Please be aware that park users need to consider for themselves if they want to go outside and take up an activity. Please note: There is the need for self-policing on behalf of park users, and we leave the onus with the park user to take responsibility for their own hygiene and actions when outside. Please remember to follow the social distancing guidelines at all times.
This is only so we know that you are on site and we can keep a record of any new planting you may have undertaken. Please let us know with as much notice as possible. Tell us If you choose to take up an activity in your park as part of the Friends Group, please tell us where, when and what you will be doing. It is important at this time for us all to follow good hygiene practices by washing our hands with soap and water often – use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available You should continue to take simple steps such as washing your hands regularly.
Where possible, avoid touching fixed objects such as hand rails and gates. If with friends, family or group members, please remember that groups of no more than 2* people are allowed unless you are from the same household, and you should keep two meters apart from each other. Whilst we do not want to discourage you from getting involved, we would remind you to please continue to stay alert and stay 2 meters apart whilst in the park: With the gradual easement of the lockdown, some of you have been asking whether you can now resume activities in your park such as planting, weeding, litter picks etc. (*note the limit of 2 has now changed to 6 as it’s an English Council): In March the Council had sent out an instruction that all volunteer activity must cease. Here is a very basic advice letter received by one group from their Council. We thank all those who have shared their guidelines and risk assessments with us. We hope by sharing these, it helps to achieve a best practice standard and avoid the time-consuming repetition of each Group having to create their own guidelines from scratch. To assist Friends groups to return to undertaking volunteer tasks, we share here some examples of newly written COVID-19 specific guidelines, drawn up to help keep everyone safe. “You should keep two metres apart from people not in your household at all times” Cabinet Office, UK Governement Guidance ‘Staying alert and safe (social distancing)’ When taking part in volunteer activities the need to practice safe distancing is still paramount.
However, many groups were told to completely curtail any activities on site, under advice from their Council. We received reports of litter picking, tree watering, mulching and sign creation to help communicate lockdown rules to all visitors. In some areas, parks and greenspace Friends volunteers continued doing some practical on-site activities despite the lockdown, as long as it was part of their daily exercise.
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Summer has now landed and Friends groups find themselves entering a new phase of recovery with the gradual lifting of some of the restrictions the government imposed in March. Because health is a devolved matter, UK ministers cannot enforce a UK-wide approach, so each country has developed their own plan to full recovery: We shared in a previous post how parks and greenspaces up and down the country showed remarkable resilience and creativity, finding ways to continue giving invaluable assistance to their sites. Friends Groups have endured a Spring of limited scope as lockdown rules, designed to limit the spread of COVID-19, made normal volunteer activities impossible.
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