What’s on Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Future Parks
Welcome to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Future Parks July Newsletter. In this newsletter we are celebrating parks and the range of benefits parks bring to local communities. Love Parks week commences on the 29th July to the 5th August, the Future Parks Team are celebrating by announcing the Photo Competition Winners and highlighting ‘Why we Love Our Parks’ Keep reading to find out more.
Stunning Entries Win Parks #LetsGetOutdoors Photo Competition
Three stunning photographs have come out on top of a competition to showcase Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s brilliant parks.
The competition formed part of the #LetsGetOutdoors campaign highlighting the physical and mental health benefits that come from spending time in green spaces.
The first photo is from Joanna Thomson and was taken at Milton Country Park and earned her a pair of tickets to Winter Lights at Anglesey Abbey, courtesy of the National Trust.
Another prize was won by Kim Taylor for her photo at Wisbech Park (Second Photo) which secured her a boat trip for four at Wicken Fen, also courtesy of the National Trust.
The last prize went to Andrew Hart for his photo of Ferry Meadows (Third Photo), and his prize courtesy of Nene Park Trust is a private trip on board its electric boat Wyndham. This will be an opportunity to take an otters-eye view of Nene Park, its thriving wildlife and inspiring landscape, for up to 12 people.
Thank you to all that sent in your pictures, check out Cambs Open Space and your photo might have been chosen to represent your favourite park.
Jargon Buster!
Our Jargon Buster is your open access guide to technical terms, new ideas, and changes in the way we talk about parks and open spaces. Having a common language to describe of the value of parks and open spaces will strengthen our collective capacity to advocate for positive change.
This month, we explore what we mean when we talk about Greenspace Stewardship.
Greenspace Stewardship is defined by the TCPA as ‘The actions taken by individuals, local community groups, local stakeholders and management organisations, with shared motivations and values, to protect, care for or responsibly use local parks and greenspaces in pursuit of a range of shared environmental and social outcomes in an economically viable manner.’
Upcoming Events
Natural Capital Finance & Investment Conference 1st October (London) & 1stNovember (Edinburgh): Join us at the fifth Natural Capital Finance & Investment Conference to hear the UK’s leaders in natural capital finance sharing how to harness nature-based opportunities for nature and climate. The event will bring together project pipeline, corporate and financial services professionals, and provides an unrivalled networking and innovation opportunity. Register here.
Groundwork, Green Team, Starting from 19th July: Providing support, training and work experience to help participants improve their landscaping skills, and employability whilst working on a real-life community project. This project will be running 3days a week (Tuesday -Thursday) from 10am – 3pm for the next14 weeks. To find out more information visit the Groundwork website. You can also apply via this link here.
Cambs Open Space Website: Get ready for the Summer, a range of activities and events have been added to the Cambs Open Space website – find your nearest event to attend this summer here.
