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Prescribing Green Space

Date: 
23/11/2011
Location: 
Mayfair Conference Centre, London

A one-day conference to focus on unlocking the health potential in parks. With recent evidence suggesting that exercising and spending time outdoors can assist in the physical and psychological recovery of cancer patients, dementia sufferers, those with obesity and a variety of other health conditions, these free and natural resources need to be utilised. Complete the online booking form here or call Caroline Carsey on 0118 946 9068 to make a provisional booking.

Love Parks Week

Date: 
23/07/2011
Location: 
Nationwide

Love Parks Week is organised annually by parks charity GreenSpace, a charity which helps local people to improve parks and green spaces. The week is now established as a major event, celebrated in parks across the country, enabling thousands of people to get out and enjoy their parks and help put forward the case for reinvestment. For more information visit the Love Parks Week website.

Love Parks Week

Date: 
24/07/2010
Location: 
Nationwide

Love Parks Week is an annual campaign, organised by parks charity GreenSpace. Founded in 2006, the campaign has grown steadily and is now established as a major event that is celebrated in parks across the country. Each year hundreds of events take place, attracting extensive media coverage and enabling thousands of people to get out and enjoy their parks.

'Green' exercise quickly 'boosts mental health'

Thu, 06/05/2010

(from the BBC News website) "Just five minutes of exercise in a "green space" such as a park can boost mental health, researchers claim. There is growing evidence that combining activities such as walking or cycling with nature boosts well-being. In the latest analysis, UK researchers looked at evidence from 1,250 people in 10 studies and found fast improvements in mood and self-esteem. The study in the Environmental Science and Technology journal suggested the strongest impact was on young people."

Building Health briefing - Green Space

 

This Masterclass briefing paper, developed for the Building Health conference is an Evidence Review on the Spatial Determinants of Health in Urban Settings, Part 2c, Green space.

It is a good outline of the benefits of green space to public health and well being, and contains information and references for key papers and studies from the past 5 years.

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