Nearly one in five believe local park threatened
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Nearly one in five people (16 per cent) say that their local park or green space is currently or has previously been under threat of being lost or built on, according to a new survey by Fields in Trust (1).
Nearly all (95%) agree that parks and play areas should be protected from development and 82 per cent feel so strongly that they would be motivated to campaign against a park loss. Two thirds (69%) state that the loss of parks would be detrimental to children’s development and half of respondents admitted that they would be less active if their local green space was lost.
The research found almost half of people say using their local park helps them to feel healthier (48%), with 70% of 16- to 24-year-olds also feeling less stressed as a result of having access to green space. Spending quality time with the family and feeling part of a community were also identified as important. Nearly a quarter of people (24%) use their local park at least twice a week.
Fields in Trust currently...
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