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Clean Air Day 2021

Clean Air Day is the UK's largest air pollution campaign, engaging thousands of people at hundreds of events, and reaching millions more through the media. This year Clean Air Day is taking place on 17 June 2021.
Senior Project Officer: East Ayrshire - TCV

Senior Project Officer who will work in partnership with East Ayrshire’s Learning Outdoors Support Team and Coalfield Community Partnership Project to deliver East Ayrshire’s School Green Gym programme in Coalfield Communities Landscape Area and wider East Ayrshire.
Biodiversity in New Housing Developments

The National House Building Council (NHBC) Foundation has partnered with RSPB and Barratt Developments to produce guidance on how the housebuilding industry can incorporate green infrastructure into new-build homes and enhance and protect biodiversity.
Summer of Activities Fund

A new Summer of Activities Fund for Children & Young People has been launched in Stirling.

Audits, Strategy and Quality

Open space standards and greenspace quality guide
Your community greenspace resource is live!

Got a question? New resource to find help and advice to make the most of your greenspace
Safer outside - using our spaces more

As we continue to adapt to living with covid-19, we are developing a new resource to encourage and support our greenspaces to be used more for activities that would normally take place inside.
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
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
Health

Greenspace and health research, outcomes framework and health impact assessment

Tesco Community Grants

Funding for local projects in Scotland, England and Wales that benefit their community and focus on helping children and families. Apply now for funding up to £1500.
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.
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.
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.
Statistics

Statistics about the size and importance of greenspace across Scotland.
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.
Young People and Place Online Festival - 16 & 17 June

This event is for you If you work for a local authority, national agency, third sector or a community organisation and want to include Young People in discussions and decisions about Place. Or if you are a youth worker who wants to help give young people a voice in Place discussions.
Other funding sources

There are lots of grant and funding programmes that can support greenspace and park projects, activities and events. Thinking about the impact or benefits of your project might help you identify other funding opportunities too.
ParkPower is Rethinking Parks project

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