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• Love Parks Week celebrates those fantastic green spaces

• Date:

  28th May 2008

• Contact:

  Sarah Egerton

• Organisation:

  The Civic Trust

Many Green Flag Award winning parks and green spaces are getting involved in this year's Love Parks Week which will take place between Saturday 14 and Sunday 22 June.

Organised by GreenSpace, the national campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of Britain’s parks and green spaces and the central role that parks play in communities across the country. This year the event will focus on the role that parks can play in the health of children.

Childhood obesity is rising throughout the UK and action is needed to curb this worrying trend. According to the Department of Health, one fifth of children under the age of 16 are obese and this is set to rise to 25% of children by 2050. Parks provide free access to valuable spaces where children can play and maintain higher levels of physical activity, while having fun in a safe environment. Throughout Love Parks Week there will be scheduled events in some of the UK’s best-loved parks and green spaces that will provide a wide range of healthy activities for children to get involved in.

Other events taking place during the week include a national conference, Parks for Life, which will look at how to maximise the health potential of parks, and a round table debate to discuss the future of parks and what has been achieved a year on since the first debate took place in Love Parks Week 2007.

Visit http://www.loveparksweek.org.uk for more information and don’t forget the Green Flag Award What’s On Guide at: http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/whats-on-guide/ for hundreds of events taking place at your favourite award winning green spaces throughout the year.