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The Dawberry Fields Reptile Project

The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country are working in partnership with Birmingham City Council’s Naturally Birmingham Future Parks Accelerator Programme and the local community to fundraise for… Read More

Second round of You Matter Community Funding is announced

  Calling all Birmingham community groups! Do you need funding, resources or volunteer support? The main contractor at the Alexander Stadium redevelopment may have the answer!   The second round… Read More

Green Champion Programme – Naturally Birmingham Future Parks Project

Naturally Birmingham: Future Parks Accelerator is an innovative programme that goes beyond simply looking at the future of funding and maintaining parks. The programme seeks to embed the value of… Read More

Future Proof Parks – Involving Young People with Friends of Parks Groups

  Fields in Trust has partnered with green space charity Groundwork and The National Youth Agency to on the ‘Future Proof Parks’, programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.  The project… Read More

BOSF Christmas Lecture 2020 hosted by Kathryn Moore (audio recording)

A big thank you to Kathryn Moore (Professor of Landscape Architecture at Birmingham City University) for hosting our online Christmas lecture this year. It was fantastic to see so many… Read More

Fields in Trust and parkrun celebrate our parks and green spaces

Green space charity Fields in Trust is collaborating with parkrun to celebrate the wellbeing benefits that the UKs parks and green spaces have delivered during the coronavirus crisis. The joint… Read More

People Power in Parks Leaflet Published

  Published by Nesta, this leaflet outlines the experience of three grantees from the Rethinking Parks cohort: Parks Community UK is a national project that helps people shape ideas and decisions… Read More

How Placemaking Can Improve Cities & Urban Spaces

  Leading built environment academics have released a definitive short and accessible report on placemaking, aimed at explaining how to make city and urban spaces ‘better places’ for residents and… Read More

Parks Community Helping Friends Groups Thrive

  The Parks Community UK team and the National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces have developed a ‘one stop shop’ website which contains a range of guidance, information and links… Read More

‘Better Friends’ online tool launched

  A self-assessment tool to help green space Friends and Community Groups reflect and strengthen. The Parks Community UK (PCUK) team, supported of course by the National Federation of Parks… Read More