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Park Managers on tour

The greenspace scotland Park Managers Forum went to site of the old Ravenscraig steelworks to experience a new park being created on a post-industrial site
UK's largest rock ramp created on the River Almond

The Howden rock ramp is part of the RiverLife project an ambitious programme of works undertaking a range of catchment wide improvements along the rivers Almond and Avon
Upstream Battle Week of Action 14 -20 September

It’s estimated that up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic gets into the sea each and every year – that's a truck full of litter a minute. As 80% of all marine litter comes from land, we need to face this problem upstream.
New ParkPower Case Studies published

Two new Park Power Case Studies have been published - Saughton Park, Edinburgh and Owen Square Park, Bristol

audits, strategy and quality

Open space standards and greenspace quality guide
climate change

Adapting greenspaces to meet climate change challenges
Community placemaking

Reports from placemaking projects
greenspace mapping

The State of Scotland's greenspace
growing spaces

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

Making the links between policy and greenspace
research and surveys

Reports from greenspace research and surveys
SROI

Social Return on Investement
Stalled Spaces

Delivering community and environmental benefits through temporary greenspace

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 England, Wales and Scotland that benefit their community. Grants of up to £4,000 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.
Find and enjoy greenspace

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