Page 17 - The Land Trust Annual Review 2021

The Land Trust Annual Review 2021

Health

Our sites remained
hugely popular for
health activities with
people using our
spaces for activities
such as walking,
running and cycling

The increase Economic and social value delivered
in visitor With nearly 2.5 million visits to Land Trust sites in 2020-21 our parks and green spaces
numbers had have made a hugely positive impact on the physical and mental wellbeing of the
a very positive communities we work with.
impact on the The increase in visitor numbers had a very positive impact on the economic and social

We are very The Land Trust is extremely proud of the work we do across our sites to improve the economic and value we were able to create with over £2 million delivered.
proud of the physical and mental wellbeing of our communities and this is reflected in the activities social value... There was a significant increase in healthcare cost savings with this rising from
we deliver on our sites.
decisions we £847,879 in 2019-20 to £1,272,555 in 2020-21. There was also an increase in health
took during that When the first lockdown to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic was announced in March and wellbeing value rising from £533,652 to £718,944.
time, knowing 2020 it was a very difficult time for many organisations. Thankfully, although guidance
that they was changing frequently, it quickly became clear that the government was going to The only decrease was in the value delivered through mental health activities which
dropped from over half a million pound delivered in 2019-20 to £96,000 in 2020-21.
prioritise people being able to get out and about for exercise.
had a hugely
positive impact... The Land Trust therefore took the decision to keep as many of our sites open as However this decrease can be attributed directly to the pandemic. In previous years
possible for our communities to use. We did this knowing there would be significant the Trust, our managing partners and volunteer workforce have had a real focus on
challenges in doing this, particularly when other landowners were making the decision delivering mental health activities on our green spaces, with many of them being
to close their sites. We therefore saw increased footfall on our spaces, receiving over carried out in person and in groups.
two million visits for the first time in our history.
Due to social distancing guidelines it was therefore very difficult to deliver the same
We are very proud of the decisions we took during that time knowing that our green level of activity and it will be a priority for the Trust in 2021-22 to increase these
spaces helped so many people. activities once more.

16 17