Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey and the State of Public Parks
Earlier this year the Heritage Lottery Fund financed the second UK-wide review of the state of public parks. The report found,
It is clear that there is a growing deficit between the rising use of parks and the declining resources that are available to manage them.
The downward trend in the condition of parks looks set to continue and there is a danger that many parks and green spaces may fall back to a state of decline and neglect
Coinciding with the release of this report, a parliamentary inquiry has been established to "examine the impact of reduced local authority budgets on these open spaces and consider concerns that their existence is under threat".
Haringey Council have just published their submission to the inquiry, in which they address some of the issues raised by the HLF report and set out their position on the future of parks in the borough. A copy is attached.
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Permalink Reply by john higson on
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As I understand it, before long local authorities will have no money for non-ringfenced spending, so presumably our parks will become wastelands of brambles, the homeless and drug dealers. It's a bit of a slow burner, to dismantle civic society, but this brutal government (and the LibDems lest we forget) have set the policies in place to destroy everything that holds our communities together.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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There's money for that stupid branding they're doing. Is that ringfenced?
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Permalink Reply by Chris Setz on
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Friends of Parks throughout the country are pressing for Parliament to make it a statutory duty on Councils to look after our parks.
At the moment Councils can more or less do what they like with our green spaces - making it a statutory duty would, at a stroke, preserve them against the most savage of cuts.
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Permalink Reply by Saddic on
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Mmmmm, no mention of the council's withdrawal of funding from Wolves Lane Garden Centre and all it's associated community services.
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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Clissold Park has a lot more full time staff, they actively ban barbecues, the park is car free, they have more dog free areas and better equipped play areas. It's sitting in front of one of Europe's largest housing estates but suffers none of the antisocial behaviour one would assume would be linked with that. This is because they have more staff to ensure the park is respected. It's amazing that with the money Finsbury Park generates that have so few staff.
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