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Links will gradually be added to this page If you have any suggestions about links that the local community might find useful please email us Sheffield greenspaces Sheffield City's official city website on parks and open spaces - Advice
on how any community group in Sheffield can get involved in
work to enhance local
greenspaces History and character of greenspace in Sheffield An Atlas of Sheffield's greenspaces Biodiversity in Urban Gardens (BUGS) - report on a Sheffield-based study into the value of the domestic garden as a support for biodiversity in urban areas. Aspects of Sheffield's history from 1815 onwards - the General Cemetery Greenspace
General information on planning and designing greenspace Making spaces into places - considerations involved in developing design briefs Project for Public Spaces - an excellent on-line resource for those involved in making places for their community to use - including greenspace design Doorstep greenspaces - how to improve them Regenerating greenspace in high density housing Scandinavian examples National information on Green Space National award system for greenspaces and parks Heritage Lottery Fund they have a publication on Wild Life in the city which you can downlaod from their website - it is full of useful ideas about community involvement in enhancing and preserving wildlife habitats CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) greenspace publications available as downloads:
Planning for Real - information packs on how to re-plan your neighbourhood - for children and adults Residential areas - making Home Zones The environmental resource site for South Yorkshire Greenspace in Scotland - full of useful information and ideas Government advice
Advice on town planning issues Information about your area from the National Statistics - go to this page and then fill in your postcode Other greenspace advice Sheffield Wildlife Trust - Community Handbook Children in urban areas Child friendly cities - UNICEF The Children's and Young People's Strategy - London Planning for play in housing areas - designing settings for children's play Health in urban areas Planning for healthy lives in urban areas- WHO How to make more of your garden How to make wildlife gardens -guidance from the Royal Horticultural Society and the BBC's information on how to garden for wildlife Organic gardening and the BBC inormation on how to go organic Stocksbridge SRB5 Greenspace Audit undertaken by Jim Flanagan for Sheffield Wildlife Trust - see their Community Action Handbook - full of good ideas for your local site
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