TUESDAY 11 MARCH 2008
MEET 6PM at the CAFÉ

We invite you to join us on a walk around Southwark Park. This walk
is one of several 'audits' that are being carried out as part of our
Green Flag programme. We will be looking at all aspects of the park
and asking for your feedback, comments and ideas about Southwark Park.

Green Flag – what is it and what are the benefits?
The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green
spaces in England and Wales. In Southwark there are many examples of
thriving, popular parks and open spaces sites run by dedicated,
enthusiastic people working closely with their local communities.
Many places that were run-down and neglected just a few years ago
have been transformed and are now well used and loved. Green Flag
aims to recognise and reward this dedication to improving local parks
for and with local people, and achieving high environmental standards.

Winning a Green Flag Award is good for the park or green space and
good for the local community. A Green Flag park or green space is one
that is: welcoming; healthy, safe and secure; clean and well
maintained; sustainable; mindful of conservation and heritage and
encourages community involvement. A Green Flag park or open space
will provide good community facilities and will engender a sense of
civic pride.

Last year Southwark Council was awarded three Green Flags for three
of its major parks: Dulwich, Peckham Rye and Southwark Park. This
year the Council would like to submit applications for three smaller
parks Paterson Park, Bermondsey Spa and Sunray Gardens. Applications
must be submitted to Green Flag by the 31st of January and judges
will visit the sites in April and May 2008. In June 2008 we will hear
whether the parks have been awarded Green Flags.

Contact: Gary Glover, Chair, Friends of Southwark Park
gary.glover@...
More about Green Flag here: http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk