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Peter Neal / landscape consultantState of UK Public Parks lead author
State of UK Public Parks 2016
APSE Parks and Open Spaces Seminar
City Hall, London / 23 September 2016
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Summary and Full Research Reports
Project Team : Peter Neal Consulting / Ian Baggott CFP / BritainThinks
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Summary Report and Key Findings
1. People use their parks regularly and
visitor numbers are increasing
2. Park maintenance budgets continue to fall
3. Staff and skills are being lost
4. The quality of parks is expected to decline
5. Park services are facing increasing
inequality
6. Park management will be much more
varied in the future
7. Sources of external income are on the rise
8. Communities are doing more for their
parks
9. Park trusts appear to be coping better
through austerity
10.Local authority commitment to parks does
make a difference
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Regular and increasing use of parks
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Continuing fall in revenue budgets
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Expected declining condition of parks
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Parks are facing increasing inequality
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Management is becoming more varied
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Sources of external income are rising
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Key Themes for Action
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Nesta - Rethinking Parks
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Nesta - Rethinking Parks
www.nesta.org.uk/publications/learning-rethink-parks
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Nesta - Go To The Park Burnley
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HLF Web Resource - Parks Matter
#ParksMatterwww.hlf.org.uk/state-uk-public-parks-2016
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HLF - Grant funding opportunities
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Funding for cultural and natural heritage
• Parks for People: £100K - £5m
• Landscape Partnerships: 100K - £3m
• Sharing Heritage: £3K - £10K
• Our Heritage: £10K - £100K
• Heritage Grants: £100K +
• Resilient Heritage: £3K - 250K
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Heritage Lottery Fund
7 Holbein Place
London SW1W 8NR
Telephone: 020 7591 6000
Textphone: 020 7591 6255
www.hlf.org.uk
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Drew Bennellick
Head of Landscape & Natural Heritage