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Category: Best Practise

Draft report – reducing the impact of cars in parks

11th March 202111th March 2021 Volunteer CPRE

Actions that can be taken to manage cars in parks

 Best Practise, issue-report, Management

The Independent Merton Green Spaces Forum calls to account their maintenance contractors

17th October 201917th October 2019 Volunteer CPRE

The Merton parks forum (IMGSF) gave evidence to a scrutiny committee and produced a report which you can read here. The group are also working on a reporting mechanism which […]

 Best Practise, Borough, Updates News from Member Groups

Heritage and Designed Landscapes and why it is important to recognise this to protect your green space

12th September 201912th September 2019 committee

by Helen Monger What is an historic designed landscape? According to HE – “The English are, and always have been, a nation of gardeners. The results of centuries of working […]

 Best Practise, campaigning

Recycling and Litter

19th May 201914th August 2019 committee

Litter, Waste and Recycling Beyond litter picking: what can your group do to reduce litter and rubbish and increase recycling?  Dear parks friends! At the September 2018 meeting of the […]

 Best Practise, Management

Management Plans – Guide to drawing them up

7th December 201814th August 2019 committee

There is a comprehensive guide to drawing up the management plan for a green space, at the webarchive: here This 48-page guide from CABE explains what the Green Flag awards […]

 Best Practise

Examples of Freedom-of-Information requests for Battersea

16th October 201819th May 2019 committee

These examples, kindly provided by the friends, show that you need to think carefully about the wording of the questions you submit.  The authority can decline to answer them if […]

 Best Practise

Parks Management Research

15th September 201818th October 2018 committee

researchers from the Department of Landscape will question every Local Authority in England to find out how the management and maintenance of parks and green space in cities has changed in the context of austerity.

 Best Practise, Promote

Litter and Recycling

6th September 201817th May 2019 committee

A permanent page about litter in parks and recycling is now under the Managing Green Spaces section of the web site. If you have any suggestions other Friends Groups would […]

 Best Practise

Green Flag Evaluation Criteria

13th August 20187th December 2018 committee

These are some notes on what is looked for, when evaluating a green space for  a Green Flag award: “Any green space that is freely accessible to the public and […]

 Best Practise, Promote
A mature tree with bunting

Tree Party Time

18th June 201823rd May 2019 committee

Tree Party Time (link to their website) Tea with a Tree is an event that the Woodland Trust use to raise money for their good work. The Woodland Trust planted […]

 Best Practise

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NEXT MEETING FOR ALL LONDON’S FRIENDS’ GROUPS:

In the light of the coronavirus, we are not running our general meetings at City Hall.

Instead Zoom meetings are being held and the next one will be on:

Coordinating Meeting

Monday 26th April 6pm

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12 Apr

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*URGENT UPDATE* With a pause in political campaigning following the sad death of Prince Philip we have had to postpone the Mayoral Environment Debate. It will now take place from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday 21st April: https://www.wcl.org.uk/mayoral-environment-debate.asp

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*URGENT UPDATE* With a pause in political campaigning following the sad death of Prince Philip we have had to postpone the Mayoral Environment Debate. It will now take place from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday 21st April: https://www.wcl.org.uk/mayoral-environment-debate.asp

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12 Apr

URGENT - Mayoral debate rescheduled - https://mailchi.mp/721670492044/urgent-mayoral-debate-rescheduled

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12 Apr

GoParksLondon@goparkslondon

We're launching a 'Discover the Parks' route for Newham Heritage Month! To go on a guided ride with Newham Cyclists, use the Eventbrite linked below. Or follow the route when you like using the linked map!
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29 Mar

🌟Mayoral debate 12 April🌟 - https://mailchi.mp/dc37bd79b3be/mayoral-debate-12-april

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