Green Spaces Project of
the Month
June
2003 - London
Wetland Centre
Contact: Stephanie Fudge, Centre
Operations Manager
London Wetland Centre, Queen Elizabeth
Walk, Barnes, London SW13 9WT
Tel. 020 8409 4403
Directly under the flight path of
London's Heathrow Airport is a Site of
Special Scientific Interest (SSSI),
protected by law because it is the home
of the rare Smew, a small duck. This may
sound at first like a rather obscure
Green Space of the Month, but read on,
because this is in fact one of the top
wildlife sites in England, and it is
taking special steps to involve the many
ethnic communities living nearby.
BEN worked with London Wetland Centre
on a consultancy to see how they could
increase the participation of ethnic
communities in the use, improvement or
design of elements of this urban green
space. We helped them to look at what
they have done so far to encourage and
enable ethnic community groups to
participate; what response this has
received from the groups; the potential
for developing ethnic community
involvement and how this might be
realised. The aim of this article is to
share this learning with other green
space groups who may be engaged in a
similar process.
BEN is giving away a voucher for free
entry to the London Wetland Centre to the
first person who gives feedback on the
June Green Space of the Month feature
about the Wetland. Simply email your
feedback to Rachel at BEN remembering to
give a postal address for us to send your
voucher.
(email Rachel at BEN Rachel@ben-network.org.uk
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