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    New FPA Park Volunteer Development Coordinators for Dawberry Fields and Ward End Park

    We would like to introduce the new Future Parks Accelerator – Volunteer Development Coordinators for two of the Naturally Birmingham project sites, Helen Harvey for Dawberry Fields and Fredy Tematema… Read More

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    Our Future City Plan – A City for Nature

    Birmingham City Council (BCC) are asking for your feedback on the emerging new strategy for Central Birmingham as this will shape future statutory planning policy and guidance. ‘Shaping our City… Read More

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    Love Birmingham’s Parks – Interactive map

      When you’re walking in your local park or open space in Birmingham, please take photos of signs of Spring!  We will then add these photos to our new “Love… Read More

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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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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