For a thriving countryside that benefits everyone

We're celebrating as six of our open spaces have today been recognised as some of the best community-run green spaces in the country in the UK’s National Green Flag Awards 2020 https://bit.ly/3jXbcLK

Celebrated our first ever @GreenFlagAward #RushmerePark by lighting up Fairy King green last night for @KeepBritainTidy #GoGreenForParks initiative, recognising the important role public green spaces have played during the #PandemicCovid19
#LoveParks #greenflagaward2020

@CPREBeds is looking for creative people with a passion for photography and the Bedfordshire countryside! Find out more here: https://www.vcconnectsystem.org.uk/CommunityActionBedfordshireVMS2/VolunteerOpportunities/DetailsForSearch/985 @letstalkcentral @bedlutcf #photography #countryside #bedfordshire #volunteer

As part of our celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, poet and tree champion Maureen Morant explains how green spaces have been part of her own personal history.

And, how planting a tree is, for her, an act to heal and grow the earth and people.
https://www.cpre.org.uk/stories/the-treeumphant-vision/

Several excellent opportunities to step up and play a strategic role in the @CPRE movement for a #GreenRecovery on board at your local branch:

✅Treasurer @CPREWilts CD 12 Oct
✅Trustees (+Treasurer) @CPREOxfordshire CD 31 Oct
✅Chair @CPREBeds CD 27 Dec

https://www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jobs?keywords=cpre

We’ve just heard that MPs will be debating the government’s damaging plans to deregulate planning on Thursday 8 October - just a few days away.

Will you email your MP to ask them to attend and stand up for the countryside?

Take action and RT 👇
https://takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/68453/action/1?ea.tracking.id=twitter

As Landscapes for Life week draws to a close for another year, we want to thank all the people who've shared images of the places they love with us. Your AONBs are here for you year round - come and see us soon! #MyNationalLandscapes

"Don't waste...don't squander"
A powerful message from Sir David Attenborough.
He speaks in an exclusive interview with #BBCBreakfast - watch it in full here: https://bbc.in/2ED4OcY

.@wildlifebcn @CPREBeds @wildlife_id @UKDragonflies @BDSdragonflies @Britnatureguide Photos taken this morning just north of Luton. I think they're; a Red-Veined Darter, a male Southern Migrant Hawker and Common Blue Damselfly. #Dragonfly #damselfly #insect #minibeast

.@Natures_Voice @Britnatureguide @wildlifebcn @CPREBeds @wildlife_id @DLDD2009 I think this is a female whinchat, which would be a first for me, spotted yesterday in the paddocks beneath Blow's Downs. #Whinchat #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Dunstable #Bedfordshire