Some useful resources/web-links for Friends of… and other community group concerned with green spaces, parks, trees…
If you want to ensure the long-term future and maintenance of your local green space why not set up a Friends' group and affiliate to the London Green Spaces Friends Groups Network (LFN), the London network for the 500+ Friends and User Groups for all green open spaces?
See:
- London Green Spaces Friends Groups Network
- https://www.lpgsf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Making-a-Difference-full.pdf
and other useful links on this page.
Protecting your green space
- Kingston Council Friends toolkit https://www.kingston.gov.uk/downloads/file/1352/annex_5_friends_group_toolkit
- March 2016 CPRE report, published at http://www.cprelondon.org.uk/resources/item/2319-the-strongest-protection, highlights threats to London's Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land and what Londoners stand to lose.
- London Parks and Green Spaces Forum, http://lpgsf.org/:
Funding opps http://www.lpgsf.org.uk/community/funding-opportunities/
How to set up a parks friends group http://www.lpgsf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Making-a-Difference-full.pdf
LPGSF useful links at http://www.lpgsf.org.uk/links/
LPGSF Protect your local green space by campaigning for its future - how to run a successful community campaign Click here to download
Planning toolkit for London’s parks and green infrastructure Click here to download
Friends of Groups and case studies: Approaching your green space campaign Click here to download - Open Spaces Society http://www.oss.org.uk/ including how to register a “Village Green” http://www.oss.org.uk/what-we-do/village-greens/ and registering open spaces http://www.oss.org.uk/what-we-do/local-green-space-designation/
- How to register Town and Village Greens https://www.gov.uk/guidance/town-and-village-greens-how-to-register
- http://www.fieldsintrust.org/ - safeguard recreational spaces and campaign for better statutory protection for all kinds of outdoor sites
Justifying green space, trees etc
- Greener Kingston “We need trees…” http://e-voice.org.uk/greenerkingston/living-landscapes/we-need-trees/
- Kingston Biodiversity Network http://www.kbn.uk.com/
- http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/
- http://healthparks.co.uk/ - parks and health
- https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/parks-green-spaces-and-biodiversity/biodiversity (the GLA might be useful when the local council is not)
- LFN on elections with some very useful facts and figures - http://e-voice.org.uk/london-friends-network/a/9540940-18860025
Information, advice and support
- http://e-voice.org.uk/london-friends-network/
- GLA Green Infrastructure Task Force report (December 2015) https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/environment-publications/green-infrastructure-task-force-report
- Love Parks (sub-group of Keep Britain Tidy) http://keepbritaintidy.org/home/481
- Campaign to Protect Rural England – more diverse than it sounds – http://www.cpre.org.uk/
- http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/
- On planning issues http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/
- Kingston Environment Forum discuss general environmental concerns with each other and the Council http://e-voice.org.uk/kef/
Sources of volunteers
- The Conservation Volunteers - The community volunteering charity http://www.tcv.org.uk/
- Environment Trust / Young Placeshapers http://www.environmenttrust.co.uk/conservation
Funding opportunities
- City Bridge Trust http://www.citybridgetrust.org.uk/cbt/ “Established to make use of a funds surplus to bridge requirements and provides grants totalling around £15million per year towards charitable activity benefiting Greater London, the City Bridge Trust - is the grant-making arm of Bridge House Estates, an ancient charity fund managed by the City of London Corporation.”
Etcetera
- Kingston Council
Trees: https://www.kingston.gov.uk/info/200303/trees_and_hedges
Parks and Open Spaces:https://www.kingston.gov.uk/downloads/200168/culture_leisure_and_libraries
https://www.kingston.gov.uk/downloads/200378/parks_and_open_spaces
Green Spaces Strategy: https://www.kingston.gov.uk/downloads/download/471/green_spaces_strategy - http://www.nationalparkcity.london/ a new campaign to designate London as a National Park City – slightly controversial at the meeting as it could divert funds from local parks without improving protections; on the other hand it could attract more funds for green spaces…
- London Councils on the future of London parks: "Boroughs may soon be unable to support park volunteers and community groups sufficiently to prevent a slide towards privately-run parks in the capital by the end of the decade - See more at: http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/our-key-themes/environment/local-environmental-quality/future-london-parks#sthash.EhS9T8lv.dpuf"