Parks, Youths, quality well placed Housing.

From "Draft Borough Plan Priorities"

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National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces Network:

Parks Community UK : We empower Friends of parks and greenspace community volunteers

Parks Forums Training - Held today proving the use of parks for all ages.

In Brent:

Young Brent Foundation; youth football clubs all over Brent using parks; specific faith / backgrounds, Community orgs. that have youth sections; Sufra's work with young people using a green space in their estate; Community Growers' Projects - Let's Grow Brent NW10 based; Welsh Harp Education Centre; Welsh Harp Pheonix boating Cnt. (Green and Water space- course run as well fully accredited). Large green space organisations that are Charities working with youths training; mentoring. Experience added to the young person's CVs/ life skills. Biodiversity projects involving both Primary and Secondary schools; Health programs linked to schools - Shows more emerging and YES, this all truly needs supporting with large percentage of areas across the borough now of low-income families.

Young Brent Foundation - about us

Youth Clubs linked to Parks:

This then bridges the gap between Healthy outdoor activity with fully qualified organisations and parks then become well used hubs an NHS Natural Health Service.

Learning from successes across UK.

All over the UK Parks Forums are working in partnership with Housing provision, youth groups, Health and - successful Pilots in Leeds, as well as Camden and Islington's Green Social Prescribing. They will be rolling out support for others across UK through the Friends of Parks Forums movement supporting initiatives / in partnership with Councils, Health Service, including a substantive Leeds pilot for safety in parks for girls initiative. Lordship Rec. Haringey is a key example of parks going from, no go to huge community assets for Youth and all ages and marginalised / social backgrounds.

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Posted by:Debbie Nyman

3 years ago

We need to support the Friends of Parks as they are doing such good work to promote a GREENER Brent. Look what Brent has done to the area around Wembley Stadium. Concrete as far as the eye can see.. We are warned about climate change, evident even by the amount of rain. But floods are being caused as there is nowhere for the water to be soaked up. It should be compulsory that a large park like area is designated every time a block of flats goes up.

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Posted by:Brent Parks Forum

3 years ago

Agreed. Flooding in Brent is a considerable issue now; Brent has located many sites across the borough that have regular flooding. Watch out for - Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) in 2023 for all councils to comply with - This should help to create greener environments to be considered and argued for, to be applied within every planning application. We await the announcement of an appointment for the Ecology Officer within Planning - Sutton where this scheme originated from, has more than 1 Ecology officer and Old Oak (Brent) has been a pilot area prior to the roll-out of BNG across London. Let's see what the Brent Planning Ecology Officer proposes with the 1st tranche of applications, when this is come into effect

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Posted by:Brent Parks Forum

4 years ago

https://www.goparks.london/boroughs/brent And check out all the parks have activities through Council Brent Parks Service; Friends Groups in Brent and cross London.

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