Green Flag Awards
What are the Green Flag Awards?
The Green Flag Award Scheme is run by The Civic Trust and is intended to be the benchmark against which the quality of public parks and green spaces can be measured. It also recognises the diversity and value of green space to the local community.
The Park, Garden or Green Space is judged against 8 criteria which cover everything from access through sustainability to marketing. Listed by below are the eight assessment criteria:
- A welcoming place - how to create a sense that people are positively welcomed in the park
- Healthy, safe & secure - how best to ensure that the park is a safe & healthy environment for all users
- Clean & well maintained - what people can expect in terms of cleanliness, facilities & maintenance
- Sustainability - how a park can be managed in environmentally sensitive ways
- Conservation & heritage - the value of conservation & care of historical heritage
- Community involvement - ways of encouraging community participation and acknowledging the community's role in a park's success
- Marketing - methods of promoting a park successfully
- Management - how to reflect all of the above in a coherent & accessible management plan or strategy and ensure it is implemented
If you wish to find out more you can visit The Civic Trust web site.
