Breadcrumbs
Green Space - Managing the Future
Government departments, quangos and local authorities are seeing the most severe cuts to public sector budgets seen since the 1920s. Here we chart the, extent and effect of the cuts and how this is changing the way public green space is managed
Cuts And Measures
- Park professionals' key concerns to be heard at House of Commons reception
- Park users rate site quality across UK in online 'health check' survey
- Parks law tops report wish list for green-space protection strategy
- Green Places Fund city pilots test local support for donation venture
- Urban survey reveals key green-space trends
- Green space role urged in 'deprivation' index
- Open space curative role aired in Forestry Commission good practice guide
- Planner says National Planning Policy Framework promote trees
- Chase planning cash, parks told
- More green spaces and trees promises re-elected Boris Johnson
- Park cuts' inequity highlighted
- Survey reveals scale of play service budget cuts by London councils
- Forum tracks London parks' budget slide
- Welsh parks forum revived as cuts bite
- Parks hit again in council budget cuts
- 'Social green space' guide is launched
- Playground charge fears aired
- Playing fields get cash windfall
- Tool puts value on green space
- Parks service merger advice offered
- Better asset use is key to meeting cash pinch Camley tells assembly
- Hammersmith and Fulham Council extends commercial park fees
- Street tree study sounds funding alarm
- Society issues blueprint for local community green spaces reform
- Survey shows deeper cuts for green space
- Training upgrade urged to help parks adjust to changes of localism agenda
- Parks trust leaders plan support network
- Positives highlighted amid fallout from emerging green space budget cuts
- Local authorities may help run Royal Parks
- Emerging local authority budget figures reveal extent of cuts in green space sector
- Horticulture courses under threat as Scottish cuts bite
- Trust crippled by Southwark cuts
Spending Cuts Comment
- According To Seabrook ... Colour sells when it comes to gardens
- Parks teams deserve better
- Innovative gardens can thrive
- Smith On ... Lobbying for support for parks campaign
- Politicians fail to join the dots
- Meeting the parks challenge
- Now volunteers feel budget woe
- No let up from council squeeze
- Smith On ... Parks are a crucial front-line service
- Reader Panel - What do you think of the Green Places Fund?
In Depth - Managing the Future
Amenity landscape: The therapeutic role of green space
27 April 2012A guide highlighting the role of green space in recuperation should add weight to the battle against budget cuts, practitioners tell Hannah Jordan.
Amenity - Britain in Bloom on a budget
02 March 2012Volunteers and business support are key as Britain in Bloom entrants look to make the maximum impact with fewer resources, says Hannah Jordan.
Green Space Management - How to refocus your service provision
06 May 2011It is now time to look hard at your priorities and learn to do more with less, maintains Sid Sullivan.
Green Space Management - Managing risk and reputation
20 January 2012Planning a media response is vital to protect your business's reputation, says Sid Sullivan.
Green Space Management - Take steps to harness volunteers' potential
18 November 2011A volunteer strategy adds real value to the service - as well as the participants' CVs, says Sid Sullivan.
Green Space Management - How to make surveys effective
04 November 2011To find out what people want from parks and win funding, you need qualitative data, says Sid Sullivan.
Green investment
02 September 2011A Merseyside housing body has ambitious plans to transform its green spaces with community help, writes Gavin McEwan.
Green Space Management - Beware the loss of crucial local knowledge
29 July 2011Park services' memory of the local fabric could be lost as experienced staff are axed, Sid Sullivan warns.
Green Space Management - Park partnerships key to unlocking finance
26 August 2011Engaging with development and regeneration will widen park service influence, Sid Sullivan argues.
How green space managers can manage change in the new world
25 March 2011With budgets now set, green space managers need to review the skills that they will need, how to position the service and which relationships matter, says Sid Sullivan.
Green Space Management - A park life strategy for planning services
01 July 2011Positioning your service around the needs of your users will help to protect it, Sid Sullivan advises.
How to maintain sports pitches in an era of budget cuts
17 December 2010Councils and sports clubs have to provide good playing surfaces even while facing severe cuts. Maureen Keepin reports on the available options.
CABE guide helps parks survive the spending cuts
28 January 2011A guide from CABE aims to help green space managers negotiate the public spending cuts, says Gavin McEwan.
Parks trusts - models of community-run green spaces
10 September 2010Communities taking control of their green spaces is a far from new idea, Jack Sidders discovers.
How to get the most from hiring out your park
18 January 2013The hire of parks requires a marketing plan, a usage strategy and commercial focus, says Sid Sullivan.
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