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Open spaces to be protected by Active Spaces partnership


Active Spaces partnership promises legacy of fifty protected outdoor spaces


A new Active Spaces partnership between The London Marathon Charitable Trust and Fields in Trust will create a legacy of fifty permanently protected outdoor spaces across the UK.


It also aims to tackle physical inactivity across the UK, encouraging people, particularly the most inactive communities, to participate in physical activity, sport and play.


The first UK-wide funding programme from The London Marathon Charitable Trust has seen them set aside £675,000 in 2017/18 to safeguard fifty green spaces in perpetuity and to fund activation programmes on those sites.


Through the partnership with Fields in Trust, the green spaces will be protected from development by funding from The Trust. In addition, each site will be


awarded a grant of up to £5,000 by The Trust to fund programmes that inspire the local community to get active. Programmes can include any activity including walking, cycling or coaching on the use of outdoor gym equipment.


One chosen site in each home nation (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) which demonstrates the most significant impact will receive a major grant of £25,000 for its activation programme.


Landowners and communities across the UK can now apply online to protect a site and to secure funding for activation programmes at www.bit.ly/Active- Spaces. Sites will be selected for support following an assessment of the proposed activation programme.


Chief Executive of Fields in Trust, Helen Griffiths said: “This joint


project demonstrates the shared commitment of both The London Marathon Charitable Trust and Fields in Trust to both engage and support communities to become more physically active and to protect outdoor space in perpetuity. Taken together, both participant organisations demonstrate a practical response to delivering the key government


objective of a more active nation which was articulated in the Department for Culture Media and Sport’s Sporting Future - A New Strategy for an Active Nation.”


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