FEATURE Bedford Borough Council
Flying the flag for the environment
T e Green Flag Award is celebrating its Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years of excellence and the environmental charity, Keep Britain Tidy, has revealed the names of more than 2,000 parks and green spaces across the UK that have collected a coveted Green Flag Award for 2021. Bedford Park, Addison Howard Park, Harrold-
Odell Country Park and Priory Country Park have once again been awarded the Green Flag. The award is the international quality mark
for parks and green space, and not only is this the twentieth year in a row that Priory Country Park has won the Green Flag award, but 2021 also marks 35 years since the park was offi cially opened by TV presenter Valerie Singleton in 1986. The Friends of Hill Rise and The Friends of Putnoe Wood and Mowsbury Hillfort, both
volunteer groups, have seen success again with Hill Rise Local Natural Reserve and Mowsbury Hillfort winning the Green Flag Community Award, and this year T e Friends of Putnoe Wood and Mowsbury Hillfort have also been awarded another new Green Flag Community Award site, Putnoe Wood. Over the last 18 months, parks have become lockdown lifelines,
playing a vital role for people across the country as places to breathe, relax, exercise and meet friends and family safely. In celebration of this year’s announcement, Green Flag Award asked buildings and monuments around the UK to #GoGreenForParks to show appreciation for the spaces that mean so much to people. Mayor Dave Hodgson said: “Bedford Borough parks have once again shone by being awarded Green Flag Awards, with Priory Country Park celebrating 20 years of fl ying the fl ag. T is is an amazing achievement and really refl ects the hard work of the offi cers and volunteers at this stunning country park. For it to be joined by our three other Green Flags, and the three Community Green Flag Award winners too is superb, and my thanks and congratulations go to everyone involved.” T e Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity
Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of green spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.
Those interested in volunteering in one of the council’s parks and green spaces can visit
www.bedford.gov.uk/volunteering or sign up to Community Volunteering email bulletin at
www.bedford.gov.uk/stayconnected
10
ALL THINGS BUSINESS
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50
