Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Lobbying prospective councillors & MPs about green spaces
The following is a message from London Parks & Green Spaces Forum and London Green Spaces Friends Groups Network
Local and national elections will be held in London on May 6th. Please use this opportunity to air your views widely, for example to the local press, and to contact your local politicians standing for election to highlight issues that are important to you in relation to your local parks & green spaces. Hopefully you will be able to raise the profile of parks, the need to protect and improve them, to manage them well, to involve local communities and park users, and to try to address any deficiencies in the amount of open space. Your efforts can influence those who will make key decisions about these matters. Please do not miss this opportunity to make your green spaces a priority.
We have noted below some useful facts and figures you may wish to cite in support of your case:
Tony Leach, Director
London Parks & Green Spaces Forum
and
Dave Morris, Chair
London Green Spaces Friends Groups Network
Local and national elections will be held in London on May 6th. Please use this opportunity to air your views widely, for example to the local press, and to contact your local politicians standing for election to highlight issues that are important to you in relation to your local parks & green spaces. Hopefully you will be able to raise the profile of parks, the need to protect and improve them, to manage them well, to involve local communities and park users, and to try to address any deficiencies in the amount of open space. Your efforts can influence those who will make key decisions about these matters. Please do not miss this opportunity to make your green spaces a priority.
We have noted below some useful facts and figures you may wish to cite in support of your case:
- 91% lf people say that parks & public spaces improve people’s quality of life
- CABE Space found that ‘Access to nature promotes lower blood pressure, reduces stress and improves mental well being. [‘The value of public space’ 2004.]
- A recent CABE Space report found that:
- Almost nine out of 10 people use parks and green spaces, and they value them
- If people are satisfied with local parks, they tend to be satisfied with their council
- The provision of parks in deprived areas is worse than in affluent areas
- People from minority ethnic groups tend to have less local green space and it is of a poorer quality
- The higher the quality of the green space, the more likely it is to be used.
- More information can be found at: www.cabe.org.uk/public-space
Tony Leach, Director
London Parks & Green Spaces Forum
and
Dave Morris, Chair
London Green Spaces Friends Groups Network
Tags for Forum Posts: 2010 local elections, CABE, green spaces, parks, public spending cuts
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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One instance that concerns me, is Haringey Council's proposals to sell off open land they own for property development. The curtilage of the Grade II* listed Hornsey Town Hall, is currently a car park – little used by council staff. It covers quite a big area behind the Town Hall and Hornsey Public Library.
Some fear that by selling off the car park to property developers, the short-sighted council will make events at the HTH less viable. Whether this is true or not, a sale of this open space for building over will forever deny the area as a green park, in an area that would benefit from a park – in fact according to the council's own map, in an area of high open space deficiency.
Can this council be trusted with either public buildings or open space? Greenest Borough in London? I think not.
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Open Space Deficiency: I think I may have posted the Council's own excellent contour map before, but I feel it bears repeating:
The areas shown in yellow are at least 400 m from open space.
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