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CHAMPION: Thousands enjoy Have a Field Day fun in the sun

An estimated 30,000 park lovers across the country enjoyed a fun filled day at the park on Have a Field Day on Saturday 7th July. Hundreds of events took place right across the UK from small community picnics to large parties and fetes.

PROTECT: Local MP unveils latest Centenary Fields plaque in Lancashire

Brindle Community Hall and its surrounding recreational land became the fifth space protected in Lancashire as part of the Centenary Fields programme last weekend.

CHAMPION: Have a Field Day and celebrate the UK’s parks and green spaces

Thousands of people, in hundreds of communities across the UK, will come together this weekend to celebrate local parks and green spaces as part of Have a Field Day on Saturday 7th July.

CHAMPION: Explore your local green space with Go Jauntly

Fields in Trust are delighted to be partnering with Go Jauntly, an app which helps everyone discover local walks and adventures.

POLICY: Don’t let the sun set on our parks

On the first day of summer, the UK's political leaders were asked to champion the UK's parks and green spaces.

GREEN SPACES FOR GOOD: Establishing a new corporate strategy and identity

Fields in Trust's new logo has been public since we launched our new strategy last month, so it is timely to examine the reasons why we reviewed and updated our visual identity and branding.

PROTECT: Continuing the King George's Fields Foundation legacy

16th July marks the 80th anniversary of the legal protection of The King George V Playing Field at Sonning in Berkshire in 1938.

CHAMPION: Saying thank you to green space guardians this Volunteers’ Week

As this year’s Volunteers’ Week draw to a close, here at Fields in Trust we want to say our thank you to those green space guardians who go the extra mile for our nation’s parks and green spaces.

POLICY: Revaluing Parks and Green Spaces in Wales and Scotland

Earlier this month we launched “Revaluing Parks and Green Spaces” our innovative research measuring the economic and wellbeing value that parks and green spaces contribute to individuals.

CENTENARY FIELDS: Remembering the past, protecting the future

In the latest in our series of blogs, Fields in Trust Development Manager, Terry Housden, writes about the work of our Centenary Fields programme protecting war memorial parks and their legacies from a century ago.

CENTENARY FIELDS: Birch Gardens latest space in Staffordshire protected

Birch Gardens in Leek has become the latest space in Staffordshire protected as part of the Centenary Fields programme.

RESEARCH: New research shows UK parks and green spaces generate over £34 billion of health and wellbeing benefits

New research from Fields in Trust demonstrate that parks and green spaces across the United Kingdom provide people with over £34 billion of health and wellbeing benefits.