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The 7 Best Ways To Use Leisure Grass

July 5, 2017/in Press Release, Technical/by Jake Watkins

The 7 Best Ways To Use Leisure Grass Leisure grass is used widely in domestic, commercial and even educational settings. If you’ve got a leisurely outdoor activity or project planned, then there’s a good chance that leisure grass could help to get the idea off the ground. Whether it’s a full golf course which needs […]

Celebrating Public Parks

July 5, 2017/in Events, Press Release/by Richard McKeever

Celebrating Public Parks And Revaluing Their Contribution To Community Health And Wellbeing National Have a Field Day 8th July to demonstrate public support for parks Visit your local park this weekend – you’ll feel happier and healthier as a result Have a Field Day on Saturday 8th July is a celebration of the UK’s parks […]

The 7 Best Ways To Use Leisure Grass

July 5, 2017/in Press Release, Technical/by Jake Watkins

Celebrating Public Parks

July 5, 2017/in Events, Press Release/by Richard McKeever

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The 7 Best Ways To Use Leisure Grass

July 5, 2017/in Press Release, Technical/by Jake Watkins

The 7 Best Ways To Use Leisure Grass

Leisure grass is used widely in domestic, commercial and even educational settings. If you’ve got a leisurely outdoor activity or project planned, then there’s a good chance that leisure grass could help to get the idea off the ground. Whether it’s a full golf course which needs work or a smaller, simple job in your home, leisure grass is a versatile material and one which looks good to. Its ease of application helps to make its use even more widespread.

1. Golf Courses

Golf courses cover an enormous area of land. The maintenance required to keep a golf course useable is extremely expensive and time consuming. The grass always needs to be just right so that golf can be properly played upon it. This is why leisure grass can be ideal for golf courses. It’s a fantastic way to save a lot of time and money on maintenance, while keeping the course sleek and professional.

2. Indoor Play Area for Children

Children love grassy play areas. They’re also quite likely to be excited by the idea of grass being inside (simple pleasures.) When it comes to building indoor play areas for children (for example, in schools, shopping centres or other places where they might need a break) leisure grass can be a nice way to make it extra-appealing for them.

3. Wacky Office Rooms

A good work environment is important for productivity and employee wellbeing. If employers want to make their office a little more interesting, one thing they might like to try is installing a little bit of artificial turf in one of the rooms. Maybe it could be in the leisure room, so that staff have somewhere nice to unwind? Or maybe it could be in the meeting room, to help make it just a little less intimidating?

4. Furniture

Obviously you can’t make furniture out of leisure grass, but a sofa wrapped in synthetic turf might actually be quite nice. Not only will it look very unique (and nicely quirky) but it will be quite comfortable to sit on as well. The perfect idea for somebody who’s a fond appreciator of nature. Laying back on the sofa could feel just like lying back on the ground in an open field.

5. Sports Pitches

This list would not be complete without a mention of the most widespread use of artificial turf – sports pitches! With the UK climate being what it is, it isn’t uncommon for a synthetic pitch to be just what team’s need to play properly throughout the year. They won’t become terribly muddy and unusable following a rain storm! Interestingly, there have been recent developments with “hybrid pitches” which are made of a mixture of organic and synthetic substances.

6. Pool-Side Surfacing

Having a swimming pool in your garden can be delightful and one thing which people are doing to make their pool mesh well with the rest of the garden, is using artificial turf for pool-side surfacing. Having grass right up to the edge of the pool looks very nice, but it just isn’t popular if you’re only using “real” grass, which is why leisure grass is ideal for this situation. The wider selection of applications is what makes leisure grass so popular.

7. Home Decor

Yes, you can use it in your home too. If you’ve got kids, they’d probably be very happy to have a grassy floor in their bedroom. Or maybe, you, as an adult, would love it in yours? It doesn’t have to be the bedroom, of course. Some leisure grass in the living room is something else which would go well in many homes.

