Home News News This is the place to read all of the latest news from the Green Flag Award® Scheme. 07 November 2017 Report finds Scotland’s parks and greenspace are in decline The 2017 Greenspace Use and Attitude survey published by greenspace scotland shows the downward trend in the deteriorating quality of Scotland’s parks and gr... 23 October 2017 Celebrating the world's first public park The team were on the Wirral last week, at the World Urban Parks European Congress 2017, supported by the Green Flag Award. The event was a real international... 28 September 2017 Helping to share best practice worldwide This week the Green Flag award team, with park managers idverde, were delighted to welcome a delegation from Japan to Kensington and Chelsea’s Holland Park, ... 19 September 2017 Government pledges £500,000 for new action group to grow future of public parks Parks and Green Spaces Minister Marcus Jones today (Tuesday) launched a new Parks Action Group to help England’s public parks and green spaces meet the needs... 15 September 2017 Keep Britain Tidy Network awards invites applications from parks The prestigious Keep Britain Tidy Network Awards are back. With a glittering ceremony at their annual conference, in Brighton next February, the Network are ... 01 September 2017 Which is your favourite park? The People's Choice vote is open now People's Choice vote to find the UK's top 10 favourite parks is now open. Following the huge success of #LoveParks, here is another chance to show how much ... 23 August 2017 Green Flags to keep flying over the country’s best parks Today, the Government has confirmed that Keep Britain Tidy will be running the Green Flag Award scheme until 2022. The news means that the UK’s best parks a... 15 August 2017 Thank you park lovers Thank you to the thousands who got involved in this year's #LoveParks. Thank you for getting out and enjoying your local space. And thank you for sharing wh... 10 August 2017 London mayor announces millions to fund 'greener and healthier' spaces The London mayor, together with Transport for London, have announced a £86 million fund for 'greener and healthier' public spaces. Using this money borough... 01 August 2017 Flying the flag for quality around the world Whether you are home or away this summer, seeing Blue or Green Flags flying helps you find the best places. After another record-breaking year, flags are n... 31 July 2017 Record number of flags flying in Scotland A record breaking 73 parks from across Scotland have been presented with a Green Flag Award this year in recognition of their high standards and provision of... 27 July 2017 Record number of winning parks in Northern Ireland A record number of parks and open spaces in Northern Ireland have received the Green Flag Award in recognition of environmental efforts and visitors' facilit... Prev ... 6 7 8 9 10 ... Next