Parks Matter To Us All - It's Love Parks Week: 13 – 22 July
Now in its twelfth year Love Parks Week is a time to showcase what parks
have to offer, to celebrate the very best green spaces, to encourage everyone
to get out and enjoy them, and to share with the world why you love your park
and why parks matter to you. It's hoped that this wave of support helps to
protect them for future generations.
- Parks and Green Spaces contribute £34.2 Billion per year to UK community health and wellbeing
- The Total Economic Value to an individual is £30.24 per year
- Using parks and green spaces equates to better general health which translates into a £111Million saving to the NHS per year due to fewer visits to the GP
"New research, published by charity Fields in Trust, reveals that regular parks and green space use makes a significant economic contribution of £34.2 Billion to the UK’s health and wellbeing."
This is how Fields in Trust open their lead article in our
recent CJS Focus on Greenspace. Read this edition online here.
Other Articles:
- Southway Housing owns 180 green spaces in Manchester; find out how they have enhanced these areas for the local community.
- Forest Research would like to see more towns & cities using i-Tree Eco technology to put a value on the benefits of urban trees.
- The Wildlife Trusts believe that all new housing developments could & should be places where people & wildlife flourish; find out more about their latest campaign.
- parkrun is a great way to increase utilisation of & income for green space – read about Rushmere parkrun.
- greenspace scotland set up the Scottish Park Managers Forum - a way for professionals to network and learn best practice across Scotland.
- The management of an urban National Nature Reserve can be difficult at times, discover some of the challenges from the Senior Warden at Wren’s Nest NNR in Dudley.
- The Parks Action Group hopes to support those trying to provide a sustainable future for the UK’s green spaces.
17 pages in total
This edition also carries adverts for training, support
organisations and companies in greenspace & countryside management. Read it here.