Park/Green Space Login
This is the place to read all of the latest news from the Green Flag Award® Scheme.
See below for a list of our most recent news stories or to find an event at a park near you then have a look at our events section
02 September 2010
Summer may be over, but there’s plenty to do at the park. The nights are drawing in and those sunny evenings are almost a forgotten memory but if you aren’t ready to hibernate just yet, there is still plenty for you to do in the great outdoors this September.
31 August 2010
A Croydon Cemetery has won a special green flag award for helping disabled people find employment.
24 August 2010
Local children might spot somewhere familiar when they tune in to watch their favourite TV shows next week because Queen’s Park in Heywood was chosen by ITV producers as the setting for the network’s latest advert to promote their Mini CITV schedule.
23 August 2010
Winner Garret Doherty's conversion to backward running 'just came upon' him in the park The UK's first backward-running championships have been held in Manchester.
12 August 2010
A walk in the great outdoors is better for body and mind than pounding the treadmill, according to research.
28 July 2010
Parks act as ‘green lungs’ in our most built-up areas and are important to people. Today, a record number of Green Flag and Pennant Awards will be given to some of the best parks and green spaces in the country.
06 July 2010
This year’s Love Parks Week, organised by parks charity GreenSpace and supported by Green Flag, will take place between Saturday 24 July and Sunday 1 August. This celebration of our country's plentiful parks and green spaces, coincides with the national announcement of 2010's Green Flag Awarded sites (28 July).
24 June 2010
An innovative partnership between a West Lancashire Green Flag Award park, the voluntary sector and a leading training organisation is equipping the long term unemployed with the skills they need to get back into the workplace.
21 June 2010
As the covers are lifted on Wimbledon for the start of the 2010 Championships, people across the country are picking up their tennis racquets and heading to their local park.
28 May 2010
The Green Flag Awards scheme, in association with National Family Week, is encouraging members of the public to head down to their local park this bank holiday Monday for the first ever national Family Week picnic.
13 May 2010
It’s official – a short spell of exercise in a green space has been proven to offer a significant boost to mental health and wellbeing.
06 April 2010
Where’s the best park or green space in the country? Is it up in the north, down in the south or maybe it’s in Wales. Either way – you decide.
31 March 2010
The clocks have gone forward; spring has arrived! And there’s never been a better time to visit your local park or green space.
23 March 2010
Are you a jogger or a walker? Do you prefer tai chi or boot camp? According to the Green Flag Award Scheme fresh air and exercise are top of the list when it comes to why we visit our local parks.
17 March 2010
If you’re looking for some family fun over the Easter weekend look no further than your local park or green space.
03 March 2010
The Green Flag Award Scheme is pleased to announce that we have received a record number of entries for the 2010/2011 round of applications.
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