Better Friends – A Report on the State of the Movement of Greenspace Friends Groups throughout the UK
https://natfedparks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NFPGS-PCUK-Report.pdf
This pathbreaking and important report, produced by the PCUK team of the NFPGS, analyses in depth what Friends Groups do, how they do it, their memberships, character, needs, partnerships and successes. It is based on the statistics emanating from our Better Friends strength checker – a state-of-the-art audit tool freely available to all local greenspace community groups.
Benefits of Friends Groups for Parks and Green Spaces – a poster/infographic
https://natfedparks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NFPGS-PCUK-Benefits-of-Friends-Groups-Infographic-2.pdf (Mobile friendly version)
The benefits of having an active Friends Groups for each of the UK’s 27,000 green spaces are widespread and unique. This new infographic explains the value of such groups for the greenspace itself, for its managers, for the individuals involved, and for the wider local community. Feel free to use, circulate or print out!
News Archives
- NFPGS Parks Survey for the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government April 2020 (PDF)
- Grassroots to Government, NFPGS Update, April 2019 (PDF)
- Save Our Parks, Mail on Sunday, 31 December 2018 (PDF)
- Save Our Parks, Mail on Sunday, 14 October 2018 (PDF)
- Save Our Parks, Mail on Sunday, 7 October 2018 (PDF)
- Save Our Parks, Mail on Sunday, 30 September 2018 (PDF)
- Green Spaces News, October 2018
- NFPGS, Parks Charter Launch 21 June 2018 (PDF)
- Parks Charter, Don’t let the sun set on our parks
- Green Spaces News, March 2018
- Green Spaces News, December 2017
- Green Spaces Campaigning Round-Up, Spring 2015 (PDF)
- Green Spaces Campaigning Round-Up, Winter 2014/2015 (DOCX)
- Green Spaces Campaigning Round-Up, Summer 2014 (DOCX)
- Some thoughts on the way forward for the Friends Movement in 2014 (PDF)
- Green Spaces News and Policy Update September/October 2013 (PDF)
