staff blog comes from Jamie Leeson who reflects on memories playing sport on the green spaces of Coventry growing up and how it inspires his work protecting parks and green spaces today.
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SPORTING JOURNEYS: Spotlight on Cregagh Green
Our Summer of Parks spotlight this week is Cregagh Green in Belfast, where George Best first kicked a football as a youngster and now protected in perpetuity as an Active Space.
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SUMMER OF PARKS: "A world of good"
As our Summer of Parks continues we welcome a blog from Parks and Green Spaces Minister Rishi Sunak MP, who reflects on Have a Field Day, UK's Best Park and current developments within the parks and green spaces sector.
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FRIENDS OF GROUPS: Valuing the work of Friends
In our latest staff blog, David Sharman discusses the invaluable role that Friends of groups play in our nation's parks and green spaces.
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FRIENDS OF GROUPS: Hosting Have a Field Days for communities
On Have a Field Day today, around a fifth of the 250 plus events are being organised by Friends of groups - discover some of the ways groups across the UK are celebrating.
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FRIENDS OF GROUPS: Spotlight on Friends of Newton Park
This week our Summer of Parks shines the spotlight on the Friends of Newton Park in Trafford, Greater Manchester and how their efforts resulted in the park being protected in perpetuity.
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FRIENDS OF GROUPS: Future Proof Parks
Future Proof Parks is part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund "Kick the Dust" programme, which aims to get more young people interested and involved in preserving their local heritage.
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FRIENDS OF GROUPS: Top ten tips for establishing a group
As our Summer of Parks this week champions the work being done by Friends groups across the country, our latest guest blog welcomes Sarah Royal from the National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces, who shares her tips on establishing a group.
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MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE: Enjoy your park, but take only memories and leave only footprints
In our latest staff blog our Digital & Campaigns Officer, Jamie Grubb, takes a look at the impact of litter and how we can all make our parks and green spaces nicer places for everyone this summer.
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MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE: Spotlight on Trevor Hoyte
In this week's spotlight we learn about Trevor Hoyte and his role in the maintenance and management of Rugby's parks for the benefit of the local community.
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CELEBRATING PARKS: Marking anniversaries and looking to the future
As we conclude our Summer of Parks week focused on celebrating local parks and green spaces it's all about anniversaries, with a number of parks toasting major birthdays at the moment.
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CELEBRATING PARKS: In conversation with Chris Worman MBE
As part of our Summer of Parks week celebrating parks, we chat with green space professional Chris Worman MBE.
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CELEBRATING PARKS: Spotlight on Starbank Park
As we celebrate parks and green spaces this week we turn the spotlight on Starbank Park in Edinburgh and the work of their active Friends of group.
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CELEBRATING PARKS: Parks in your pocket
This week as we celebrate parks and green spaces we take a look at some app options to download to enhance your park experience.
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FUNDING OF PARKS: Discussing guidance and support on obtaining funding
In the third staff blog of our 'Summer of Parks' our Events & Membership Officer, Shannon Newton, discusses how Fields in Trust can offer guidance and support on obtaining funding for your local park or green space.
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FUNDING OF PARKS: Six places to start your search for grant funding
An area which is often very beneficial to parks and green spaces is grant funding. Here we outline six places to start your search.
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FUNDING OF PARKS: Spotlight on Stradishall Parish Council
As we discuss the funding of parks and green spaces this week we shine the spotlight on Stradishall Parish Council and their community fundraising efforts which led to their purchase of the local playing field.
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FUNDING OF PARKS: Five Top Tips For Crowdfunding
Ian Goodman from MyParkScotland shares his five top tips for crowdfunding for your park or green space.
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FUNDING OF PARKS: A Royal Legacy
As we start our 'Summer of Parks' week discussing funding of parks and green spaces, a look back on the contribution of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh to the 'Playing Fields Movement'.
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INFORMAL COMMUNITIES: Parks bringing people together
In the second on this summer's staff blogs, Angela Lewis discusses how parks bring people together and create informal communities.
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INFORMAL COMMUNITIES: Eight ideas for your Have a Field Day
Have a Field Day is about getting out and enjoying our local parks and green spaces. Here's eight ideas for your Have a Field Day that you can also get others involved with!
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INFORMAL COMMUNITIES: Spotlight on Norman McCarley and Brynmill Park
As our Summer of Parks looks at at informal communities in parks and green spaces, we focus on one champion who has dedicated himself to bringing people together: Norman McCarley from the Friends of Brynmill Park in Swansea.
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PROVISION: The ten-minute walk and why it’s important
One of five indices in our Green Space Index measures accessibility of parks and green spaces based on the number of people not living within a ten-minute walking distance. Why is it important to measure this, and why ten-minutes?
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PROVISION: Spotlight on Islington Borough Council
An in depth look at provision in the London Borough of Islington and how they are working to protect their parks and green spaces for future generations.
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PROVISION: Compiling the Green Space Index
In our latest staff blog our Digital & Campaigns Officer, Jamie Grubb, reflects on compiling the Green Space Index and looks ahead to its future.
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SUMMER OF PARKS: What does the evidence tell us and why does it matter?
A review of the cross-cutting policy impact of parks and green spaces, as our Summer of Parks gets underway.
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SUMMER OF PARKS: Championing our green spaces this summer
Between now and mid-September, we'll be celebrating everything that we all love about our local parks and green spaces, leading discussions on the issues affecting parks and giving you plenty of opportunities to get involved along the way.
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Durban groundsman goes the extra mile for Fields in Trust
This Sunday four runners will line-up at the start of the Virgin Money London Marathon to raise money towards Fields in Trust's work to protect, support and champion green spaces for good.
