{"id":21204,"date":"2018-12-28T16:07:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T16:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=21204"},"modified":"2018-12-27T17:45:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T17:45:36","slug":"1-million-funding-for-communities-to-create-pocket-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=21204","title":{"rendered":"\u00a31 million funding for communities to create pocket parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21205\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Pocket_Parks_UK_Gov_website_271218.png\" alt=\"people\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>Community groups can bid for funds to establish a new pocket park or refurbish an existing park.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Government writes:<\/p>\n<p>Local communities encouraged to apply for pocket parks plus grants from today. Up to \u00a315,000 available to build new \u2018pocket parks\u2019 and up to \u00a325,000 available for renovating existing parks Green-fingered communities across England can bid for a share of \u00a31 million fund from 5 December 2018 to help develop their own \u2018pocket parks\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Pocket parks are small plots of land, often about the size of a tennis court, and mostly seen in urban spaces. They provide a green oasis which can help improve the physical and mental health of the communities using them. Existing pocket parks are used for everything from a quiet escape from busy city life to physical exercise, growing vegetables, children\u2019s play and community events.<\/p>\n<p>Parks and Green Spaces Minister Rishi Sunak MP said: \u2018Green spaces offer people a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of life to relax, keep healthy, learn about nature or spend time together with loved ones. Not all communities enjoy access to an abundance of usable space, while some existing parks might need a bit of TLC to bring them back to life. The pocket parks plus fund will help local people to create and maintain small oases that they can take pride in and benefit from for years to come.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government welcomes grant applications for the creation of innovative as well as traditional pocket parks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/1-million-funding-for-communities-to-create-their-own-pocket-parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community groups can bid for funds to establish a new pocket park or refurbish an existing park. image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21206,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204\/revisions\/21206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}