It's time to show some love to our local green spaces.

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Home [[link removed]] Contact Us [[link removed]] LET'S MAKE GREEN SPACES SAFE AND WELCOMING THIS LOVE PARKS WEEK

We believe that everyone has the right to access parks and green spaces, feeling safe and confident to relax or exercise.

The country boasts some of the best parks in the world, but the perception of safety in our parks is a significant barrier to women with 13% of UK women in a recent YouGov survey for Keep Britain Tidy saying they disagreed they feel safe in their local park.

That's equivalent to more than 3.5million women.

The contrast was even more stark in women aged 25-34 with almost two fifths disagreeing they felt safe.

During #LoveParks week Keep Britain Tidy is advocating for all women and girls to be able to safely access and use local green spaces and is calling for Government action - you can support our call by writing to your MP via the easy e-lobby tool to encourage them raise the issue in Parliament. We know that if parks are safe for women and girls, they are safe for everyone.

We are also encouraging local authorities and landowners to embrace a set of recommendations made by researchers to improve park safety.

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HELP SPREAD THE WORD

You can help us celebrate our green spaces and stand in solidarity with women and girls by using the hashtags #LoveParks on social media, or use this social media post, this Love Parks week:

#LoveParks week is a time to celebrate our vital green spaces, but women are 3 times more likely than men to feel unsafe in parks in the day, and this inequality deepens at night. New research reveals how we can make green spaces safer for women and girls: [link removed]

If you are looking for more information you can access a report Keep Britain Tidy supported, conducted by researchers at Leeds University, via the page below.

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Keep Britain Tidy is a registered Charity No. 1071737. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 3496361. Registered office at Elizabeth House, The Pier, Wigan, WN3 4EX

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