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RESOURCE HUB

Future Parks Resource Hub

The Future Parks Accelerator programme has spent three years working with local authority partners to help redefine the role of urban green space. Some key themes have emerged through this work. These resources have been developed to share the programme’s learnings and help others to make similar changes in their towns and cities.

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Learn

Learn more about each theme through videos, curated reading lists, and conversations with the teams who made key projects happen across the UK.

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Act

Pick up advice and take away guides to help you turn our learnings into action in your town or city. We’ve summarised the key steps for getting started on each of our themes.

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Share

Spread the word and start a movement. Infographics and key quotes will help you show colleagues and stakeholders the potential impact of projects like these.

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Urban Nature Networks

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Environmental Justice

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Habitat Banking

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Health In Parks

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Communities

About Future Parks Accelerator

The Future Parks Accelerator programme is a joint initiative between National Trust and National Lottery Heritage Fund, with support from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. We have spent three years working with towns and cities across the UK transforming urban green space,  to deliver more for people, place, nature and climate.

These resources have been made possible through the hard work of local authority teams and their partners across the UK.