Leisure grass can be put to a large number of uses and these are only seven of them. With a material as versatile as synthetic pitches, you’ll find that it’s very useful for quite a lot of projects. Whether it’s being used because of its aesthetic qualities or simply because it is the most practical substance to meet your purpose, it’s going to be appreciated by many people. Do you have any upcoming projects which might involve leisure grass?

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Celebrating Public Parks

July 5, 2017/in Events, Press Release/by Richard McKeever

Celebrating Public Parks And Revaluing Their Contribution To Community Health And Wellbeing

National Have a Field Day 8^th July to demonstrate public support for parks
Visit your local park this weekend – you’ll feel happier and healthier as a result

Have a Field Day on Saturday 8th July is a celebration of the UK’s parks and green spaces. Charity, Fields in Trust is working with local communities to demonstrate the many ways we value our parks. From carnivals, sports competitions, musical performances and community picnics, thousands of people will be attending hundreds of events in local parks across the country which showcases exactly how much we love our local parks and green spaces.

Fields in Trust, the charity behind Have a Field Day, was founded on July 8^th, back in 1925 with a clear aim to ensure that everyone – young or old, able or disabled and wherever they live – should have access to free, local outdoor space for sport, play and recreation. However, financial pressure on local authorities means that our parks and green spaces are increasingly under threat and many could be lost forever to building and redevelopment.

The recent Communities and Local Government Parliamentary Inquiry reported on the public benefit that parks contribute to preventative public health, mental well-being and community cohesion; yet parks could still be lost to building development as they are not a statutory service for local authorities. Funding cuts mean green spaces are less well maintained and they are under threat due to pressure on land for housing and retail developments. Nearly 92% of local authority parks departments have experienced budget cuts in the past three years. This is in the face of three-quarters of park managers reporting increased visitor numbers (State of UK Public Parks 2016).

New research for Fields in Trust indicates that more trips to more parks more often is good for the health and wellbeing of the UK. Visiting every day produces the highest wellbeing scores but our new research suggests the optimum use of green space is at least once a week as this gives us 65% of the health and wellbeing benefits rated across the four Office of National Statistics indicators. The completion of this research will identify a robust economic and monetary value for these health benefits in order to make the case to local councils and governments to maintain our parks.

But health and economic value aside, deep down we all know that parks and green spaces are incredibly valuable and that’s why across the UK communities are coming together at Have a Field Day events to showcase the many ways parks are enjoyed by local communities. For example, Birkenhead Park, the first publicly-funded civic park in the world, is launching a new family programme; several parkrun volunteers are recognising the importance of their local park for running; in Wales thousands will attend a community carnival in Pontypool Park; The winner of the UK’s Best Park Award 2016, Rouken Glen, near Glasgow, is hosting Children’s Nature Activities allowing youngsters to explore water beasties. And a series of neighbourhood picnics have been organised by members of the 38 Degrees campaign group who are also completing a petition asking councils to protect these much-loved community spaces. On Wimbledon’s middle weekend community tennis is being celebrated in Bounds Green, north London, where there is also football training and an Australian Rules football tournament.

Fields in Trust Ambassador, author Bill Bryson said: “Britain has the comeliest, most enchanting, abundant and often venerable parks and green spaces of any country I know. Wherever you are, you are never more than a few minutes from woods, greensward and fresh air. How splendid is that? I am delighted to see them celebrated by Fields in Trust.”

Fields in Trust Chief Executive, Helen Griffiths, said “Our parks and playing fields are used by whole communities from pre-schoolers to retired adults. Research helps us understand how a local park can contribute to its neighbourhood but the real value of a green space is determined by the local community who use it for play, sport and recreation. Each of the thousands of parks playing fields and playgrounds across the UK is valuable to the neighbourhood that it serves. Fields in Trust believe we should re-value our green spaces as resources which contribute to public health, mental wellbeing and community cohesion, not simply view them as a drain on council finances for upkeep. If you Love Your Local Park we encourage you to get together with neighbours on 8th July and celebrate our precious parks and playing fields.”

All planned events are listed on the Fields in Trust website. From picnics to sports matches and community carnivals look up your local event and join in – or get a group of friends together for a picnic to demonstrate how you #LoveYourLocalPark.

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