Local Friends of Parks Groups Support National Movement to Get Legal Protection for Parks

Local parks groups are so concerned about the future of Haringey's parks that they are asking local people to sign a petition calling on the Government to make protecting them a legal responsibility of councils.

Currently there’s no legal responsibility to look after our parks and squeezed budgets mean our local green spaces from playgrounds, to the park you relax in on your lunch break don’t have the money they need. 

As Michael flagged up the other day, a group of MPs are looking into the crisis right now. They’re thinking of making protecting parks a legal requirement, and they’ll advise the government on what to do.  A huge petition, signed by all of us, will prove how much we love our parks. It could convince the MPs to come up with a water-tight plan for protecting them. 

You can sign the petition at http://hgyol.in/2cDx0Jj.