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Central Scotland Green Network Trust - Board Vacancies

CSGNT is currently looking for up to three new Board members. Our Board is responsible for the overall direction and governance of the Trust. To expand the range of skills we currently have on our Board, we are seeking applicants with backgrounds in one or more of the following: finance and governance; work in the third/community sector; housing (private and social) and strategic partnership working. Closing Date: Friday 28th February.
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Greenspace and Wellbeing - A Good Practice Guide for Housing Associations

A bilingual Welsh/English good practice guide has been published by Linc Cymru who specialise in affordable housing, social care & health sectors in Wales.
The 2100 Project: An Atlas for the Green New Deal

USA Atlas brings together info as maps and datascapes as a tool to help understand the spatial consequences of climate change
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Open space standards and greenspace quality guide
climate change

Adapting greenspaces to meet climate change challenges
Community placemaking

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greenspace mapping

The State of Scotland's greenspace
growing spaces

Our Growing Community publications and Local Food Growing Strategy learning notes
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policy connections

Making the links between policy and greenspace
research and surveys

Reports from greenspace research and surveys

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Young Placechangers Ideas Fund

Is there anything you and your youth group would like to change about the place where you live, go to school or work?
Bags of Help grants

Bags of Help funds local projects in Scotland, England and Wales that benefit their community. Grants of up to £2,000 are available. Working with Tesco and Groundwork UK, we deliver the Bags of Help in Scotland.
Greenspace map

The greenspace map developed with Ordnance Survey provides information about the location and type of all of Scotland's greenspaces.
Our story

Since 2002, greenspace scotland has provided a national lead on greenspace, working towards our goal that everyone living and working in urban Scotland has easy access to quality greenspace which meets local needs and improves their quality of life.
How we work

We provide a national lead for action on parks and greenspaces. Working in partnership we pioneer new approaches to managing and resourcing greenspace.
What is greenspace?

Greenspaces are the 'green lungs' of our towns and cities which contribute to improving people's physical and mental health by providing places for informal recreation and 'breathing spaces' to take time out from the stresses of modern life.
Statistics

Statistics about the size and importance of greenspace across Scotland.
ParkPower is Rethinking Parks project

Nesta have announced that ParkPower will be one of five UK Rethinking Parks Prototyping projects.
Ebulletin

Our free, monthly e-bulletin includes local, national and international greenspace-related news, as well as the latest information from greenspace scotland and our members.
Find and enjoy greenspace

Explore and discover Scotland's wonderful parks and greenspaces using Scotland's greenspace map and MyParkScotland

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