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Land Trust Annual Review 2020
We are pleased
to report a
notable increase
Chair’s report outcomes delivered
in the charitable
on our parks and
green spaces

“...The sector has the potential to have a

very bright future indeed and I am confident
the Land Trust will be leading from the front.”

I am delighted to be writing about this fantastic work, and the positive impact it has
in the pages of the Trust’s on wider society, throughout this review.
annual review for the first time
after accepting the position of While this annual review covers the Trust’s progress from
Chair, following Peter Smith’s April 2019 to the end of March 2020, I feel it is important
retirement from the role in to mention Covid-19 which occurred at the end of this
December 2019. Peter served period. The Land Trust took the courageous decision
the Trust with distinction for to keep as many of our sites open for our communities
nearly a decade and we owe to use, whilst recognising the challenges that would
him an enormous debt of bring. It has been amazing, and humbling, to witness the
gratitude for his leadership. important role our parks and green spaces have played
in protecting the emotional and physical wellbeing of the
It is a great privilege to be Chair of the Land Trust, communities who live and work around these sites, during
and my fellow Trustees and I are determined to work what has been an incredibly difficult time for everyone.
to support the Trust, and its hard working and dedicated
staff, as we continue our great work delivering against It has been a challenging period for many other charitable
our five key charitable objectives and working with the organisations and local authorities working in our field,
communities around our green spaces. but with people now appreciating their green spaces
more than ever before, the sector has the potential to
Parks and green spaces have never been more have a very bright future indeed and I am confident the
important to people in the UK and I am proud to say Land Trust will be leading from the front.
that the Land Trust has played a significant role in
ensuring as many people as possible have access to None of this would have been possible without the
them in 2019-20. hard work and dedication of the Land Trust staff, and
our managing partners, who have worked so hard
I am very pleased to report that our activities on our throughout the last six months, and I thank them for their
portfolio of parks and green spaces saw a notable incredible efforts.
increase in delivery of charitable outcomes. We are
proud of our contribution to society through our I look forward to many more years of the Trust helping
management of parks and green spaces and our people, caring for our communities, and enabling our
charitable objectives are the driving force behind environment and biodiversity to thrive.
everything we deliver. We continue to accept land from
government agencies, developers and other key clients, Green spaces change the world for the better and I’m
into ownership, and manage it on behalf, and for the so proud of the role the Land Trust plays in creating
benefit, of the local communities. You will read more positive change.

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