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APRIL 2015
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Campaign launched to protect hundreds of lost playing fields A nationwide campaign is asking the public to identify over 900 ‘lost’ playing fields originally protected as public green spaces by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie’s charitable trust 90 years ago. The #FieldFinders campaign was launched by The Carnegie UK Trust and Fields in Trust to protect as many as 3,000 football pitches, tennis courts, playgrounds and other recreational green spaces from urban development. The sites are ‘lost’ because their exact locations were never centrally recorded, but under the original terms of the Carnegie grants it was in fact intended that they would remain protected from development.
#FieldFinders is hoping the public can help to locate the Carnegie playing fields so that better legal protection can be put in place, preserving the legacy of the original grants and protecting the spaces for future generations. The #FieldFinders campaign calls on people around the country to locate Carnegie playing fields in their area by submitting images or suggested locations using a dedicated web portal.
Douglas White, Head of Advocacy at Carnegie UK Trust said: “When these grants were made it was a significant sum of money for outdoor recreational spaces across the UK. A requirement of the grant was that the playing fields should remain public areas for the benefit of the community in perpetuity. We want to find as many of these fields as possible and ensure that they remain legally protected for the local community.”
Members of a specialist Fields in Trust team will then cross reference submissions with any surviving documentation and begin the process of improving legal protection of the site to keep it safe for generations to come.
Investigative ‘Field Finders’ are also being encouraged to share images of the sites using their social media profiles, specifically Twitter and Instagram, to share pictures, using #FieldFinders to help spread the word of the campaign and encourage their
Limagrain flower mixtures wow festival-goers
The extraordinary array of vivid red flowers were created by Limagrain to serve as a powerful reminder of the great sacrifice made by British and Commonwealth people during WW1. The iconic flower mixture, which is also available in a
Marshalls has launched a comprehensive new range of products proving it continues to lead the way in public realm innovations, supplying the highest quality materials.
mixture of Red Poppy and Red Flax, has proved to be extremely popular throughout the UK with golf clubs, landscapers and local communities all purchasing them. Limagrain UK
identified 107 grants in these areas and 14 of these Carnegie playing fields have now been confirmed, including Coram’s
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Marshalls launches new commercial products
Founder of LodeStar music festival, Doug Durrant, had a lifelong vision of creating an event with a special atmosphere that brought people together in a beautiful place of natural surroundings. Through the help of Limagrain UK, Doug has achieved a truly stunning setting for the festival to take place. In a fitting tribute to mark the 100 year anniversary of the start of the World War I, Doug felt that Limagrain UK’s WW1 Commemorative Poppy mix would provide LodeStar 2014 with a poignant and memorable display – the kind that epitomises the ethos of the festival.
friends in other locations to join the hunt. A pilot study by Fields in Trust, looking at London, Surrey, Kent and Middlesex
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The latest products from Marshalls, the UK's leading hard landscaping manufacturer, combine clever engineering and technology, with imaginative ways to save time and costs across all disciplines, from innovative paving options, to sustainable urban drainage systems and the very latest in creative street furniture solutions. Myriad is Marshalls’ truly creative, new combined concrete block and flag textured paving which allows designers to create standout urban landscapes. Renaissance is the
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firm’s first high-recycled concrete paving range manufactured using recycled aggregates to achieve a minimum of 80% recycled content.
Marshalls has the largest range of UK-produced stone landscape products and decades of experience in importing natural stone from around the world.
Marshalls is uniquely equipped to provide both high-performance linear drainage and permeable water management solutions. These sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDs) are designed to consider water quantity, water quality and the effects on biodiversity.
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Marshalls also offers a complete end-to-end solution for cycling infrastructure and in 2015 extends its Cyclescape portfolio with two new segregation units, designed to create safer cycle landscapes for experienced and beginner cyclists alike.