Get volunteering at your local Green Flag Award park
14th May 2008, 4:07 pm
There are plenty of volunteering opportunities available at Green Flag Award-winning parks and green spaces across the country.
By logging onto the only website devoted to the nation’s best parks and green spaces at www.greenflagaward.org.uk you can access more than 600 events taking place throughout the year. There are a huge variety of activities to suit everyone, whether you fancy a spot of volunteering, a ‘fungal foray’, a woodland workshop or a chance to enjoy the bountiful wildlife to be found on a guided walk.
The Green Flag Award scheme, which is managed by the Civic Trust urban regeneration charity, recognises quality parks and green spaces across the country. Green Flag Award-winning sites, which this year number 554, are judged to be welcoming, safe and well maintained, with the strong involvement of the local community. Sites are judged annually to maintain the high standards required to fly a Green Flag.