Home News News This is the place to read all of the latest news from the Green Flag Award® Scheme. 22 August 2018 Inspirational Park Manager receives Employee of the Year Award The Green Flag Award Scheme is delighted to announce that the England 2018 Employee of the Year has been won by Elaine Webster, Parks and Recreation Manager ... 09 August 2018 Working together around the world - The journey of two Green Flag Award judges through Europe to Asia In February this year, Incilipinar Park in Denizli became the first park in Turkey to be awarded a Green Flag Award. The success was a result of building re... 16 July 2018 Record-breaking number of green flags flying over the UK's very best green spaces From crematoriums to business parks, we are delighted to award the Green Flag Award to both hidden gems and national favourites - celebrating the world's bes... 13 July 2018 Parents have 'no time' to take children to the park To mark the launch of #LoveParks Week today, Keep Britain Tidy are calling on parents across the UK to make time to visit their local green space with their ... 10 July 2018 Less than one week until we announce the UK's best parks and green spaces We are excitingly awaiting Monday 16 June, when we'll be announcing the UK’s very best parks and green spaces – winners of our Green Flag, and Green Flag Com... 29 June 2018 It started in a park Many of us have fantastic memories that started in a park – whether it’s flying a kite with our Grand-dads, time spent with friends, teaching our own childre... 21 June 2018 Don’t let the sun set on our parks As we celebrate the longest day, a coalition of national organisations call on political leaders to save the UK's parks. The Charter for Parks, calls on Pri... 11 June 2018 Your park is award-winning, but what about your people? Your park is already a winner. But what about your staff and volunteers? Don't they deserve to be celebrated too? It's the people that really make a place s... 04 June 2018 Dog owners “walk this way” to cleaner green spaces ‘Walk this way’ - Keep Britain Tidy's innovation trial, with the Dogs Trust charity, saw an impressive 38% cut in dog fouling. And now we want to spread the ... 24 May 2018 It's not just Birmingham's parks that have cause to celebrate In addition to it's 15 award-winning green spaces, Birmingham City Council is celebrating having just scooped a Gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show for the... 08 May 2018 How much is your park worth to you and your health? Our parks and green spaces are priceless. But new research, from green space charity Fields in Trust, shows they generate a staggering over £34 billion of he... 26 April 2018 Thank you Great British Spring Clean-ers This March, nearly 400,000 of us got together to clean up our communities. Park staff, volunteers, friends-of-groups, businesses, school children, local auth... Prev 1 2 3 4 5 ... Next