Parks for People offers grants for projects that regenerate public parks of national, regional or local heritage value. The definition of a park for this programme is as follows: an existing designed urban or rural green space, the main purpose of which is for informal recreation and enjoyment. It includes parks, gardens, squares, walks and promenades.

Your project must deliver all the following five outcomes:
• increasing the range of audiences;
• conserving and improving the heritage value;
• increasing the range of volunteers involved;
• increasing skills and knowlede through learning and training;
• and improving management and maintenance

They assess all applications through two rounds. There will be two closing dates for applications. You can submit a first-round or second-round application at either date: 1 March 2010 for a decision in June 2010; 31 August 2010 for a decision in December 2010.

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