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Our Green Space
Our Green Space is a Cumbria-wide three-year partnership project running from Jan 2008 to Dec 2010. The project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund’s 'Your Heritage' grant scheme. Friends of the Lake District manage the project in partnership with Action with Communities in Cumbria (ACT), the project is supported by a wealth of organisations including Cumbria County Council, Cumbria Association of Local Councils (CALC), Cumbria Wildlife Trust(CWT) and the Council for Voluntary Services (CVS).
Aims
The project aims are to celebrate and enhance the heritage, cultural, environmental and community value of open green spaces in Cumbria for all to enjoy.
Background
The project has come about after several years of research, consultation and discussions with communities, partners and local organisations. For the purpose of this project open green spaces are areas of land that are in or near to towns and villages and that are valued by the community. They include registered Village Greens, informal recreation areas, grassy verges etc.
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Breaking News!2nd Edition Open Spaces Guides available for download NOW!Back by popular demand! Three new updated July 2010 2nd Editions of the highly recommended Open Spaces Guides - An Introduction to Their Legal Status and Protection, A Guide to Common Management Issues and An Introduction to Managing for Wildlife are available here to download for FREE! For lots more useful information and downloads visit our Resources page and click on either Village Greens, Common Land or Education. Simply click on the titles below to download: Open Green Spaces An Introduction To Their Legal Status and Protection 2nd Edition July 2010 Open Green Spaces A Guide to Common Management Issues 2nd Edition July 2010 Open Green Spaces An Introduction to Managing for Wildlife 2nd Edition July 2010 Extending the Benefits of Community Green Space - the Our Green Space project receives extension year funding.
The project has been extended to allow each community to participate in a programme of Heritage Festivals and celebrations across the county, and to pass on and share learning and skills established in the first three years. Project officer Roe Baker said: 'I'm thrilled that the Our Green Space project has had its funding extended to 2011. This is thanks to the hard work and dedication of all the members of each of the Our Green Space communities, who are all volunteers who give their time because they value their village or urban green areas, and want to see them protected, accessed, improved and celebrated by the community.' The extension year will also allow the project team to lobby for the prioritisation of green space in planning policy at a regional and national level and highlight the role of communities as being best placed to protect, develop and manage their own open green spaces. Our Green Space is a Cumbria-wide project managed by Friends of the Lake District in partnership with Action with Communities in Cumbria (ACT). The project began in January 2008, now extended until December 2011, and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund's 'Your Heritage' grant scheme. Training News!FREE training for Parish Councils and community groups! - How to prepare a management plan Who decides how your local open space is managed? You can! FREE training for volunteers on how to write a management plan These sessions aim to de-mystify management plans and enable volunteers to prepare a plan for their local sites. At each site we will look at how to take account of heritage, biodiversity, access, recreation and interpretation; where you need to seek expert advice; and how to set aims, objectives and actions. The format can be applied to your own site, and each session will focus on a different theme: Harrington Local Nature Reserve – Tuesday 20 July at 6.30 p.m. Keeping ponds full of water and meadows full of flowers Kiln Howe, Threlkeld – Saturday 24 July at 2.00 p.m. Balancing wildlife and amenity Cleator Moor – Monday 26 July at 7.00 p.m. Involving local people in improving our green spaces Hincaster Trailway – Saturday 14 August at 10.00 a.m. Providing a safe route for people of all abilities The session will last between 1.5 and 2 hours. Delegates will receive a course pack and a copy of Open Green Spaces - A Guide to Common Management Issues. For more information and to book your free places, please contact Shirley Muir: Email: shirleymuir7@btinternet.com Tel: 016973 20803 Mob: 077755 28786 |
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The latest news from the communities is from Barrow where the garden project has recently renamed itself as the Green Heart Den, after three local schools who held an event on the 4th July. See the Community Group News for more... |