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Rethinking Parks
May 2018 : LGA
Alice Casey
Nesta
Summary
Funding and support for
organisations and partnerships
to develop innovative ways of
managing and financing the UK's
public parks.
What is Rethinking Parks?
Working together
● Funding from BLF and HLF
● Management, support,
learning from Nesta
● Ideas, delivery, reflection from
parks innovators
● Reaching beyond the awards
What is Rethinking Parks?
Building on past work
• 11 projects
• Circa £100k funding and
support
• 7 learning guides
• A platform to spread ideas
www.nesta.org.uk/publications/learning-rethink-parks
2014-2016
Space and resource to
learn and develop
Opportunity to capture
impact – savings;
engagement; income
2014-2016
Two complementary award streams
Replication award:
>Grants of up to £200k
> Delivered over 2 years
>Build on promising ideas to
operate parks in future
Prototyping award:>Grants of up to £100k
> Delivered over 9-15 months
>Test and develop ideas with a
digital or data element
Criteria
●Capability & capacity
●Engagement and
partnerships
●Sustainability
●Impact
●Innovation
Replication
Prototyping
2017 2018 2019 2020
Sharing lessons
User testing and
Prototyping
Selection and
Development
Timeline
Final evidence gathering and
sharing
Sharing emerging learning
Delivery and peer learning
Selection, setup and
Development
Replication and scaling of promising models
Replication
Award
Prototyping
Award
Prototyping and developing digital and data opportunities
We are seeking organisations and
partnerships who are well placed to
replicate and adapt promising and
innovative operating models for
parks.
The Replication Award: what we are looking for
The Foundation’s aim is to diversify
income; create a flexible space to
generate funds for improvements and
enhancements.
They are currently involved in a range
of projects to enhance the parks,
including wildlife conservation,
landscape restoration and artwork.
Example: Bournemouth Parks Foundation
Prototyping Award: what we are looking for
We are looking for ideas that
use digital tools or data to
address a parks challenge;
ultimately supporting parks to
attract resources and develop
more sustainable operating
models.
● Better understanding of who uses
parks and how;
● Connecting existing and potential
parks users in the local community;
● Efficient or different forms of parks
and land management;
● New approaches to
engagement/encouraging parks use;
● Putting the social value of parks into
context through combining local open
data sets eg. around public health
Prompts:
Areas of interest include, but
are not limited to:
How to open up learning?
Grow
ideas into
action
Articulate
the
business
model
Design
with and
for users
Take
measured
risks
Open up learningWe’re supporting projects as a group
Open up learningWorking with innovators and early adopters to inspire and support others
Q. We want to share learning from our 11 projects in a way that
provides you with practical and applicable information. Out of the
following formats which would you find most helpful?
71%
3.8%
Social media
51%
How-to guide
Report
27%Forum to
share ideas
Open up learningUnderstanding how best to share learning
Blue prints
of models
Tools to
support
adoption
Evidence
of impact
Project
advice &
learning
networks
How to open up learning?
Q&A
What’s next?
Final Assessment
Announcement of Awards
Set up of programme learning approach
Opening up learning