Reports / Presentations

GreenSpace South West Open Meeting

9th July 2009, The Livestock Centre, Exeter

Please find below the presentation given by Jane Stoneham on access and equal inclusion.

Jane Stoneham:Sensory Trust - Access, Equal Inclusion

GreenSpace South West Open Meeting

9th December 2008, The Livestock Centre, Exeter

The Presentations from the training group session can be viewed or downloaded below.

Nick Jones - An update from the National Cabe Space Strategy Skills to grow: 7 priorities to improve green space skills

Nick Jones - South West Skills Survey Results

Frankie Upton - SW Region Local Authority Sector JIF and Train to Gain Offer Update

David Winn - The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Mark Pollard, Steve Rippin - Assessing & Meeting Training Needs at East Devon District Council

Sandra Dowson - Train to Gain

GreenSpace South West Open Meeting

11th June 2008, The Livestock Centre, Exeter

Green Infrastructure Hubs - Natural England
LAAs/MAAs - Bristol City Council

Improving Green Space: Making the Most of the Development Process

13th March 2008, The Livestock Centre, Exeter

To help improve green space through the development process, GreenSpace South West and Natural England have undertaken research with the region's local authorities, from which a number of key issues arose.This event fed back from the research and explored the issues through regional and national case studies and presentations. It also looked to the future regarding The Community Infrastructure Levy and what is needed to make the most of the development process in order to continue to deliver good quality green space through the changing development process.

Presentations from the day are available in a pdf that can be downloaded here, or can be downloaded individually below:

Richard Keating: Improving Green Space: Making the Most of the Development Process

John Crowther: Development Improvement - Transforming Playing Fields into a New Community Park

Mike Hasted: Castlefields Project -Partnership Working and Funding Opportunities

Ross Kennerley: Sherford New Community - A Strategic Partnership

Clare Freeman, Michael Rowland: Strategic Spending of Developers Contributions

Jane Houghton - awaiting presentation

Charles Routh: The Community Infrastructure Levy

Peter Wilkinson: Section 106 - A Strategic Approach

GreenSpace South West Wellbeing Event
13th February 2008, The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton

AN EVENT TO STRENGTHEN THE LINKS BETWEEN GREEN SPACE AND THE HEALTH AGENDA.

Green spaces provide communities with many health benefits such as fresh air, shade, food, exercise and contact with nature. Government is asking us all to find ways of coping with health issues such as obesity and depression and experts recognise the value of outdoor exercise and activity in addressing these and other health issues. And yet, do we have the infrastructure and means of delivering these benefits?

The presentations from the event can be downloaded in a pdf available here, or can be downloaded individually below:

Mark Bridges - Regional health initiatives in the South West

Melvyn Hillsdon - Measuring health benefits of green space

Dr. William Bird - A Natural Health Service

Sue Chant - Healthy eating and growing

Matthew Pearce - Strolling in Stroud

Kel Portman - Walking the Land

Rachael Young - Saddlebags & Secateurs

Mark Vickers - Practical conservation

Irina Holland - Somerset Physical Activity Group, a strategic approach

Jon Cornwell - Love Parks Week

Workshop results

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