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MAY 2015
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Plantworx 2015
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Support grows for campaign to protect green spaces The Fabian Society report Places to Be highlights green spaces as a crucial community ballasts, and calls for management of green spaces in such a way that empowers citizens and encourages democratic engagement. Places to Be states the importance of green spaces to communities, but points out that spending on parks is predicted to be reduced by 60% by 2020. It concludes that the next government is going to have to find ways of keeping our green, outdoor spaces open to all during an extended period of austerity. In the 32-page report, author Ed Wallis argues that there is an opportunity to manage our green
space in such way that empowers citizens, bolsters people’s sense of place and encourages democratic engagement. Dr Sid Sullivan of The Parks Alliance, the voice of UK parks, said: “It’s a very helpful and thoughtful report that takes the evidence and makes predictions about the impact on health and community cohesion if cuts continue unabated. “With an increasingly urban nation it makes the point, based on the evidence, that parks provide much needed open space for exercise, for families and the community in general to relax in so as to shakeoff the impacts of the built environment, as well as for much needed climate mitigation.”
Paul Lincoln, Deputy CEO of the Landscape Institute says: “It’s been an astonishing few weeks for parks and green infrastructure, with the release of the CLG Select Committee’s final 2010-2015 Parliament report, National Trust’s 10-year strategy, the HLF’s 12 Years in 12 Places, and now the Fabian Society’s Places to Be,” he says. “All of these suggest that there is a vigorous debate around the management and maintenance of green spaces from all political parties. We look forward to having a really good discussion after the elections about where to take the parks agenda.” The Parks Alliance Enquiry 1
New equipment takes centre stage at Plantworx The second Plantworx exhibition promises to be yet another construction equipment extravaganza, with a host of manufacturers displaying new machines – some never seen before in the UK. The show has moved venues from the first event – visitors will find Plantworx at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire from June 2-4 2015. No matter what equipment you are interested in - you’ll find it at Plantworx – earthmoving equipment, compaction kit, drills and hammers, compressors, attachments and much much more. Some of the exhibitors
will be strutting their stuff on the demo plots and others have taken the leisurely option with impressive static displays. The event, hosted by the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) is the UK’s largest ‘working’ construction
Call for entries for BALI Awards 2015 The starting gun for the 2015 BALI National Landscape Awards has been fired with the announcement of the Call for Entries.
equipment event spanning over 135,000 square metres and has over 320 exhibitors committed to the show and of these over half of these will be exhibiting at the event for the very first time.
BALI Registered members – designers, contractors and affiliates (suppliers) – who want to be part of the most successful landscape awards in the UK should note the following deadlines, by when their entries must be received at BALI Landscape House: Thursday 4 June – Award categories for Full Contractors and Groups; and Tuesday 14 July – Award categories for Registered Designers, Overseas members, Affiliates, and the Employer of the Year Award (any Registered member)
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The Awards ceremony, which last year was attended by over
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850 BALI members, guests and industry names, will once again be held at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, on Friday, 4 December. For more information contact
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Bruntingthorpe, just off the M1, Junction 20. entry, free car park. Free entry, READER ENQUIRY 4
angela.donovan@bali.org.uk or, to register an entry online, visit www.baliawards.co.uk. BALI Enquiry 3