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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
PROTECT: Centenary Fields Legacy Week Three
The third week of Centenary Fields Legacy has featured seven spaces with contemporary links to World War I.
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