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Alexandra Park retained the Green Flag and Green Heritage Award for the fifth successive year and was one of over a thousand entries in 2009. St Leonards Gardens was a new winner this year, joining Hastings Country Park in its third successive year.
Pictured with Micheala are Peter Held (Chair of the Friends of St Leonards Gardens) and Christine Frances (Burton's St Leonards Society)
Michaela Strachan helped the Hastings and St Leonards' team celebrate at the award ceremony in Bournemouth back in July.
The Green Flag Award is well known amongst Parks Managers and many Friends of groups, but it is still relatively unknown to the general public, clearly it is not a breakdown service. The award recognises that the site is well managed, safe, welcoming, has community involvement, is sutainable, acts as an educational resource and much more.
The new management partnership for Green Flag is Encams (previously the Tidy Britain Group, Greenspace (a nationally representative body to promote all things green) and BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers).
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A new online survey gives you the chance to have your say on parks and open spaces.
The survey is run by an independent organisation called Greenstat, which aims to get an accurate picture of the nation's parks by asking the people that use them what they think. You can take part in the campaign by visiting the Greenstat website and filling out a questionnaire about our parks.
Your answers will provide valuable feedback for us when we make plans and set priorities for Hastings' green areas.
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A recent report told us what people have said about parks and open spaces in the Greenstat survey so far. More than 20,000 responses have been received to date and the results are already being used in local authorities across the country, as an indication of what local people think of their parks and open spaces.
So far in Britain's biggest ever survey about parks and open spaces, 92% of respondents said they visit parks and open spaces in the UK and 68% of these respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with their green space.
More than half of respondents visit a large park at least once a month and the majority (45%) visit the park to go for a walk. Around a quarter of respondents visit parks to relax or think and one in ten use parks as a meeting place for friends.
Just under 60% of adult respondents were happy with the facilities provided in their local park, compared to only 41% of children, who rated the facilities in their local park as good or very good.
Do you agree with the trends in the responses described above, are you happy with the facilities in your nearest park, do you think there's something we could do to make it better? Then, why not join in the Greenstat survey and help give us an even clearer picture of Hastings' parks and open spaces.
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As part of our commitment to providing the very best services, you can now report the following parks and open spaces problems online:
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Alternatively, you may wish to contact us by telephone or e-mail.
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Please contact us for further advice or information on any matter relating to Parks and Open Spaces.
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This page last updated: 08/12/2009