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General News
CLG: A record 538 Green Flag Awards - the national standard for parks and green spaces - have been awarded to sites across the country following a 32% rise in the number of winners. Winners are judged to be welcoming, safe & well maintained and involve the local community.
In addition, 60 community run sites in England were awarded Green Pennants and 31 sites achieved Green Heritage Site Accreditation.
Press release ~ Green Flag Award ~ Green Pennants ~ Green Heritage Site Accreditation ~ Enhancing Urban Green Spaces ~ CLG: Green Spaces, Better Places ~ Cleaner, safer, greener communities ~ Design Commission for Wales
National Archives: Although the concept of human rights as we understand it today was unknown until modern times, people in Britain have fought since the medieval period to gain the rights, freedoms and liberties we all enjoy today.
To illustrate this essential part of history, The National Archives has launched a new online exhibition tracing the evolution of our human, social and civil rights from Magna Carta to the establishment of the Welfare State.
Travelling through time via documents & images, the exhibition looks at the struggles and milestone achievements which led to the rights and liberties often taken for granted in our everyday lives.
Natural England: The UK’s leading wildlife and horticultural organisations recently joined Natural England in signing a wildlife gardening manifesto to save the nation’s gardens, particularly those in towns and cities.
Gardens act as a ‘food supermarket’ for many visiting and breeding animals. They are the place where most children make their first contact with the natural world and are often one of the only places where adults encounter wildlife, apart from on a television screen.
Press release ~ Wildlife gardening manifesto ~ Roots and Shoots ~ Things to do, places to go - Every Child Matters ~ National Council for Voluntary Youth Services ~ Avoiding childhood obesity ~ Natural England: Breathing Places ~ Greenspace ~ Doorstep Greens ~ The Grass Roof Company ~ Neighbourhoods Green ~ Pictorial Meadows (seed providers) ~ BBC’s Springwatch festivals
