"exposure to parks, trees and other green spaces can slow the rates at which our cells age" Your Park Bristol & Bath Parks Community UK theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d…

The snow has almost gone now, but when it was blanketing the paths we could see the adorable prints of our resident wildlife and regular visitors! Birds, squirrels, and pooches all made these prints. Did you venture out into the snow and spot any others? ❄️☃️

🌳🌿 Help protect our green spaces and support NatFedParks in their mission to preserve & improve parks across the country! Your donation will help volunteers voices to be heard nationally: avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/better-frien… Please donate & share💚🙌

Freedom of information request reveals Govt ministers rejected pledge for everyone in UK to live 15 mins from a green space 😥🌳

✨ Volunteer Day Alert ! ✨ Sunday 10th December | 10am - 12pm by the cottage Looking for volunteers to help with planting some daffodils this weekend ! 🌼 Please bring along any gardening / protective gloves and forks, hand shears or trowels if you have them 🧤

'Govt. shelve pledge for everyone in England to live 15 minutes from a green space' - The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20… The government has no plans to meet its target for everyone to live within a 15-minute walk of a green space. Ministers have also scrapped an idea to make the

🙌 Bham City Council needs our input on the future budget. Let's drop a hint about something we all love – parks & open spaces in our city! 🌳🌲💚 This is a great opportunity to share why our parks & open spaces matter! #BirminghamBudget survey here: birminghambeheard.org.uk/economy/bccbud…

ATTENTION - anyone want to lift the spirits of a disheartened greenspace volunteer group? 🙏 Pls give these lovely folk a follow. We’ve all had low points, but together we help & gain strength. Keep sharing on here Forus Tree! 🌳

TODAY! A lovely day out in Chiswick, find some foodie Christmas gifts and enjoy treats for oneself too 😋

Is this a a barrow or rabbit pillow warren? Graves Park has a story to you. @FOGPark1 are working with Mercian Archaeological Services CIC running FREE archaeology sessions. Follow this link to book: ukeconet.org/lostnortonpark… @FoHPark Julia Armstrong Parks Community UK Alison Teal 🍃💚🍃 @ParksSheffield Rich W Esq. 🇺🇦

The benefits of access to green space are well-publicised. The lack of access is also known to be harmful, especially to children. Which makes the Government’s quiet dropping of their plans to make access to green space legally binding even more puzzling theguardian.com/environment/20…

"Bone strength is set in childhood so better park access could prevent fractures in older people" Your Park Bristol & Bath Parks Community UK theguardian.com/environment/20…

If you would like to get involved, find parks & open spaces volunteers groups in #Birmingham by using our interactive map: bosf.org.uk/members/ Join hundreds of volunteers across our city in helping to look after these natural havens. For more info contact, [email protected]

Volunteers have provided literally millions of Pounds of support for our fab open spaces for which many thanks👏🏽 My respect for the army of volunteers in our city is huge💚 If you have any spare time, I hope you can join them👌🏾

Delighted to welcome a couple of new #volunteers this week! We put them both to work clearing cut material off the fen. Hopefully they weren't put off and will come back next week! #OxfordshireFens #OX3

Exciting update! We've counted up the volunteering numbers for our member groups in Birmingham from Oct to Dec 2023. Collectively, they contributed 21,254 hours, with the financial value of £221,467! Huge thanks to all of the volunteers, together we are making a difference! 💚🌳