The National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces

TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR CONCERNED WITH THE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE UK’S PARKS AND OPEN GREEN SPACES OF ALL KINDS AS PUBLIC FACILITIES AND RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:A) INFLUENCING STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING AND POLICY, AND LOBBYING FOR STATUTORY RECOGNITION AND ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC GREEN SPACE;B) ADDRESSING THE DEFICIENCIES OF GREEN SPACE IN THE ENVIRONMENT;C) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ENJOYMENT, UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND CONSERVATION OF OPEN SPACES;D) PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF FRIENDS/COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, AND THEIR FORUMS AND NETWORKS, THEIR COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION, AND THEIR FULL INVOLVEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES;E) RAISING THE PROFILE OF MEMBERS AND THE FRIENDS GROUPS MOVEMENT AS A WHOLE."VOLUNTARY SECTOR" IS DEFINED AS "CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS".CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS.