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Charitable Giving to Parks and Green Spaces

A report from Leeds University has called for a national debate on who should pay for the UK’s much-loved public parks and greenspaces.
Scotland's Most Beautiful High Street 2019: Open for Applications

Scotland’s Towns Partnership (STP) and Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) are once again on the search for Scotland’s most beautiful and inspiring high streets.
71 Scottish parks presented with Green Flag Awards

Keep Scotland Beautiful has announced that 71 Scottish parks have been presented with a Green Flag Award in 2019
Study reveals healthiest and unhealthiest places to life

A new study of the University of Liverpool identifies the healthiest and unhealthiest places to life in the UK. Many Scottish towns have made the top 10.

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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

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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 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.

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