Team

Ian Goodman

MyParkScotland Project Manager Read more

Emma Halliday

Programme Manager & Community Enabler Coordinator Read more

Angela Houghton

Young Placechangers Development Officer Read more

Andrew Davies

Parks Endowment Campaign Manager Read more

John Maslen

ParkPower Project Manager Read more

Latest

Executive Director, St Andrews Botanic Garden

The Trustees of St Andrews Botanic Garden Trust wish to appoint an experienced leader who will work with them and the committed garden staff to build on the significant achievements since the formation of the Trust in 2015. The primary focus will be to further enhance the guest experience at the Botanic Garden while balancing the needs of maintaining and developing the valuable plant collections

Small charities: transform your fundraising

The FSI's popular small charity training is coming to Glasgow this September. FSI provides expert training in fundraising and impact and courses are practical to give you things you can implement straight away.

Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) is open for applications

The Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) is open for a new round of applications.

Discovering the living landscapes in Cumbernauld

Before our German intern Anna returned to Hannover earlier this month, she visited the Cumbernauld Living Landscapes, a partnership project lead by the Scottish Wildliife Trust. Here's the blog she wrote.

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.

Julie Procter

Ea O’Neill

Ian Goodman

Emma Halliday

Caroline Crawford

Helen Stockham

Rita Callander

Sue Wyllie

Tamara Hedderwick

Angela Houghton

Caroline Harding

Andrew Davies

John Maslen