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Council plans for park booking system labelled a disgrace
Fields in Trust have condemned plans by one local council to limit their residents' access to local parks by implementing a new booking system, allowing the sell-off of swathes of green space.
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PROTECT: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council securing spaces for future generations
War Memorial Park in Ballymena has become the latest space in Mid and East Antrim to be protected in perpetuity with Fields in Trust. Nine parks and green spaces across the borough are now secured for future generations.
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PROTECT: 90 years working for Northern Ireland's green spaces
Today marks 90 years of Fields in Trust’s work to protect, support and champion parks and green spaces in Northern Ireland. In the time since 29 spaces have been protected in perpetuity.
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COMMENT: Parks and Green Spaces - an invaluable asset?
In the latest of our Fields in Trust staff blogs, Policy Manager Alison McCann responds to the announcement by Secretary of State, James Brokenshire MP of £13M in additional funding for parks and green spaces.
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A Look Back On 2018
This has been a busy year for Fields in Trust and the parks and green spaces sector as a whole. Here we take a look back on some of the highlights and events of note from 2018.
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CHAMPION: One year in the life of the UK's Best Park
In our first guest blog Elaine Smith MBE, Chairman of The Friends of Stanley Park and the Salisbury Woodland, discusses one year in the life of the UK's Best Park.
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POLICY: Valuation in Practice
In the latest of our Fields in Trust staff blogs, Policy Manager Alison McCann reflects on our commissioned piece of research, Revaluing Parks and Green Spaces, from earlier this year.
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PROTECT: Reflecting on Remembrance
In our latest staff blog our Head of Programmes, Angela Lewis, looks back on the World War I commemorations and discusses the legacy our Centenary Fields programme is leaving.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Fourteen
All the stories from the final week of our Centenary Fields Legacy campaign which featured spaces from each of the four home nations.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy and the Commonwealth
Six of the spaces featured as part of Centenary Fields Legacy have links to those from Commonwealth countries who fought for and with the British Army in World War I.
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COMMENT: Prevention is better than cure
Alison McCann responds to the publication of the new NHS strategy which focuses on prevention.
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PROTECT: Spaces across the UK marking Armistice centenary
Centenary Fields across the UK will be holding remembrance events this week to mark the centenary of the end of World War I.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Thirteen
A round-up of all the stories from the thirteenth week of Centenary Fields Legacy, which featured spaces which are or include memorials to the fallen.
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PROTECT: Telling the stories of the Centenary Fields Legacy
Ahead of the conclusion of our Centenary Fields Legacy campaign in our latest staff blog our Digital & Campaigns Officer, Jamie Grubb, looks back on putting the campaign together and reflects on some of the stories it has told.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Twelve
As we move to within a fortnight of the centenary of the Armistice, this week our Centenary Fields Legacy campaign featured spaces covering the length and breadth of the UK – from Cornwall to the Highlands and from Norfolk to Antrim.
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COMMENT: Budget 2018 - investing in our parks and green spaces
In our latest staff blog Fields in Trust's Policy Manager, Alison McCann, looks ahead to Monday's Budget statement and the importance of supporting parks and green spaces to achieve multiple policy agendas.
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PROTECT: Securing our memorial spaces in perpetuity
As we approach the centenary of the Armistice, in our latest staff blog our Head of Programmes, Angela Lewis, discusses our Centenary Fields programme and the importance of ensuring our memorial spaces remain protected in perpetuity.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Eleven
This week our Centenary Fields Legacy campaign passed its three-quarter mark, meaning there are now over 70 stories on our interactive map of spaces which are protected forever.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Ten
As our Centenary Fields Legacy campaign moves into its final month, this week all the spaces featured served the ongoing war effort by a variety of means.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Nine
The completion of the ninth week of our Centenary Fields Legacy programme means that 100 years ago the Great War was just five weeks from its conclusion.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Eight
This week our Centenary Fields Legacy campaign passed its half-way point, marking 50 days since the start of the 100 Days Offensive a century ago.
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PROTECT: Kensington Memorial Park marks mid-point of Centenary Fields Legacy
Today our Centenary Fields Legacy campaign reaches its mid-point by featuring Kensington Memorial Park. It was at this space two years ago that Fields in Trust’s President, HRH The Duke of Cambridge unveiling a Centenary Fields plaque.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Seven
It is estimated that around 70 million military personnel were mobilised during World War I with around 20 million deaths and a further 21 million wounded as a direct result of the conflict.
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PROTECT: Parks protected in perpetuity to support community activities
Four UK parks are set to benefit from £100,000 of investment which will encourage local people to get active in their local park. Capital grants from The London Marathon Charitable Trust have been awarded through the Active Spaces programme.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Six
Remembrance is much more than just 11am on Sunday 11th November each year, and as our Centenary Fields Legacy campaign is showing, marking the events of 100 years ago can take many forms.
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COMMENT: Creating a healthy, happy environment to live
Frequent use of parks and green spaces is good for you, fact. But how many of us visit these free to use spaces on a regular basis?
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Five
Many acts of memorial to those who fought and fell in World War I were carried out in the years that immediately followed the end of conflict, with the personalities who didn't return still in the memories of those they left behind.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Four
With the fourth week of our Centenary Fields Legacy programme now complete the interactive map is starting to fill up with spaces all across the UK protected in perpetuity in memory of the millions who lost their lives during World War I.
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PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Three
The third week of Centenary Fields Legacy has featured seven spaces with contemporary links to World War I.
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CHAMPION: Engaging young people with heritage parks
Fields in Trust has partnered with green space charity, Groundwork and The National Youth Agency, to launch 'Future Proof Parks', a £900k National Lottery-funded programme that will support Friends of parks groups and local young people
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