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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
- Chase planning cash, parks told
- 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
- Severe cuts threaten Bankside Open Spaces Trust projects
Spending Cuts Comment
- 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?
- A weapon in tree funds battle
- Cuts to upkeep spell disaster
- Believe the green evidence
- Green space policy gaps open
- Reader Panel - How enforceable are smoking bans in our parks?
- Seabrook On ... Time to pool school food growing advice
In Depth - Managing the Future
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.
Green Space Management - Best practice tendering - part two
16 March 2012In the second of three articles on tendering, Sid Sullivan examines how to assess potential contractors.
Green Space Management - Best practice tendering - part one
17 February 2012In the first of three articles on tendering, Sid Sullivan tackles the key questions during the planning phase.
Green Space management - Economies of scale and joint ventures
03 June 2011A mix of bespoke contracts and large-scale alliances is the best way to reduce costs, Sid Sullivan advises.
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