5-10 MINUTE READS
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Parks Are Essential Health Assets With Financial Benefits ➝
This short blogpost from Tamsin Fisher at Future Parks is a good, short overview of why parks are important. It’s full of stats you can nick for your own proposals, and links to other reports for further reading. This is ideal if you need a very fast overview on the ideas behind the Future Parks project.
What Are Health Inequalities? ➝
This site, created and hosted by The King’s Fund, provides a comprehensive overview of current thinking and research projects into health inequalities. A great introduction to the subject.
Green Social Prescribing: Why You’ve Never Heard Of It And How It Can Change Your Life ➝
With useful statistics and a helpful overview of multiple projects, this introduction to the subject is a sensible starting point if you’re looking to start building a case for your own work.
Camden And Islington – “Barriers To Accessing Green Space And What We Are Doing To Change This” ➝
A concise but informative blog post by Tamsin Fisher and Daniela Taylor from Future Parks, exploring the challenges facing access to green space and the growing recognition of the health benefits it brings. A quick read with useful links to relevant detail if you’re keen to learn more.
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Dive Deeper
Conducted by researchers from Sheffield Hallam University and The University of Sheffield and produced in conjunction with The National Lottery Community Fund, this report reviews the growing evidence base on the social benefits of parks and green spaces on people and communities. A must read for anyone looking to build a case for support for projects in this field.
Improving Access To Greenspace: A New Review For 2020 ➝
Public Health England’s report comprehensively considers the barriers and benefits of green space and presents clear policy recommendations.
Beyond Greenspace ➝
University of Exeter has developed this site to host a wide range of content exploring environments, health and wellbeing. Including blogs, papers, project details and wider links, it is a valuable resource to familiarise yourself with.
Health And The Natural Environment ➝
Another hub of resources, this time brought together by Natural England and offering research publications on a host of subjects, including nature-based interventions for mental health and evaluations of walking schemes. Worth putting aside some time to explore in detail.
Creating and maintaining green space is important. But more needs to be done if we are to see the real benefit of these spaces. How can local authorities, their partners and collaborators encourage and enable people to use and enjoy green spaces more, to improve their health and wellbeing? (47 mins)
Working with the health sector can return huge benefits but understanding how to do so is not always straightforward. In this session, you will hear about the challenges and opportunities of how local councils can work with the health sector. (55 mins)
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