23 to 31 July 2011 - A week long national celebration of parks and green spaces
Join us in celebrating Love Parks Week and one year to go to the Olympics
Love Parks Week 2011 will focus on the role that green space plays as a focal point for communities. Inclusive, free to use and natural, parks are a vital part of our every day lives but need community involvement as much as communities need them!
Love Parks Week is organised by parks charity GreenSpace. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the importance of Britain’s parks and green spaces and encourage people to get out and discover what these fantastic places have got to offer.
During Love Parks Week there will be playworkers in each of the Five Gold Rings Project Zones to encourage you to enjoy a local park and get active. Come along and get involved: it's informal, free of charge and we will have giant inflatable rings. You are welcome to bring along a picnic and outdoor toys and games that your family love! For details of venues, dates and times, please see the PDF below.
For more information on Five Gold Rings, please go to
www.basingstoke.gov.uk/go/fivegoldrings Summer band concerts at Eastrop Park during Love Parks week:
Sunday 24 July 2011 Basingstoke Concert Band 3pm - 5pm
Sunday 31 July 2011 Ocean Brass 3pm - 5pm
Health Walks
For information about health walks please go to http://www.basingstokehealthwalks.org/ or call Jane Wilding on 01256 844844.
For more information about Love Parks Week and to view the national Whats on Guide go to www.loveparksweek.org.uk
Did you Know?
- 91% of people believe that public parks and open spaces improve their quality of life.
- Over 33 million people in England choose to use their green spaces, with around a tenth of the population visiting daily, and over half of us do so weekly.
- Air quality, air temperature, water and flood management, are all kept within manageable limits because of parks and green spaces.
- The more often a person visits urban open green spaces, the less often he or she will report stress-related illnesses.
- A brisk walk every day in your local park, can reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and diabetes by 50%, fracture of the femur by 30%, colon cancer by 30%, breast cancer by 30% and Alzheimer's by 25%.
- Local authorities are not legally required to provide, invest in or maintain public parks and green spaces
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