PROTECT: Dundee students raising funds to support protection of local spaces
Work to protect parks and green spaces for good in Dundee received a boost recently thanks to the fundraising efforts of students at the city’s Morgan Academy.
POLICY: People need parks
Following the release of new research relating to parks and green spaces over recent days, in our latest blog Helen Griffiths gives her thoughts on the findings and reflects on the importance of acting on them now.
Fields in Trust: Protecting Parks for 95 years
8th July 2020 marks the 95th anniversary of the founding of Fields in Trust in 1925. It is clear that then, as now, parks and green spaces are to vital to our health and wellbeing and our collective recovery.
GUEST BLOG: Can parks put equity at the core of our post-COVID recovery?
Following the release of our 2020 Green Space Index findings, we're delighted to welcome a guest blog from Graham Duxbury.
CHAMPION: 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?
POLICY: Latest Green Space Index highlights importance of parks and green spaces
Despite local green spaces being of such value to us all right now, the 2020 release of the Green Space Index finds that 2.7 million people across Great Britain do not have access to such a space within a ten-minute walk of where they live.
GET INVOLVED: Take on The 2.6 Challenge this Sunday and help protect green spaces for good
At a time when we are all reminded of how much we value local parks, take part in The 2.6 Challenge and support our work to protect green spaces for good
CHAMPION: Making the most of your local green spaces whilst staying safe at this time
Our research has demonstrated clear physical health and mental wellbeing benefits from regular use of parks and green spaces. However, the Covid-19 pandemic means we will all be spending a lot more time indoors in the forthcoming weeks.
POLICY: Levelling-up the playing fields - our response to the 2020 Budget statement
Read Fields in Trust's response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's 2020 Budget statement.
PROTECT: Scottish capital latest to boost local activity levels through Active Spaces
Residents in Edinburgh are the latest to feel the benefits of Fields in Trust’s Active Spaces programme. Two green spaces have been protected in perpetuity by The City of Edinburgh Council under the scheme.