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Hugely important
Worth a read; accurate summing up of #newnormal use of parks and some excellent quotes too: 🌳"Most of our parks are run on a shoestring and only truly survive thanks to the work of volunteers and fundraisers.”
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Essential 👇
Consultation on proposals for reform of the planning system in England - deadline is tomorrow, please make your opinions count! 🌳
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We think parks and green spaces provide us with much more value than this too 😁
Our research shows parks and green spaces provide each of us with a Total Economic Value of £30.24 every year. Discover more findings from the report

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Thanks for the RT's, keep 'em coming! We need 38Degrees times 100, to stand up for our precious parks and green spaces - great for communities, sanctuary for our living world and providing fresh air since 1839 #ParksMatter #ParksCharter #LoveYourPark
We need lots more folks to sign - everyone who stood up before, please stand again and make this Government understand how fantastic our parks and green spaces are 💚 our communities and living world need them
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We need lots more folks to sign - everyone who stood up before, please stand again and make this Government understand how fantastic our parks and green spaces are 💚 our communities and living world need them
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Two hundred thousand signed the petition to protect our parks when the Select Committee asked for submissions - this is democracy so please sign this to ensure our voices are loud and clear 😁 RT please
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Trees, free trees 🌳
#PlantATree Very proud to announce our 2nd year partnering with @MayorofLondon to give away FREE trees for #London. This year we have a whopping 25,000 trees available in packs of 50 for #schools, community groups & #parks 💚 Please share: tcv.org.uk/communities/mayor…
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Not just maintaining - enhancing and improving, making more opportunities for communities to connect and engage #greenspace #ParksCharter #ParksMatter
In England almost half of visits to #greenspace are in town or cities. Demonstrates the importance of maintaining #local #Greenspace in urban areas.
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UK parks issues featured on BBC1: youtube.com/watch?v=Yjvb9Mxx… - as part of Countryfile Summer Diaries, it includes an interview with Dave Morris, the chair of the Friends of Lordship Rec, and @NatFedParks, in which Dave raises concerns about the underfunding of UK parks
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It's an amazing response and shows how important parks are in underpinning so much in our communities - we want more organisations to sign up - health, education and environmental champions 💚
Over 140 organisation have signed up to the #ParksCharter. Find out how you organisation can get involved: parkscharter.org.uk @ParksCharter @GreenFlagAward #ParksMatter
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Get your organisation to sign the Charter calling for all parks and green spaces to be maintained properly - we 💚 Parks nitter.gq/greenspacescot/status/…
It's #LoveParks week! Get out and enjoy your local parks and greenspaces and why not find out how to get involved with a local Friends of Park group
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This is true - if you agree, please RT and also get your organisation to sign the Charter for Parks - parkscharter.org.uk - join the growing list of groups 😁💚 nitter.gq/WUParks/status/1016326…
It's official -- spending time outside is good for you (Source: University of East Anglia) How often do you go outside? Visit a #park more often, and you will experience changes in your quality of life... @WUParks buff.ly/2MVttbf
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We've signed up to support the @ParksCharter - a Call to Action for politicians to adopt the Parks Charter and #saveourparks. Sign up here: parkscharter.org.uk/ 🌲🌿🌻🌷💚
They are an amazing resource 💚 nitter.gq/CPRE/status/1014178595…
Replying to @CPRE
Country Parks are important for us all, which is why we're super excited to support the @ParksCharter which calls for action to secure a strong future for our parks & green spaces! 🌳🌳 parkscharter.org.uk/
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Thanks to everyone for getting this out there yesterday - parks are unique resources for us all and we must stand up together to get the required protection - keep those RT's COMING! Sign your org up today parkscharter.org.uk nitter.gq/FieldsInTrust/status/1…
We have joined fellow organisations from across the green space sector as signatories of the #ParksCharter, which was launched yesterday and delivered at events in London and Edinburgh.

Successful lauch of Charter for Parks today! - mailchi.mp/49ec56f79b44/succ… thanks to all involved - now let's grow this call for great green spaces for all our communities across the UK
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Friends of groups and forums, civil, political and third sector organisations - please sign up to this #ParksCharter - thanks to all for delivering a successful national launch - we need strong buy-in across the UK so together we can make this a reality for all communities 💚 nitter.gq/HollinsMargaret/status…
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'Time running out' for UK parks, government told theguardian.com/environment/… - this is it!
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Don’t let the sun set on our UK parks: Summer solstice plea to UK governments to back the public’s right to quality parks. Support the Parks Charter here: parkscharter.org.uk ⁦@ParksCharter⁩ theguardian.com/environment/…
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