Many people have been in touch, and it's clear that green places are as important now as they ever have been.
94 per cent of people think it is a good idea for The National Trust to get involved in local green places.
Trust Chairman, Sir William Proby has summed up the findings:
'We have asked National Trust supporters and the public whether we should be doing more to protect local green places. The answer has been a resounding ‘yes’. But we are not going to start buying land from in front of the bulldozers. That isn’t what our supporters want.'
We are already working very hard to ensure that everyone has access to these places, and it is reassuring that this is exactly what our supporters expect of us - to continue to stand up for green places, work more closely with local communities and make more of our existing green places.
Standing up for everyone’s right to have regular contact with nature and access to green spaces on their doorstep:
This includes more partnership and influencing work including a new publication due to be launched early in 2009, which will highlight the value of local green space, demonstrate our important role and future direction, and call on other organisations and government to do more.
Working more with other organisations and communities at local level:
This will vary in each location - depending on what is needed, and the threats to the local green places. Our supporters believe that working with others to improve community land is a better approach than simply buying up green space.
Doing more with our existing green places:
Often people don't know that we look after so many different sites. We need to ensure that people know about their local green place, we need to make sure that people can easily get to these places - either through public transport or under their own steam.
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