The London Parks
and Green Spaces Forum

Vacancy: Superintendent of Parks and Gardens
City of London
£50, 620

Managing together: housing, parks and green spaces
LPGSF's joint open meeting with the London Parks Benchmarking Forum and Neighbourhoods Green took place on 2 December at City Hall.
Members can view the presentations here.

1 in 7 children have not visited green space this year
A new report, Sowing the Seeds, published by the London Sustainable Development Commission, highlights the benefits of allowing children to experience the natural environment and identifies successful interventions that enable children under the age of 12 to do so.

Findings show that one in seven children in London has not visited a green space in the past year.

'Roots to Work' research
Capital Growth commissioned research by City & Guilds into employability and food growing shows a clear role for growing projects in increasing employability.

Olympic VeloPark planned
The Olympic Park Legacy Company has submitted plans for a VeloPark by the design team Hopkins Architects and LDA Hargreaves (designers of the Velodrome and the Olympic parklands). Consultation is out until 11 January.
Here's the expert cyclist's view.

A visitor centre and large-scale playground is planned for the south and north park, to the south of the cycle circuit. The competition designs are on view at the New Architecture Centre in Store St. until 21 January.