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Chrisie Byrne - An Appreciation

We were incredibly sad to hear that Chrisie Byrne has passed away. Chrisie was a force of nature - a tireless and tenacious campaigner for her community and a huge supporter of our work at Fields in Trust.

HRH The Prince of Wales hosts Reimagining Green Spaces Roundtable

Fields in Trust President, HRH The Prince of Wales, hosted a roundtable yesterday afternoon at which industry leaders discussed how green spaces can help tackle key challenges facing communities now and in the future.

Haringey green space wins special UK's Favourite Parks award

The final award as part of UK's Favourite Parks 2022 recognises the Queen Elizabeth II Field to have received the most votes from the public earlier this summer.

Blackpool’s Stanley Park is a National Treasure

The winner of England's Favourite Park 2022 was Blackpool's art deco Stanley Park, the third time it has won the national title for England and giving it the coveted status of an English National Treasure.

Your UK’s Favourite Parks 2022 revealed

You voted for your UK's Favourite Parks in your tens of thousands and we're delighted to announce the winners.

Recognising five ways our UK's Favourite Parks nominees support our mental health

In recognition of the important role of all our nation's parks for our final weekly update we are celebrating all 364 nominated parks and the ways they support our mental health.

UK's Favourite Parks nominees in the footsteps of Lionesses

With just two weeks of voting for UK's Favourite Parks remaining time is running out to help a park you love be named amongst the nation's favourites.

UK's Favourite Park nominees making a move in the last seven days

As voting reaches the half-way stage, here are the ten parks who've been making a move in the last week.

UK's Favourite Park nominees you're making a song about this week

We put the spotlight on the ten UK's Favourite Parks nominees you've really been making a song about with your votes over the last seven days.

Levelling up access to parks to mitigate public health emergencies

At the start of a week in which the value of our nation's parks will once again be in the spotlight our Chief Executive, Helen Griffiths, writes about the importance of parks to support public health.

UK’s Favourite Parks 2022 'Fastest Starters' revealed

You have already been voting in your thousands for parks across the UK which are close to your hearts. We can now reveal the ten parks who receive our first weekly recognition, as the 'fastest starters' in the public vote.